PORTLAND — The walls came tumbling down Monday at the Crooked Mile Cafe at Stevens and Brighton avenues. Yet the future is brewing at the coffee shop site, owner Joe McGonigle said as he watched excavator James Phelps raze the building city tax records say dates to 1950. “We were always going to fix or rebuild it; there […]
March 2018
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
UMaine Farmington president to leave June 30 after 6 years at school
Kathryn Foster has accepted an appointment to serve as the next president of The College of New Jersey, college officials said.
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Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Questions loom for Falmouth, Windham with Highland Lake bloom
WINDHAM — A forum hosted by the Highland Lake Leadership Team provided an update on what researchers and water quality specialists know – and don’t know – about the mysterious bloom that has temporarily appeared in the lake over the past four summers. “Things are fairly inconclusive in terms of what’s going on in the […]
Posted inBoston Celtics, News, Sports
Celtics overcome midgame letdown to stay perfect on western trip
Rookie Jayson Tatum scores 23 points as Boston wins in Phoenix, 102-94.
Posted inBusiness, Cops & Courts, Food
Celebrated Maine chef says she’s not guilty of writing bad checks
Shannon Bard was the chef and co-owner of Zapoteca in Portland and Toroso in Kennebunk and, along with her husband, faces possible prison time.
Posted inNation & World, News
Retired Supreme Court Justice urges repeal of Second Amendment
John Paul Stevens argued his case in an essay in the New York Times.
Posted inNation & World, Sports
Former Michigan State dean faces sex charges related to Nassar case
William Strampel, 70, is charged with storing nude photos of female students on his work computer.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland Fire Department celebrates 250 years
PORTLAND — The Fire Department’s 250th anniversary will be celebrated in print and at a public event at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 29, at the Portland Fire Museum, 157 Spring St. The museum will be open to the public for the event and tours. Fire Chief David Jackson, department historian Mike Daicy, and the department Honor Guard will be […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
North Yarmouth panel shaves $212K from budget to rebuild Wescustogo
NORTH YARMOUTH — The Wescustogo Building and Design Committee on March 22 cut about $212,000 from the project’s proposed price tag. Committee Chairman Brian Sites said the reductions will not compromise the project’s integrity. The potential $3.88 million cost of the reconstruction of Wescustogo Hall and an adjoining renovated North Yarmouth Memorial School concerned some […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
‘Pork on the Brain’ pays off for Yarmouth chef
YARMOUTH — Christian Hayes said if he had been asked a year ago if he ever imagined competing on The Food Network’s “Chopped,” he would have laughed. But on March 20, three pork-centric dishes won Hayes the title of “Chopped” champion. His prize: $10,000 and “bragging rights.” “The celebrity-centric culture of cooking nowadays puts me off, so I’m […]