HARTFORD, Conn. — New England Christmas tree growers say the region’s drought is having only minor effects on their crop. The losses were confined mostly to seedlings planted in the spring, said Jim Horst, executive director of the New Hampshire-Vermont Christmas Tree Association. Unlike mature trees, those planted this year do not have established root […]
November 2016
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
First-timers confident their votes count
Caitlin Berry, 19, and Lawum Kayamba, 57, may have little in common, but this Election Day they will. Both are first-time voters and both are confident that their votes will matter. Both are also more focused on the presidential election than on the legislative races and referendum questions that will also be decided by Maine […]
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SMCC connects with UMF
Southern Maine Community College, based in South Portland, has announced a new partnership with the University of Maine at Farmington, as well as the winner of an annual scholarship provided by the Maine Real Estate and Development Association. The new agreement between the community college and UMF allows graduates of the college’s early childhood education […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster
Looking Back
Nov. 6, 1991 The town of Gorham is anticipating repair costs of over $350,000 for its problem-ridden Little Falls sewer, a figure just shy of the cost of building the system only four years ago. The town is hoping to win a state grant that would pay for up to 80 percent of that cost. […]
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Gorham Notes
Cards for veterans Gorham Woman’s Club will be having its annual Christmas card signing meeting 12:30-2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10, at Firsh Parish Congregational Church, 1 Church St. For more information, contact [email protected] or call 239-2766. Prayer service The Gorham Ecumenical Council of Churches will sponsor a prayer and reconciliation service at 7 p.m. […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
$27M school project faces crucial vote
For those who have been intimately involved in designing the expansion project for both Saccarappa Elementary and Westbrook Middle schools, about two years’ worth of work will be reduced to a yes or no vote on Election Day. The $27.3 million project on Westbrook’s local ballot would add 12 classrooms at each school, as well […]
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
Scarborough council naming 11-member building panel
The Scarborough Town Council is expected to give final approval this week to the ad hoc Public Safety Complex Building Committee and approve a resolution supporting Small Business Saturday. The council meets Wednesday, Nov. 2, after the Current’s print deadline. The building committee will report back with its findings and recommendations no later than next […]
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Scarborough council naming 11-member building panel
The Scarborough Town Council is expected to give final approval this week to the ad hoc Public Safety Complex Building Committee and approve a resolution supporting Small Business Saturday. The council meets Wednesday, Nov. 2, after the Current’s print deadline. The building committee will report back with its findings and recommendations no later than next […]
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
Cape restarts search for superintendent of schools
The Cape Elizabeth School Board is set to relaunch its search for a new superintendent. In a letter to the community released late last week, Elizabeth Scifres, the board’s chairwoman, said the school department would begin advertising for the post again starting this month. Interim superintendent Howard Colter was hired last spring after both finalists […]
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Kids matter – support school expansion
On Nov. 8, the most important decision you will make is whether you support our kids, with your vote on the Westbrook school expansion project. This project has been in the works for the last three years to address the overcrowding of our elementary schools and middle school. In the last several years, we have […]