Freeport Town Council and town management are considering converting municipal downtown parking into a skatepark at 0 Depot Street, the Amtrak parking lot. I oppose this departure from priorities taxpayers have identified in Freeport’s Downtown Vision 2020 and drafted 2025 comprehensive plan. If Freeport owns parking lots downtown that it doesn’t need, that’s a housing […]
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Northern Forecaster Meetings: March 27-April 3
Municipal meetings in Chebeague Island, Cumberland, Falmouth, Freeport, North Yarmouth and Yarmouth.
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Southern Maine Arts Calendar: March 28-April 4
Comedy Through 3/29 Joe Pera: 7 p.m. Thursday, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Empire Comedy Club, 575 Congress St., Portland. $35. 21-plus. Contact: empirecomedyme.com Sunday 3/30 Comedy for a Cause: Benefits Portland Firefighters Local 740, 7 p.m., Empire Comedy Club, 575 Congress St., Portland. $25. 21-plus. Contact: empirecomedyme.com Jonathan Van Ness: 7 p.m., […]
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Southern Maine Community Calendar: March 28-April 4
Bulletin Board Thursday 4/3 “Bow Ties and Bean Boots”: Fundraiser for Teens to Trails, music, food and activities, 5:30-9 p.m., L.L.Bean headquarters, 15 Casco St., Freeport. $40-$75. Contact: teenstotrails.org Ongoing Adult chess drop-in: 3 p.m., Saturdays. Bring a chess board if you have one. Prince Memorial Library, 266 Main St., Cumberland. Contact: princememorial.org Bath ReStore: […]
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Mainewhile: Farm-to-farm trails – let’s make it happen
Hello to all of you. Well. Here we are. To paraphrase one of my all-time favorite literary works, we have turned another page… and have come to the end. In this, our last column together, I was sorely tempted to try and pack all my ideas in here as a last hurrah. But, oi. It […]
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Portland Meetings: March 26-April 2
Wed. 3/26 5 p.m. Rent Board Zoom Wed. 3/26 6:15 p.m. Peaks Island Committee P.I. Community Center Thu. 3/27 8 a.m. CDBG Allocation Zoom Thu. 3/27 5 p.m. City/School Finance Committees Zoom Mon. 3/31 5 p.m. City Council Workshop City Hall Tue. 4/1 6:30 p.m. Landcare Management Zoom Wed. 4/2 3:30 p.m. Creative Portland Zoom […]
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Sports Editor Michael Hoffer: What a wild ride it’s been; 25 years with The Forecaster
All good things must end. For nearly four decades, The Forecaster has taken immense pride in being a weekly part of our communities’ heartbeat. This week brings our final print edition and while the product will continue with electronic editions and digital newsletters, it truly is the end of an era. Back in the fall […]
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Longtime Scarborough girls soccer coach steps down
Mike Farley led Red Storm to four Gold Balls in his two decades at the helm.
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Falmouth to have another public hearing, vote on pesticide ordinance
Delayed by unrealized statutory requirements, if the ordinance is passed, the effective date will now be May 1.
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Students worldwide tune into French with a competition by Falmouth teacher
The song bracket competition “Manie Musicale” was created by Falmouth Middle School teacher Michelle Fournier in 2017 and now has over 800,000 participants in 35 countries.