PORTLAND — More restrictive zoning proposed for Commercial Street will have its first Planning Board review Tuesday, April 23. The zoning revisions in the Waterfront Central Zone, a product of the ongoing Waterfront Working Group meetings, would replace the present Non-Marine Use Overlay Zone created in 2010 with a Commercial Street Overlay Zone. The new overlay zone would […]
2019
Posted inAnimals, Life & Culture, Maine
Video: Slo-mo shows birds of a feather at a Maine bird feeder
Videographer Roger McCord offers a close-up view of life on the feeder in spring.
advertisement
Posted inNation & World, News
Trump opens Easter Egg Roll with talk of economy, military
The president and first lady take part in a tradition that began in 1878 under President Rutherford B. Hayes.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Man convicted of murder that went unsolved for 32 years goes to court for third appeal
Jay Mercier is appealing his conviction for the murder of Rita St. Peter on July 5, 1980, in Anson.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cumberland has races for council, School Board; North Yarmouth elections uncontested
CUMBERLAND — The June 11 municipal election has attracted four candidates for two open seats on the Town Council, and three for two Cumberland representatives on the School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors. There are no contested elections, meanwhile, in North Yarmouth. Instead of seeking re-election to the Cumberland council, where he holds an […]
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Report urges lawmakers to act as insolvency looms for Medicare and Social Security
Neither political party seems to have the appetite to propose cost curbs that would be politically perilous.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Herman Cain withdraws from consideration for Federal Reserve
Four Republican senators had refused to back the former Republican presidential candidate.
Posted inNews
Fire destroys Weld General Store
Several fire departments responded early Monday to a fire at the Weld General Store in Weld.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Former Rockland attorney pleads not guilty to stealing from elderly clients
Anita Volpe is charged with stealing tens of thousands of dollars from three clients.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Out & About: ‘Lucky Stiff’ is drop-dead funny
As tiny buds of green portend full-on spring leaf-out, it’s that time of year when many producers and presenters are wrapping up their fall-winter-spring seasons. Good Theater for one, is exiting with a bang; “Lucky Stiff,” the company’s final 2018-2019 production, is a drop-dead funny musical comedy. Portland Community Chorus wraps up 2018-2019 with its […]