GORHAM—Of all the teams in all the Classes in the South this year, if any look on paper like rivals to the Rams, it’s the Rangers – and Tuesday night, rival Gorham Greely did, nipping at their heels throughout a ferocious matchup. But the reigning AA Queens got the better of their visitors in the […]
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Posted inForecaster Sports, Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Holmes puts up 40 for Gorham, Greely battles but falls
GORHAM—Of all the teams in all the Classes in the South this year, if any look on paper like rivals to the Rams, it’s the Rangers – and Tuesday night, rival Gorham Greely did, nipping at their heels throughout a ferocious matchup. But the reigning AA Queens got the better of their visitors in the […]
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Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cape Elizabeth grant seeds day-long science festival
CAPE ELIZABETH — The middle school will be hosting a day-long science event with the help of a grant from the Cape Elizabeth Education Foundation. The Festival of Curiosity, an interactive, hands-on day of learning, will take place June 2, 2017. CEEF donated $3,000 for the event after CEMS Principal Mike Tracy applied for a grant. […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
South Portland enacts pot moratorium, advances energy benchmarks
SOUTH PORTLAND — The city on Monday joined the ranks of Maine communities enacting moratoriums on licenses for marijuana businesses. The City Council also approved the first reading of an energy benchmarking provision for municipal buildings and buildings larger than 5,000 square feet in the Mill Creek neighborhood, or residential buildings with 10 or more units. […]
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Driver in Casco hit-and-run had been drinking and doing drugs, police say
Jeffrey E. Smith Jr. told his parents he thought he hit a deer, but detectives allege he hit and killed Lorna Nugent while he and a woman he met at a party were driving around looking for a place to have sex.
Posted inNation & World, News
North Pole forecast to warm 50 degrees above normal Thursday
While it’s premature to say if events like this are becoming more frequent, the intensity of the warm air reaching the Arctic is almost certainly increasing.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Brunswick makes Folan interim principal at Stowe school
BRUNSWICK — Cathy Folan this week became interim principal at Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary for the remainder of the academic year, after a search committee declined to nominate a candidate for the permanent position. According to a Dec. 16 letter from Superintendent Paul Perzanoski, Folan spent 23 years as an elementary principal at Auburn’s Fairview School, West […]
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Cape Elizabeth narrows town manager finalists to two
Ephrem Paraschak, the town manager of Naples, and Matthew Sturgis, Cape Elizabeth’s current tax assessor, are the final two candidates for the position.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Proposed Brunswick school bond set for January public hearing
BRUNSWICK — Town councilors spent their last meeting of 2016 Monday taking action on issues that will shape the 2017 agenda. The council set several public hearings, including one on Jan. 17, to discuss a $33.6 million bond proposal that couples a new elementary school with repairs to the junior high school. The motion by Chairwoman […]
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Maine’s Cioppa named vice president of insurance commissioners association
The association establishes national standards and best practices, conducts peer reviews and coordinates regulatory oversight.