FREEPORT — Fire Chief Darrel Fournier will retire May 6, less than two months after Police Chief Jerry Schofield plans to retire. Town Manager Peter Joseph said he plans to have a new chief in place by the time Fournier leaves. A Freeport native, Fournier, 59, started working at the town’s Fire Department in 1970 as […]
2016
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland block grant requests again exceed funds
PORTLAND — Supply will not meet demand again in the fiscal year 2017 Community Development Block Grant budget. Budget details released Monday show a total of $3.5 million in funding was requested in 31 applications, while the city has about $1.8 million to spend from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The budget recommendations […]
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Posted inMaine, News
ACLU of Maine to honor law Professor Deirdre Smith
Smith, director of the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic at the University of Maine School of Law, will receive the 2016 Justice Louis Scolnik Award.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
South Portland on track to prohibit synthetic pesticides
SOUTH PORTLAND — The city is closer to becoming the second community in the state to adopt wide-reaching restrictions governing the use of pesticides on public and private land. At a workshop Monday, with the Council Chambers full, every councilor supported a draft ordinance, which Julie Rosenbach, sustainability coordinator for the city, called “bold but realistic” […]
Posted inMaine, News
Westbrook man’s death ruled accidental drowning
The body of Richard Goff was pulled from the Presumpscot River near the Sappi Mill on Sunday morning.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Presque Isle man cut pup’s ears with scissors, police say
Joseph Davis performed the painful procedure without an anesthetic or sedation, and without a veterinary license, according to police.
Posted inLife & Culture, News
Watch the ‘Downton Abbey’ finale with hundreds of fellow fans
MPBN to host an early screening of the final episode at 2 p.m. Sunday at the State Theatre in Portland.
Posted inBusiness
WEX poaches CFO Roberto Simon from cosmetics firm Revlon
Former WEX CFO Steve Elder will stay on as VP of global investor relations.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Trade show will promote North Yarmouth businesses
NORTH YARMOUTH — The town may not have the Route 1 commercial strip possessed by its neighbors, but the North Yarmouth Business Association wants to spread the word that the town has plenty of its own businesses. It will stage a Community Business Trade Show in the North Yarmouth Memorial School gym from 5-7 p.m. […]
Posted inNews, Sports
Press Herald earns national honors for Sunday sports sections
For the fifth time in six years, the section earns Top 10 honors in its circulation category.