Viewers can expect to see a moon that appears about 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than when it’s at its furthest distance from the earth.
2016
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Opponents of legalized marijuana set to request recount, at cost of $500,000
The group intends to submit petitions by Wednesday, hoping the month-long recount will erase Question 1’s unofficial winning margin of 4,402 votes.
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Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Two pictures emerge of Maine doctor accused of tax evasion
At the crux of the case is whether Joel Sabean knew that a family member to whom he sent more than $2 million was not ill when he deducted her medical expenses on his tax returns.
Posted inThe Forecaster
South Portland parade honors veterans
The South Portland High School band marches down Broadway on Nov. 11 during the city’s annual Veterans Day parade. (Courtesy Russ Lunt)
Posted inThe Forecaster
Dishin' That: Tough town, tough restaurant manager
My friend Jacquelyn’s management style was intimidation. The hard line from the diminutive 26-year-old redhead was impressive, considering it was the early 1990s, when political correctness and sensitivity were in budding vogue. Jacquelyn’s store (as multi-unit restaurants are called) was in downtown Lynn, Massachusetts. It was not a place many people sought out, but she […]
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Times set for football state championship games
Portland meets Bonny Eagle in the first game of a Saturday tripleheader.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, News
PBS ‘NewsHour’ co-host Gwen Ifill dies at age 61
The renowned journalist, called ‘a standard bearer for courage, fairness and integrity,’ died Monday of cancer.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Concert review: Movement, imagination combine in Invented Instrument Duo
Paul Dresher is advising University of Southern Maine students on a new work, set to be staged in April.
Posted inMaine, News
Drug overdose deaths in Maine now averaging 1 a day
Deaths this year – mostly from heroin, prescription opioids and fentanyl – totaled a record 286 through September, amid calls for more action to alleviate the crisis.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cause of Cumberland water main break remains unknown
CUMBERLAND — The cause of a water main break Nov. 9 on Winn Road remained unknown, although a boil order for parts of town was lifted the evening of Nov. 10. Town Manager Bill Shane said paving of the trench area was to have been completed Monday. School Administrative District 51 schools were closed Nov. 10 […]