PORTLAND — The breadth of Mayor Ethan Strimling’s vision for the city was displayed Monday in his 42-minute State of the City address at City Hall. “I promise I won’t keep you three hours, but it won’t be for five minutes either,” Strimling said at the outset of a speech that was both conciliatory and resolute. […]
2017
Posted inThe Forecaster
Late-afternoon calm in Cumberland
A Cumberland barn stands out Friday, Jan. 6, against snow and sky. (Dudley Warner / For The Forecaster)
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Maine Voices Live: Ryan Flaherty
Maine Voices Live with Major League Baseball player and Maine Native, Ryan Flaherty.
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January thaw arrives tonight and continues through Friday
After today’s chilly start we will see much milder air the rest of the week.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland council committee focusing on selling property
PORTLAND — From public works to parking lots, the city plans to sell land. “It will be one of our goals to dispose of as many city properties as we can. The economy looks like it is the appropriate time. Hopefully we will yield the greatest return we can get,” Councilor David Brenerman said Monday, six […]
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Jeff Sessions says that as attorney general he would stand up to Trump
The Alabama senator says he would crack down on illegal immigration, gun violence and radical Islamic terrorism.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Bath Housing nets nearly $215K grant
BATH — An organization geared toward improving housing stability for seniors, the disabled, and Bath-area families has received a grant of nearly $215,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The funding for Bath Housing, from HUD’s Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency Service Coordinators Program, pays the salary, training needs and administrative costs […]
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Bath arts center to stage Celtic music series
BATH — The sounds of Cape Breton Celtic music will fill the Chocolate Church Arts Center for three shows this winter. The series kicks off Friday, Jan. 30, at 804 Washington St. with a performance of Celtic-inspired music and sea shanties by fiddler Richard Wood and guitarist and vocalist Gordon Belsher. Tickets are $15, and […]
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LePage urges Republicans to ‘fix bayonets’ as he prepares for budget battle
The governor’s comments on a Bangor radio station come one day after top Democratic leaders panned his $6.8 billion budget proposal.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cumberland Woodbank fundraiser to fuel endowment
CUMBERLAND — The Cumberland Woodbank, which has been serving area residents for about a decade, plans to start an endowment to indefinitely fund its fuel assistance program. The nonprofit organization, based in North Yarmouth since last spring, will hold its fifth annual “Free Eat for Heat Wood Bankquet” dinner Saturday, Jan. 21. The 5:30 p.m. […]