SOUTH PORTLAND – This week the South Portland Housing Authority will hold a series of open houses at its new property – Ridgeland Gardens, which is set to open this summer. All units are one bedroom and the rent is $860 per month, inclusive of all utilities. This is an income-restricted, age-restricted property for adults […]
2015
Posted inCoastal Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: McDonald-Smith's columns resonate with readers
Julie McDonald-Smith’s views are welcome to a vast number of readers. Thank you for publishing her columns. Let’s hope she continues her gallant attempts to speak for morality and justice, and to expose the scandalous behavior of some of our representatives. Wilma KennedyFreeport
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Revenge porn site owner sentenced to 18 years in prison
Across the nation, efforts intensify to close down sites that allow a former romantic interest to publicly post privately shared images as an act of vengeance.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Police say Maine woman on bath salts stabbed family dog
The Aroostook County sheriff says the dog lost a lot of blood but was taken to a veterinarian and is expected to survive.
Posted inNews, Sports
Duke, Wisconsin step into spotlight in national title game
Duke will be trying to give Mike Krzyzewski his fifth national championship; Wisconsin will be trying to capture its first in 74 years.
Posted inThe Startup Line
Edison Liu on the art and science of creativity, and how Maine can harness it to be a leader
— When Beethoven wrote his Third Symphony, considered a turning point in musical history, he did it with only 12 chromatic tones at his disposal. Kurt Cobain used the same 12 tones to write “Rape Me,” which appeared on Nirvana’s third album, In Utero. Think about that for a second. How different can two pieces of […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster, Web
Gorham nabs three home invasion suspects
Responding to a home invasion incident, Gorham police arrested three suspects following a call about an armed confrontation at a Main Street home on Friday, April 3. Lt. Christopher Sanborn, acting Gorham chief, said in a press release that officers responded to an incident at 11:35 a.m. at 551 Main St. and stopped suspects fleeing […]
Posted inFlashback, Life & Culture
Flashback: Horse-drawn milk delivery, 1948
A 1948 Press Herald photograph shows Sam Levy Groceries, a store located at the corner of Newbury Street and Hampshire Street in downtown Portland.
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Pledge of Allegiance has history of creating wedge, and not just in Maine
The pledge, recently challenged by three South Portland students, is the source of persistent questions in U.S. society about who should, must or will recite it.