The Maine Board of Environmental Protection had been planning five days of hearings in Calais, and public hearings in Calais and Eastport, beginning July 19.

Stephen Scala, 23, of Portland allegedly robbed Kim’s Alterations after threatening a clerk with a hammer.

Maine’s superintendent of insurance seeks a waiver so Maine insurers won’t be required to meet higher medical spending requirements until 2014.

Ever since the day in early June that I was asked to write for The Forecaster, I’ve been drifting off to sleep each evening, fully expecting to bolt upright at 2:30 a.m., awakened by some divinely inspired idea for this, my first column. Alas, while I am thrilled to tell you that I am indeed […]

This week I’m pleased to introduce two new faces at The Forecaster: Sandi Amorello and Victoria Fischman. Amorello, a Cape Elizabeth resident, is the latest addition to our Opinion pages. If you’re familiar with her website, irreverentwidow.com, you have some idea of what to expect from Sandi; if you’ve never heard of her, here’s how […]

When baby Jackson, our first grandchild, arrived July 1 at 4:14 a.m., I was asleep in the back of the car in the hospital parking lot and Carolyn was in the delivery room with Hannah. She called me on my cell phone to let me know I was a grandfather. Bleary-eyed, I stumbled out of […]

No matter how you dress it up, eating crow is not a pleasant experience. With that said, let me take the first bite. Last week’s edition of The Forecaster carried a story regarding my non-scientific survey of Falmouth residents who receive a periodic newsletter from me regarding town issues. The survey sent to about 1,000 […]

Before the brilliant images fade, the way fireworks do almost the moment they explode, a kind of cotton candy for the eyes, image like flavor evaporating almost on perception, I want to capture some of what happened at Portland’s Fourth of July fireworks celebration. One moment I especially want to hold on to. When all […]

I was disappointed to read the significant error in last week’s article on the Falmouth Community Facilities Planning Committee’s recent recommendations. Over the past two years, directed by the Town Council, the committee gathered public input in various ways, including keypad polling at two public forums and on-line surveys after the forum presentations were posted […]

On behalf of the Friends of the Scarborough Library, I would like to thank the many members of the Scarborough community who helped make our annual book sale so successful this year. The success of this sale is due to the generosity of those who donate, as well as those who purchase. Proceeds from the […]