As Bill Nemitz argues in the Portland Press Herald, the Yarmouth school honor code rules are clear. But The Forecaster’s Edgar Allen Beem is also right that the reach of the honor code has been overextended (“Honor code or inquisition?”). Students playing basketball can be expected to give their all to the team, to refrain […]

VERSAILLES, Ky. Police catch Mafia fugitive with Massachusetts ties Authorities say they’ve caught a Mafia-affiliated fugitive who spent two days on the run after kicking out the door of a prison van in Kentucky. U.S. Marshals Service spokesman Craig Smith said 37-year-old Derek A. Capozzi was captured without incident Saturday afternoon. Capozzi escaped from custody […]

This week, the Legislature took its final votes. One important vote was for the passage of a bond package. The package is critical to stimulating jobs and investing in our future. But most importantly, it is up to the voters of Maine to have a say. I think all voters in the state should be […]

Windham police say an extremely intoxicated Raymond C. Marshall III was driving around his property firing shots from a hunting rifle and frightening neighbors Wednesday night, so they arrested him with the aid of a Taser.

The judge called making the boys, aged 4 and 6, fight each other was “depraved.”

A pair of nesting ospreys in Brunswick caused a blackout Wednesday for 6,000 Central Maine Power Co. customers. One of the ospreys was carrying a branch for the nest the birds were building on a wooden transmission pole, and the branch dropped onto the wires, shutting down the area’s distribution system, said CMP spokeswoman Gail […]

The organizer says at least 20 gun owners are expected to gather at Back Cove on April 25 to support the open-carry movement.

The Scarborough School Board is asking the town to bond $688,000 for the purchase of laptop computers for high school students. CIP expenditures are “bricks and mortar” projects, such as building improvements. The CIP budget is being justified because it is smaller than last year’s, so it is expected that this laptop purchase is a […]

A group of dedicated citizens in School Administrative District 51 has been exploring a revenue-generating opportunity for repurposing Drowne Road School. This innovative school model would capitalize on our existing assets and enhance our community. The energy generated at each meeting has been infectious, and it fills me with hope for the future of our […]