Maine Republicans’ own fake news story I have read with some interest of the claims that people in the first Congressional District incorrectly received ballots for the Second District race. Their recollections are that they went ahead and voted for Bruce Poliquin, but couldn’t understand why that race was on their ballot. The Maine GOP […]
2018
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cumberland’s substitute Christmas tree shares spotlight with Civil War monument
CUMBERLAND — For at least five decades, the spruce tree that stood in the center of town was a fixture every holiday season, when its branches would be illuminated with strings of multicolored lights. Occasionally, those branches would catch fire, thanks to the power lines that ran through them. And then disease struck the tall […]
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Prosecutors accuse 2 Michael Flynn associates of acting as foreign agents
Federal prosecutors say the men took hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Turkish government to push for the extradition from the U.S. of dissident cleric Fethullah Gulen.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Reiche Elementary PTO seeks donations of pasta, sauce
PORTLAND — The Parent Teacher Organization at Reiche Elementary School is holding a pasta and sauce food drive through Jan. 31, 2019. Donation boxes are in the front office and community room. “Just one box of pasta can feed a family of four and really make a huge difference,” the PTO said in a Facebook post. “The […]
Posted inForecaster Opinion, The Forecaster
Letter: Most Americans support Trump’s Wall
“Illegal immigration is wrong, plain and simple.” “I voted numerous times when I was a senator to spend money to build a barrier to try to prevent illegal immigrants from coming in.” “We simply cannot allow people to pour into the United States undetected, undocumented, unchecked and circumventing the line of people who are waiting […]
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Seeking answers, mother of Ayla Reynolds sues father of missing toddler
The girl disappeared seven years ago while in her father’s care in Waterville, and is presumed dead. Her mother’s lawyer says, ‘Justice will be finding out where Ayla was killed, how she was killed and why she was killed.’
Posted inThe Forecaster
How can Portland students say no?
On the steps of City Hall Dec. 14, Portland Mayor Ethan Strimling pleads with the Casco Bay High School Class of 2019 to return to Maine after college following the students’ annual march to the post office to mail college applications. All of the nearly 100 seniors have applied to college, according to the school. […]
Posted inForecaster Opinion, The Forecaster
Politics & Other Mistakes: Battering the ballot
Thanks to the Maine Republican Party, we are now aware of glaring flaws in the state’s electoral system, the most obvious of which is: Republicans lost a lot of elections. The failure of GOP candidates to prevail at the polls this year might be attributed to many factors. The party’s nominees could have held views […]
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Sports
Boys Basketball: Douglass carries Lisbon Greyhounds to win
LISBON — DJ Douglass knows eyes are on him this year every time his Lisbon High School boys’ basketball team takes the court. With Lisbon having to replace graduated 1,000-point scorer Jonah Sautter, Douglass has shown the shooting touch, including Friday night’s 29-point effort in Lisbon’s 60-52 Mountain Valley Conference win over Mt. Abram. The Greyhounds […]
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Sports
High School Hoops: Phoenix cruises past Richmond Bobcats, 67-27, in boys basketball
JAY — Spruce Mountain coach Scott Bessey saw no sense in leaving in his starters or keeping up the pressure on Richmond after the Phoenix constructed a sturdy 41-9 halftime lead in a high school Mountain Valley Conference boys basketball game on Friday. Bessey called up his reserves and called off his press in the second […]
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