Beyond the congratulations, the leaders discuss Syria, Ukraine, North Korea, arms control and a potential meeting.
March 2018
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Yarmouth considers 4% school budget increase
YARMOUTH — The School Committee proposed a fiscal year 2019 budget of almost $25 million, an increase of approximately 4 percent over current spending. The committee adopted its annual spending plan March 12 and presented it to the council March 15. The town will hold two public hearings on the budget April 5 and May 3, […]
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Posted inMaine
Gray-New Gloucester Middle School declared safe after bomb threat evacuation
Police were at the school just before noon to investigate a reported threat.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
State police stop tractor-trailer driver twice in three days
Ralph Toro had been barred from operating a truck in any state.
Posted inLife & Culture
Watch: 102- and 100-year-old runners set world records
Julia ‘Hurricane’ Hawkins, Orville Rogers and others relish the challenge and the chance to do ‘something a little different.’
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Sources: Mississippi governor to name Hyde-Smith to Senate vacancy
The replacement for retiring Sen. Thad Cochran will become Mississippi’s first female Senator.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland nonprofit taking 'inside' voices out to Michigan
PORTLAND — At Maine Inside Out, the play is more than the thing. “I had a big passion for wanting to change what was going on in the system. Doing this filled a part of my heart,” MIO member Joey Munsey said March 16 after a meeting on Munjoy Hill. Munsey, 22, is one of 20 […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Yarmouth condos get preliminary approval
YARMOUTH — The Planning Board on March 14 gave preliminary site plan approval to a 12-unit condominium complex to be constructed on Main Street. Matt Wogan, of Waypoint Partners LLC, intends to purchase the Weld and Shepley townhomes, now owned by North Yarmouth Academy at 149 and 153 Main St. His plan is to add four […]
Posted inLife & Culture, News, Review
Theater review: Gifted cast gives Mad Horse’s ‘Reasons’ an emotionally satisfying ride
The show about the challenges facing each of four friends runs through April 1.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine regulators will investigate shocking increase in some CMP customers’ bills
The Public Utilities Commission wants to take a deeper look at factors that could reveal why more than 1,000 customers of Central Maine Power Co. received inexplicably high bills this winter.