High school teams in The Current’s coverage area will have a busy weekend having earned berths in several state championship games. Here’s a rundown of all the action involving local teams happening Saturday, June 20, in Portland and Augusta: At Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland, the South Portland boys lacrosse team takes on Brunswick for the […]
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Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough to share school food services
CAPE ELIZABETH — The town and Scarborough plan to combine school food services and share a nutrition director. Superintendent of Schools Meredith Nadeau told the School Board June 9 that Nutrition Director Paul Esposito will be working for both school departments this fall under a plan being finalized with Scarborough. She said the collaboration is […]
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Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Maine House votes to override all 64 LePage vetoes on budget
If the Senate also overturns the vetoes on Friday, it will keep intact the $6.7 billion budget passed by lawmakers this week.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cape Elizabeth board sends event-venue rules to council
CAPE ELIZABETH —The Planning Board on Tuesday approved rules governing how residential properties may be used as for-profit event venues. It also OK’d a zoning map amendment that allows the Sprague Corp. to continue to rent property at Ram Island Farm for weddings and other events. The special events ordinance, which must be approved by […]
Posted inNation & World, News
Q&A: The significance of Pope Francis’ encyclical
NEW YORK — Pope Francis released his much-anticipated teaching document on the environment Thursday, declaring an urgent need for the political and spiritual conversion of global leaders and individuals to dedicate themselves to curbing climate change and ending policies and personal habits that destroy creation. The document, or encyclical, titled “Laudato Si” (Praise Be), captured […]
Posted inMaine, News
Three people injured when vehicle hits pole in Casco
Passers-by extinguish a fire after the crash, and a 3-year-old girl is flown to a Portland hospital.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Westbrook Notes
Worship in the park Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church will hold its worship service at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 21, at Riverbank Park on Main Street. The Rev. Edward DeLong, pastor of the church, will lead the service. Joy Knight, Christian education coordinator, announced the community event to celebrate Father’s Day and the summer solstice. Button […]
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Westbrook Notes
Worship in the park Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church will hold its worship service at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 21, at Riverbank Park on Main Street. The Rev. Edward DeLong, pastor of the church, will lead the service. Joy Knight, Christian education coordinator, announced the community event to celebrate Father’s Day and the summer solstice. Button […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster, Web
Children, mother injured in Casco crash
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office and Casco Rescue responded Thursday morning to a single vehicle crash on Route 302 in Casco involving serious bodily injury to young children and their mother. Upon arrival sheriff’s deputies and Casco Fire and EMS found a single vehicle that had struck a utility pole and had then rolled over. […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Honored Westbrook driver keeps on trucking
Professional truck driver Robert Fernald of Westbrook comes from a truck-driving family. Fernald’s father, grandfather and brother have all driven trucks professionally. At 41, Fernald already has a couple decades’ worth of experience, and it has paid off. Last month, Fernald was named one of five drivers to take home a “Citizen Driver” award from […]