SOUTH PORTLAND — The city is seeking input from commercial fisherman to help craft redevelopment plans for its public pier. South Portland has been considering ways to improve the Portland Street Pier to better accommodate commercial fishermen and widen their reach to include the fast-growing aquaculture market. A stakeholder meeting is set to take place […]
March 2018
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Fishermen invited to give feedback on South Portland pier redevelopment
SOUTH PORTLAND — The city is seeking input from commercial fisherman to help craft redevelopment plans for its public pier. South Portland has been considering ways to improve the Portland Street Pier to better accommodate commercial fishermen and widen their reach to include the fast-growing aquaculture market. A stakeholder meeting is set to take place […]
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Posted inMaine
Founding director of state’s watchdog agency to step down
Beth Ashcroft has lead the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability since its inception in 2005.
Posted inForecaster Sports, Lakes Region Weekly
Winter Reviews: Gray-New Gloucester
NEW GLOUCESTER—With the winter seasons in our collective rear view, but spring still several weeks out, now is an optimal time to reflect on the Patriots’ recent efforts. Boys BasketballThe Gentlemen Patriots turned in a fantastic season: As their current crop of players has gained experience over the past couple years, they’ve become an ever-greater […]
Posted inFood
Portland baker named finalist for James Beard Award
Alison Pray of Standard Baking Co. will compete for Outstanding Baker against 5 others.
Posted inMaine, News
Lawsuit says 11-year-old boy held at Long Creek was injured by staff, deprived of medical care
Allegations that the staff failed to give the boy his medication and broke his teeth in a scuffle add to scrutiny of the juvenile detention center.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Bath high school alumnus donates $50K to launch music fund
BATH — Allen Commeau’s life has taken him far from Morse High School, where he graduated in 1962. But the school and its community are never far from his mind. Now living in Santa Rosa, California, Commeau is donating $50,000 to launch a Music Enrichment Fund at the school. The endowment will pay for scholarships […]
Posted inNation & World
Students at thousands of U.S. schools walk out to protest gun violence
Some schools applauded the students for taking a stand a month after the massacre at a Florida high school, while others threatened the protesters with punishment.
Posted inMaine
‘If we do nothing, more will die’: Maine students join gun protest
The snowstorm didn’t stop hundreds of students from joining the national walkout with rallies in downtown Portland and at schools across the state. More protests are planned for today.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Harpswell to demolish Mitchell Field water tower
HARPSWELL — After years of discussion, the water tower at Mitchell Field will be demolished. The tower’s fate was sealed at Town Meeting March 10, when voters also returned David Chipman to a three-year term on the Board of Selectmen and re-elected Joanne Rogers a director of School Administrative District 75. The 231 voters also approved […]