There’s quite a variety of music coming up in and around Portland. The biggest item, both in terms of ticket sales and ultimate significance, will be the Portland Symphony Orchestra’s Sunday Classical concert. The program entirely comprises works from the German-speaking world, and the conductor, German-born Eckart Preu, is one of the finalists for appointment […]
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Posted inPolitics
Legislative panel backs bill to lift $1,000 raffle cap for nonprofits
The cap on raffle fundraising prizes was tucked into last year’s state budget proposal and went unnoticed by many lawmakers.
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Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Mother, stepfather charged with murdering 10-year-old girl in Stockton Springs
One of the adults called for an ambulance about 2:30 p.m. Sunday for an unresponsive child at a condominium where they had been staying.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Teenager arrested after threat closes Cape Elizabeth schools
CAPE ELIZABETH — A 16-year-old boy was charged with misdemeanor terrorizing after reports of threats made on social media led to the closing of all schools Monday. The student was arrested around 6 a.m. Monday morning at a home on Minot Street in South Portland, after a search warrant was executed by a regional SWAT team […]
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Man fatally shoots himself during standoff and sister says she might have prevented it
She believes that if authorities had contacted her during the nearly 12-hour standoff she might have been able to talk her brother safely out of the house.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World
Stop that bandwagon: Standing desks may actually be bad for your health
‘The evidence is catching up and it’s showing there are some drawbacks,’ an expert in physiotherapy says.
Posted inForecaster Sports, Lakes Region Weekly
Boys Basketball: Windham falls to EL in Regional Final
PORTLAND—When Mike Gilman drained a buzzer-beater three for the Eagles vs. EL on Friday evening, Feb. 23, he sent the teams to the sideline at the end of the third tied 32-32. When Windham and the Eddies returned to the court, however, the latter seemed to sail away with the AA North title. Somehow, Edward […]
Posted inNation & World
While being held hostage, 99-year-old Utah woman scolds suspect for messing up her home
As a SWAT team and hostage negotiators surround her home she tells the intruder to ‘knock it off.’
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
UPDATE: Scarborough school chief, board stand firm on high school principal’s resignation
SCARBOROUGH — Superintendent of Schools Julie Kukenberger this week rejected an attempt by Scarborough High School Principal David Creech to rescind his resignation. William Michaud, Creech’s attorney, also said the School Board declined Tuesday to meet to discuss Creech’s employment. Michaud said Creech was told Feb. 15 by Kukenberger that if he did not resign, she would not recommend renewing […]
Posted inThe Maine Forecast
Feels like spring, but all eyes are on late-week ocean storm
A large storm will form at the end of the week. Coastal flooding and erosion appears to be the greatest threat.