Falmouth’s Kyle Bouchard handles the ball with his head during the Yachtsmen’s 2-0 win at Scarborough Monday. Greely quarterback Nick Male looks to throw while under pressure from Biddeford during the Rangers’ 36-6 loss Friday night. Freeport’s Abby King gets a step on Yarmouth’s Audrey Goessling during the Falcons’ 1-0 victory Friday. Falmouth’s Sofie Matson […]
October 2018
Posted inLife & Culture
Theater review: ‘Curious Incident’ uses autism to forge a touching human connection
Adapted from a novel, the story is centered on a 15-year-old autistic boy.
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Posted inThe Forecaster
Portland mayor wants $7M bond for housing
PORTLAND — Mayor Ethan Strimling is asking for a $7 million bond to fund the city’s Housing Trust Fund. “Housing is infrastructure … it is time for us to prioritize (it) in the same way,” he said at the outset of the Oct. 4 City Council Finance Committee meeting. Strimling’s bond proposal, which could cost about $10 […]
Posted inNation & World, Politics
U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley says she’ll step down at year’s end, back Trump in 2020
Haley met with the president Tuesday morning but gave no reason for leaving after 2 years on the job.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cumberland council freezes medical marijuana retailers
CUMBERLAND — The Town Council on Monday unanimously enacted a 90-day moratorium on medical marijuana retail stores. The council also unanimously adopted a resolution requesting that the browntail moth infestation be declared a public health nuisance. Doing so would allow the town to expand its spraying regimen to privately owned property. Following passage in November […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland schools help bridge food gap for students
PORTLAND — Childhood hunger has become such a pressing issue that the Portland Public Schools has formed a Food Security Task Force to better address the food needs of students and their families. With the support of the Cumberland County Food Security Council, the School Department has created a five-step plan to better bridge the food […]
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Sports
High School Field Hockey: MVC schools Lisbon and Spruce Mountain play to a 1-1 tie
LISBON — When Mountain Valley Conference schools Lisbon and Spruce Mountain play a high school field hockey game, it’s usually a battle until the end. On Monday morning, the end occurred after the second overtime as the two teams played to a 1-1 tie in double overtime. Spruce Mountain sits at 8-4-1 and atop the […]
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Sports
Boston Red Sox: Brock Holt hits for cycle as Red Sox rout Yankees, 16-1, for 2-1 series lead
NEW YORK — Brock Holt had one thing in mind: He was swinging for the fences. After all, the game was decided long ago. And everything else went Boston’s way all night, so why not this? The part-time utilityman put the finishing touch on a Red Sox blowout, becoming the first player to hit for the cycle in […]
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Boston Red Sox: Brock Holt hits for cycle as Red Sox rout Yankees, 16-1, for 2-1 series lead
NEW YORK — Brock Holt had one thing in mind: He was swinging for the fences. After all, the game was decided long ago. And everything else went Boston’s way all night, so why not this? The part-time utilityman put the finishing touch on a Red Sox blowout, becoming the first player to hit for the cycle in […]
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Sports
Home Opener: Boston Bruins roll past Ottawa Senators, 6-3, as Bergeron tallies hat trick
BOSTON — Patrice Bergeron missed the entire exhibition season and most of training camp recovering from back spasms that followed offseason groin surgery. It doesn’t seem to have slowed him down. The Bruins forward had his fourth career hat trick, scoring his first goal just 30 seconds into the game, and Tuukka Rask stopped 28 shots […]
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