The South Portland Board of Education has added nearly $389,000 to the superintendent’s proposed budget for music and literacy programs. Public pressure and its own inclinations have led the South Portland Board of Education to put several positions back into the proposed new fiscal year budget, adding $388,724 to the bottom line initially proposed by […]
2015
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster
Students lend hands, hearts to Nicaraguan orphanage
Joy and thankfulness. Those are the primary emotions local high school students say they felt during a recent mission trip to an orphanage located on the island of Ometepe in Nicaragua. More than 50 students and adults made the trip to Ometepe this year – the 10th year that the ADios Ministries in Maine has […]
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Posted inThe Maine Forecast
April arrives on a chilly note
April is here! The long cold month of March is behind us and it’s onto the 4th month. This is when average temperatures rise towards and even near 60 and the landscape finally takes on a more spring-like look. It’s going to take a bit more time, but bare ground will surely happen this month. […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Eliot Cutler begins work to unify business, law schools in UMaine System
The man picked to set up a combined graduate center in Portland plans a focus on real-world student experiences to build skills to meet the needs of Maine employers.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Yarmouth lawmaker revives legislation for disaster tax relief
YARMOUTH — Almost two years after an explosion on Gables Drive left one person dead and destroyed the homes of many others, a local state representative is again trying to ease the financial burden faced by the property owners. State Rep. Janice Cooper, D-Yarmouth, has submitted a bill that would allow property tax abatements for […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Yarmouth volunteers to respond to rural hunger
YARMOUTH — People from Yarmouth and surrounding communities will be coming together next weekend to help feed children in areas of the state that don’t have as many resources. Yarmouth resident Barbara Horton and her neighbors started an effort four years ago to package meals for children in rural parts of northern Maine. On April […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Westbrook development in pipeline for Pike property
A large Pike Industries property on Main Street in Westbrook could be sold this year, with a development in the works that features large retailers and restaurants. Jeffrey Gove, of J&J Gove Development, told the American Journal Wednesday that his development team hopes to acquire the property, which features a large gravel pit, by the […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Westbrook development in pipeline for Pike property
A large Pike Industries property on Main Street in Westbrook could be sold this year, with a development in the works that features large retailers and restaurants. Jeffrey Gove, of J&J Gove Development, told the American Journal Wednesday that his development team hopes to acquire the property, which features a large gravel pit, by the […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Sen. King visiting Naples to discuss climate’s impact on ice fishing
U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, will discuss the impacts of global climate change on Maine’s ice fishing season this Thursday at the Naples Town Hall. According to Maine-based scientists, the long-term increase in Maine’s average annual air temperatures since the late 19th century has caused the ice-out date on many of the state’s lakes to […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: As some faithful build a better tomorrow, the foolish yearn for yesterday
Efforts to make church attendance mandatory and protect ‘religious freedom’ masquerade as true faith.
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