March 2018 – Page 215 – The Portland Press Herald

Under court order, LePage to reopen Downeast prison with minimal inmates, staff

by Kevin Miller March 19, 2018March 20, 2018

The governor indicates, however, that his administration will continue to move forward with plans to close the Downeast Correctional Facility by June 30.

Locals help Norwich to women's hockey title

by The Forecaster March 19, 2018March 19, 2018

Falmouth’s Mollie Fitzpatrick and Scarborough’s Alyssa Hulst helped Norwich University to the Division III women’s hockey national championship last weekend. Fitzpatrick, a Cheverus graduate who won a title as a player in 2011, helped coach the team to victory, while Hulst, the daughter of former Portland Pirates great, Kent Hulst, played on this year’s championship […]

Forecaster Sports, The Forecaster

Yarmouth hockey standout honored

by The Forecaster March 19, 2018March 19, 2018

Yarmouth senior Cooper May, joined by his parents, receives the Evans Spear Award as the outstanding senior player in Class B South at last weekend’s awards banquet. The award memorializes the former Clipper, who passed away in 2004 with Hodgkins Lymphoma. May joins Walter Conrad (2015) and Alex Kurtz (2012) as Yarmouth players to win […]

Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster

Yarmouth historians to mark anniversary

by The Forecaster March 19, 2018June 28, 2019

YARMOUTH — The History Center will celebrate its fifth anniversary on the banks of the Royal River on Saturday, March 31. The celebration will take place at the center at 118 East Elm St. and is free and open to the public. From 10:30 a.m.-noon, attendees can enjoy cupcakes, museum scavenger hunts, and a Yarmouth trivia […]

Portland Forecaster, The Forecaster

Snow days push Portland schools into late June

by The Forecaster March 19, 2018

PORTLAND — With numerous snow days this winter, including two last week, the Portland Public Schools could be in session well into June to make up the instructional time lost, according to Assistant Superintendent of Schools Jeanne Crocker. Crocker said she would present a plan at this week’s School Board meeting that proposes keeping students […]

Coastal Journal, Times Record

Letter to the editor: A few issues with Brunswick’s 2018-19 school budget

by Letter to the Editor March 19, 2018

There are a few issues Brunswick residents should know about the new 2018-19 proposed school budget. There are 441 employees in it, and I will compare the contract teacher salaries from last year with the projected for the coming year. Keep in mind that these figures do not include the step, stipend, sick or annual […]

Coastal Journal, Times Record

Letter to the editor: Legislative limbo for LD 11

by Letter to the Editor March 19, 2018

Our representatives and senators are busy these days dealing with all kinds of bills that their supporters would like to become law. You can almost hear the wheels churning in Augusta; sometimes progress is made, sometimes the wheels get stuck, hub-deep in mud, in a kind of legislative limbo. A case in point is a […]