The looming holiday deadlines bring inspiration, stress and a chance to abandon perfection among local fiber artists knitting presents.
Sophie Burchell
Staff Writer
Sophie is a community reporter for Cumberland, Yarmouth, North Yarmouth and Falmouth and previously reported for the Forecaster. Her memories of briefly living on Mount Desert Island as a child drew her back to Maine to attend Bowdoin College, and back again to Portland after a year in Alaska. When she is not reporting, you can find Sophie rummaging through a thrift store or jumping in the ocean.
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Multiple structure fires ignite over several days, four in Lewiston
Two of the fires were caused by wood stoves, with another the result of an unattended candle.
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Falmouth, Yarmouth launch home energy coaching program
The pilot program will train residents to teach local homeowners about energy-efficiency upgrades they can make.
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Sunday brings snowfall to southern Maine, cold Monday to follow
Following several more inches of snow, windchill on Monday morning will make temperatures feel like below zero across the state.
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Falmouth’s 60-year-old snack shack on road to replacement
The Falmouth Town Council took the first step toward upgrading the shack on Legion Field, alongside Falmouth Little League.
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Falmouth to pay for half of new land trust parcel
The 42 acres near Highland Lake are known as Babbidge Woods.
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Yarmouth will revive its Christmas tree after community raises its own
The tree and menorah lighting on Saturday followed an announcement that a holiday tree will be raised on Memorial Green in future years.
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Portland remembers ‘day of infamy’ on Pearl Harbor Day
The Maine AMVETS have held a memorial for the 1941 attack in Fort Allen Park for over seven decades.
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Snow showers and more cold coming for Maine this week
Several inches of snow may fall in multiple events, and temperatures will drop to the single digits.
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Unusual oyster farm heist leaves Portland couple reeling
The equipment and oysters that went missing from the waters off Falmouth last month are valued at roughly $20,000.