PORTLAND — Parent engagement is still one of the most important factors in a child’s ability to succeed in school, and a reason the Portland Public Schools is launching a new initiative called Parent University. “Parents and caregivers play a crucial role in the development of habits of work, character traits, and academic success,” according to […]
2018
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Developers seek OK for Stevens Avenue project in Portland
PORTLAND — Developers are hoping to get the go-ahead Tuesday for a project planned around the former St. Joseph’s Convent on Stevens Avenue. “We hope to get approval,” Kevin Bunker said in a Jan. 5 email. “At (a) workshop there was very little comment and the consensus seemed to be that it was ready to go.” […]
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Falmouth Land Trust to screen documentary
FALMOUTH — The Falmouth Land Trust will show the documentary film, “Community Conservation: Finding the Balance Between Nature and Culture,” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 11. The movie, a Falmouth 300th anniversary event that is free and open to the public, is directed by award-winning Maine filmmaker Mark Ireland and profiles four land trusts […]
Posted inOpinion
I was on Trump’s voter fraud commission and its demise was inevitable
‘They won’t be able to do this in the dark anymore,’ writes Maine’s secretary of state.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Longtime LePage chief of staff departs for federal job in Washington
John McGough, who has taken a position with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has been with LePage since he ran for governor in 2010.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Bowdoin company buys Massachusetts firm to enhance its brain surgery product line
FHC Inc. expects the acquisition to help neurosurgeons deliver therapies directly into the brain.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
MLK Day events planned in Portland, Freeport
PORTLAND — The legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the 50th anniversary of his assassination will be observed at events in Portland and Freeport. Martin Luther King Day is Monday, Jan. 15. King was killed in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. On Friday, Jan. 12, a reading and question-and-answer session called “The […]
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Mueller indicates he will likely seek interview with Trump
The special counsel’s team raised the issue during a meeting with the president’s lawyers.
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Nominations open for County Teacher of the Year
PORTLAND — Nominations are now being accepted for the 2018 County Teachers of the Year. It’s from among this group that the annual Maine Teacher of the Year is chosen. Teachers may be nominated by students, parents, colleagues, principals, superintendents or anyone from the community who has an interest in honoring an outstanding educator. The […]
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Portland police investigate suspicious death
PORTLAND —A 36-year-old woman was killed inside her Riverton home Sunday night, according to city police. Lt. Robert Martin said the victim was Sokha Khuon, of 46 Dorothy St. Martin on Monday afternoon said Khuon’s cause of death had yet to be determined by the state Office of the Medical Examiner, but police were called to […]