PORTLAND — A $650,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice will enable the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office to provide services, including counseling, monitoring, and support to find work and housing, to jail inmates as they return to the community. The “Project Reentry” program will begin accepting new clients in the new round of a program established […]
May 2018
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Republicans’ court filing takes aim at ranked-choice voting
The filing says the election method ‘strikes at the heart of the party’s right’ to free association.
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Posted inLife & Culture
Maine, nation part company when it comes to top baby names
Nationally, the top names for boys and girls in 2017 were Emma and Liam.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Out & About: 2 Broadway musicals; 1 joyous, 1 tragic
A pair of Broadway musicals dominate this week’s top picks among southern Maine’s performing arts offerings, and they couldn’t be further apart in terms of scope and tone. “Smokey Joe’s Cafe,” which opens the 2018 season at Ogunquit Playhouse, is a compact jukebox musical based on the songs of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
Out & About: 2 Broadway musicals; 1 joyous, 1 tragic
A pair of Broadway musicals dominate this week’s top picks among southern Maine’s performing arts offerings, and they couldn’t be further apart in terms of scope and tone. “Smokey Joe’s Cafe,” which opens the 2018 season at Ogunquit Playhouse, is a compact jukebox musical based on the songs of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who […]
Posted inMaine, News
Take a look at where the Maine Opportunity Zones are
Androscoggin County Aroostook County Cumberland County Hancock County Kennebec County Oxford County Penobscot County Piscataquis County Sagadahoc County Somerset County Waldo County Washington County York County
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
LePage picks 32 communities – including some wealthier ones – for investment incentive
Federal opportunity zones give steep tax breaks to private investors who put money into poor areas, such as distressed paper mill towns in Maine and even sections of Portland, South Portland and Saco.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Sports, Southern Forecaster
Boys Lacrosse: Gorham motors past Scarborough on huge first half
GORHAM—Chris Tucker put the Rams on top early when the Red Storm came to town on Thursday evening, May 17, while teammate Jake Dupuis posted the game’s biggest take, a hat trick and then some. Gorham never looked back once Tucker broke the ice, and Dupuis finished with four total, not to mention an assist. […]
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
UNE launches institute for study of North Atlantic, Arctic
Graduate, undergraduate and professional certificate programs are planned at UNE North in Portland as the city plays an increasing role in northern areas because of shipping connections and shared fisheries.
Posted inForecaster Opinion, The Forecaster
The Universal Notebook: Handicapping the gubernatorial hopefuls, hopeless
Last week I attended a Democratic gubernatorial candidates’ forum in Brunswick. The sound system was faulty, the format frustrating and the moderator even more so, but despite these distractions I was able to get a little closer to deciding who to support and, given ranked-choice voting, in what order. First, however, let me address why […]