PORTLAND — As the crow flies, linking the Deering Oaks Park area to the Portland Transportation Center at Thompson’s Point is not difficult. But birds don’t walk or ride bicycles, and the city is now looking for a better way to help people get safely and easily from the confluence of Forest Avenue, Marginal Way and Kennebec Street […]
December 2016
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
After 162 years, Portland lumber yard done in by development pressure
PORTLAND — It was time for Anthony Vo to walk down Memory Lane. “It was so dusty. I stayed in here for months, just loading and unloading,” he said Nov. 30 as he walked into a storage shed at Rufus Deering Lumber Co. on Commercial Street, where he has worked since 2010. It was the same day […]
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Judge rules Community Health Options’ lawsuit against federal government can proceed
Maine’s health insurance cooperative is trying to recover nearly $23 million it says it’s owed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
‘Right man, right time’: Cummings installed at USM
GORHAM — The University of Southern Maine was struggling when Glenn Cummings took the reins last year. But the outlook appeared brighter when he was officially installed Dec. 2 as the university’s 13th president. “I’m truly humbled,” Cummings told a packed crowd at the USM Field House. “I’m so happy to have this job.” He […]
Posted inNation & World, News
Massachusetts school board official avoids trial in frozen fish assault
Arthur Grabowski, 67, agrees to take anger management classes.
Posted inBusiness
U.S. trade deficit widens in October from a nearly 3-year low
Medicine, cellphones and clothing are up, while soybeans, gold and artwork are down.
Posted inLife & Culture, News
Beyonce, Adele nominated for song, album and record of the year
Already the most nominated female singer in Grammy history who has won 20 times, Beyonce tops this year’s list with nine nominations.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland’s Fyood Kitchen makes social, creative competition order of the day
PORTLAND — A unique business where foodies of all types are challenged to cook up creative dishes using a mishmash of mystery ingredients has received a mini-grant to help market the fledgling venture. Fyood Kitchen is based at Fork Food Lab in West Bayside, where an on-site staff does all of the grocery shopping, stocks the […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
'Dedicated, caring' Portland assistant principal receives statewide honor
PORTLAND — Ann Hanna, assistant principal at Ocean Avenue Elementary School, said she was “overwhelmed” and “so happy and proud” after being named assistant principal of the year by the Maine Principals’ Association. “This honor means so much to me. I am extremely grateful for this recognition,” Hanna said in an interview Dec. 5. Hanna learned she […]
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Portland church celebrates 90th nativity pageant
PORTLAND — First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 425 Congress St., will hold its 90th annual Pageant of the Nativity on Dec. 18 at 5 p.m. The nondenominational event, which is free and open to the public, includes music, narration and amateur actors working together to create a tableau inspired by 15th century religious frescoes. The […]