For the past four years I have been taking the Flyer bus to Portland and back at least once a week. Riding the bus saves me the hassle of finding a place to park, and dealing with traffic, pedestrians, etc. The Portland Public Library, Monument Square, the Maine Historical Society and many other places of […]

The reason I have used the Freedom of Access Act to gather facts is because of tips I received from Falmouth citizens about continuous waste of tax dollars. Can anyone reading this think of any institution that writes two checks totaling nearly $38,000 without anything in the file folder except a paid invoice? Falmouth paid […]

Regarding your recent article “Group eyes Ocean Gateway for carrier,” I was taken aback by the comments made by the group’s spokesman. Richard Fitzgerald seems to presume that there is absolutely no opposition to the idea of putting the JFK carrier in Portland Harbor. He appears deaf to concerns expressed by the Munjoy Hill Neighborhood […]

After reading the recent article by Randy Billings in The Forecaster, I hope to provide some additional information about the Parkside Neighborhood Center. People’s Regional Opportunity Program manages several programs at the Parkside Neighborhood Center, at 85 Grant St. in Portland. Programs include the Night Light After-School Program for youth ages 5-18, Homework Help, Summer […]

It tends to happen in such downturns, and for the second year, U.S. births saw a ‘good-sized decline.’

Air Force Airman Jeffrey T. Conicelli graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Conicelli earned distinction as an honor graduate. He is the son of Penny Conicelli of Portland and George Conicelli of Windham and is a 2009 graduate of Deering High School, Portland. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Ryan P. […]

WASHINGTON U.S. general: Afghan forces won’t be ready in July 2011 A senior U.S. commander on Monday wouldn’t predict when Afghanistan might take control of its own security and warned that NATO needs at least another year to recruit and train enough soldiers and police officers. The assessment by Lt. Gen. Bill Caldwell, the head […]

Yesterday morning, when I sat down at the computer, I looked out the window and saw a nuthatch asleep on the bird feeder, its beak resting on the plastic cylinder of black oil sunflower seeds, eyes wide open, motionless as chickadees came and went. I watched it for a while before going outside to check […]

Most of us think of Nazareth, the boyhood home of Jesus, as a quaint little village in an idealized diorama of the Holy Land. Nowadays, however, it’s a bustling, hot and dusty city in which a cacophony of car horns, buses and construction equipment assaults the ears while shopping malls dot the surrounding hillsides. The […]

Biologically speaking, had it been possible for Martha Stewart and Julia Child to reproduce, I could have easily been their baby. Not only do I love decorating cakes with freshly sugared violets and consider homemade chicken pot pie to be an aphrodisiac, but I have actually been mistaken for Martha on numerous occasions. The most […]