LIMINGTON – Organizers are expecting another big turnout for ice fishing in the seventh annual Horne Pond Derby in Limington on Saturday. The derby is held at the Horne Pond public launch and parking will be off Moy Mo Da Yo Road in Limington. The pond will be stocked with brook trout for the derby. […]
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Anglers gear up for ice fishing derby Saturday
LIMINGTON – Organizers are expecting another big turnout for ice fishing in the seventh annual Horne Pond Derby in Limington on Saturday. The derby is held at the Horne Pond public launch and parking will be off Moy Mo Da Yo Road in Limington. The pond will be stocked with brook trout for the derby. […]
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EDITORIAL – Wading through a sea of bills from the Legislature
Maine’s 125th Legislature is now in session, and if history is any indication it will have lawmakers wading through hundreds of bills whose sponsors hope to become law. Last session, around 1,700 bills were submitted, including a doomed bill that sought to limit the amount of bills submitted each session. About the same number is […]
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EDITORIAL – Wading through a sea of bills from the Legislature
Maine’s 125th Legislature is now in session, and if history is any indication it will have lawmakers wading through hundreds of bills whose sponsors hope to become law. Last session, around 1,700 bills were submitted, including a doomed bill that sought to limit the amount of bills submitted each session. About the same number is […]
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
Plans add parking at state park
SCARBOROUGH – The private organization that operates Scarborough Beach State Park is seeking approval for an expansion of parking to alleviate traffic congestion near the popular spot. The Sprague Corporation’s Black Point Resources Management, which has been managing the beach for the state since 1993, has developed a plan that would create 500 new parking […]
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South Portland police log
Arrests Dec. 25 Jean M. Leger, 31, of Waltham, Mass., on Main Street on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer. Robert Bruce, 47, of South Portland, on Lincoln Street taken into custody on a warrant of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs. Lynda L. Bruce, 46, of South Portland, on Lincoln Street taken […]
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New gallery expands South Portland scene
SOUTH PORTLAND – Anders Larson feels his new gallery space in South Portland is the perfect place to honor the work of his late father, David Larson, a Maine artist and sculptor who died of lung cancer in August 2007. And as a showcase for a Maine artist, Larson Fine Art, located at 331 Cottage […]
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Low test scores ?are prompting ?South Portland ?to make changes ?at Kaler school
SOUTH PORTLAND – With declining test scores and almost a third of its students in special education, Kaler Elementary School is in for an overhaul in how the curriculum is taught. “We are not consistently meeting the state standards,” Kaler Principal Diane Lang told the South Portland Board of Education at a meeting Monday night, […]
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Schedule 'aggressive' for Wentworth plans
SCARBOROUGH – Despite having a 9-year-old daughter at Wentworth Middle School, it wasn’t until he took a comprehensive tour with Principal Anne Mayre Dexter that Paul Koziell began to understand the building’s problems, which include asbestos, mold and radon contamination. “In walking around that day, I realized that in my past trips to the school […]
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Concert for Cape woman will raise funds to fight ALS
SOUTH PORTLAND – A concert this month in South Portland will bring the community together to help fight a debilitating disease and show support for a local family. On Jan. 23 at the First Congregational Church of South Portland UCC, noted area singers Emily Cain, Kelly Caufield and Matthew Small will be presenting, “Music for […]