Editor’s Note: Shore Duty columnist Sarah Smiley will return next week.
2018
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
French school moving from Portland to South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — A dual French and English school for pre-K and kindergarten students is moving across the Casco Bay Bridge from Portland and preparing for its inaugural year in the city. La Petite Ecole has been operating for the last nine years at 131 Spring St. in Portland’s West End, where it was founded by teacher Marie-Gaelle Casset-Ford. The […]
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Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cumberland asks state to reduce Orchard Road speed limit
CUMBERLAND — The town will ask the Maine Department of Transportation to reduce the speed limit on a portion of Orchard Road. Several residents at Monday’s Town Council meeting, held at the West Cumberland Recreation Hall, said that while the street was walkable a few decades ago, speeding motorists now make it dangerous for pedestrians. […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland council delays action on giving non-citizens right to vote
PORTLAND — City voters will decide one referendum question Nov. 6, but they will not be asked to extend voting rights to noncitizens in municipal elections. In two meetings Monday lasting about seven hours, city councilors tabled sending the voting question to a referendum, but did send the question of requiring additional campaign finance reporting to […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Land trust offers Falmouth farm tour
FALMOUTH — The Falmouth Land Trust is hosting a tour of Hurricane Valley Farm at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18. Members of the public are invited to come learn what’s been happening at the farm this summer and what’s on tap for the future. The farm, which is being conserved for agricultural and passive recreational […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland Jetport exhibit confronts stigma around mental illness
PORTLAND — A photo exhibit at Portland International Jetport hopes to erase the stigma around mental illness by depicting people who are dealing with a variety of issues, from depression to post-traumatic stress disorder to severe anxiety. The “I Am More” exhibit will remain in place through September, which is National Suicide Prevention Month. It was […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Box-top bonanza: Portland land bank may get park land for $6,400
PORTLAND — It won’t be the biggest land deal in city history. But for just less than $6,400, Portland could get nine lots near the Falmouth town line that were once obtained with cereal box tabs. On Aug. 9, the city Land Bank Commission unanimously recommended city councilors approve the purchase and assign the lots in […]
Posted inPolitics
Trump lashes out at Omarosa, calls her “that dog”
Trump tweeted a barrage of insults for the second consecutive morning.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland making it easier to pedal along Park Avenue
PORTLAND — Park Avenue between Deering Oaks Park and Hadlock Field should be safer and more accessible for bicyclists by the end of the month. The city is creating bike lanes separated by bollards from Forest Avenue to Valley Street, and narrowing the existing vehicle lanes, in a project expected to take three weeks if the weather cooperates. […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Need for geriatric nurses leads to new USM degree
PORTLAND — The School of Nursing at the University of Southern Maine is offering a new master’s degree to address a shortage of health-care providers trained to care for older adults with chronic or complex illnesses. The Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner degree will allow nurses to better “assess and manage acutely ill patients” in a […]