Falmouth town councilors need to face facts: • The CMP Route between Woodville Road and Woods Road is the least expensive alternative for the West Falmouth sewer line. The route was recommended in the West Falmouth Sewer Master Plan and WHA engineers confirmed it was least expensive. • Falmouth wastewater employees don’t like working in […]
2021
Posted inTimes Record
Androscoggin County Soil and Water Conservation District seeking new board members
Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District is seeking farmers, foresters, wildlife specialists, ecologists, conservation enthusiasts, and community members of both Androscoggin and Sagadahoc county to attend board meetings and join the board of supervisors. Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District, founded in 1947, is a non-profit organization cooperating with landowners and operators to […]
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Posted inNation & World
Biden expanding summer food program for 34 million schoolchildren
The program reflects the Biden administration’s attempts to nearly stamp out child poverty.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine lawmakers take up new effort to expand adult dental care under Medicaid
Democrats have been trying to expand coverage since 2019, but the effort was derailed when the Legislature adjourned abruptly in 2020 in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies, Uncategorized
Take-out bean supper, music and more takes place in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH — The West Scarborough United Methodist Church, located at 656 U.S. Route 1 in Scarborough will be holding a curbside take-out bean supper on Saturday, May 15 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. The menu includes: b Brad White to perform May 14 Brad White, a pianist and vocalist who also plays the saxophone will […]
Posted inForecaster Opinion
Over Easy: A love letter to engineers
Let’s pause for a minute to pay respects to the unsung heroes in our midst. I speak, of course, of our engineers – the men and women who pay attention to those things we don’t even think of until something malfunctions. Before computers took over, those (mainly) high school boys who walked around with their […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Thomas Joseph Kezar
CAPE PORPOISE — Thomas (Todd) Joseph Kezar, 70 of Cape Porpoise, lost his battle with ALS on April 23, journeying home to be with the Lord, joining his parents Thomas F. Kezar and Josephine D’Ascanio Kezar. Growing up here on the ocean, he loved to fish. After completing school, he spent a couple of years […]
Posted inTimes Record
From the Garden: Going beyond the traditional window-box garden
The gardening world has a tried-and-true formula for the perfect window box: a thriller, a filler and a spiller. You simply can’t go wrong with a tall red geranium amid a tranquil bed of white impatiens and cascading vines of ivy. But maybe you’re an experienced window box gardener looking to try something different. Or […]
Posted inMaine
Homemade ‘house float’ on Green Lake irks shorefront dwellers
Houseboat-like structures anchored in one spot for days or weeks for recreational use are under fire.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Portland Meetings: April 28-May 5
Visit portlandmaine.gov for Zoom information. To watch municipal meetings online, go to townhallstreams.com/towns/portland_maine. Wed. 4/28 5 p.m. Rent Board Committee Thur. 4/29 5 p.m. Joint City/School Finance Committee Meeting Mon. 5/3 5 p.m. City Council Tues. 5/4 5:30 p.m. Housing and Economic Development Committee Tues. 5/4 6:30 p.m. Pesticide Management Advisory Committee Wed. 5/5 3:30 […]