Girls’ hockey playoffs have begun, other excitement to come.
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Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Our Place priced out of finding space in East Bayside neighborhood it serves
Our Place Youth and Family Services wants to be closer to its clients, but has had a hard time finding a spot in the gentrifying area.
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Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Scotty and Spillway story spreads inclusion awareness far and wide
The reaction to North Yarmouth resident Lisa Wentzell’s book “A Dog and His Boy” about her developmentally disabled son has been “pretty amazing” and has kept the family busy in the year since its release.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly, The Forecaster
Mainewhile: Talbot and Talbot Ross refreshingly dedicated to creating better lives for all
One of the astounding, courageous and inspiring individuals whose life is portrayed in “Americans Who Tell the Truth,” a collection of portraiture and biography, is Maine’s own Gerald “Jerry” E. Talbot. Talbot is well known in our state as a bold, courageous and strident advocate for human rights. An eighth generation Mainer, he experienced both […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Southern Meetings: Feb. 9-16
Cape Elizabeth Mon. 2/12 7 p.m. Town Council Town Hall Tue. 2/13 6:30 p.m. School Board Town Hall Tue. 2/13 7 p.m. Conservation Committee Town Hall Wed. 2/14 5:30 p.m. Community Services Community Center Wed. 2/14 6 p.m. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion T.M. Library Thu. 2/15 8:30 a.m. School Board Advisory Zoom Thu. 2/15 6 p.m. […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Northern Meetings: Feb. 8-15
Chebeague Island Sat. 2/10 9 a.m. Department Budget Workshop Town Hall Mon. 2/12 6:30 p.m. Planning Board Rec Center Cumberland Mon. 2/12 7 p.m. Town Council Town Hall Tue. 2/13 6 p.m. Tri-Community Meeting Town Hall Falmouth Thu. 2/8 8 a.m. Comp. Plan Committee Town Hall Mon. 2/12 5 p.m. Workforce Housing Workshop Town Hall […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland Meetings: Feb. 7-14
Wed. 2/7 3:30 p.m. Creative Portland Zoom Wed. 2/7 5 p.m. Historic Preservation Zoom, City Hall Thu. 2/8 5 p.m. Finance Committee Zoom Mon. 2/12 3 p.m. Fish Pier Authority Zoom Tue. 2/13 8 a.m. Legislative/Nominating Zoom Tue. 2/13 4:30 p.m. Planning Board Zoom, City Hall Tue. 2/13 5:30 p.m. HHS/Public Safety Zoom Wed. 2/14 […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Coastal Journal Meetings: Feb. 9-16
Bath Tue. 2/13 6 p.m. Community Forestry Committee Rec Department Brunswick Mon. 2/12 11:30 a.m. Social Services Committee Town Hall Mon. 2/12 4 p.m. Climate Action Task Force Zoom, Town Hall Tue. 2/13 4:30 p.m. Teen Center Advisory People Plus Tue. 2/13 6 p.m. Planning Board Zoom, Town Hall Wed. 2/14 8 a.m. Trust Fund […]
Posted inForecaster Sports
Freeport girls hold off Falmouth to punch playoff ticket
Falcons make key plays in second half to prevail, 36-34.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Drowne’s descendent protests use of willed land for housing
I am a descendant as a great great granddaughter of Elizabeth Ingraham Drowne. It was Elizabeth who gave the town of Cumberland 100 acres and a house in her will. The stipulation was that it be used for education. At one point the town had a dump on this beautiful land, clearly against the requirements […]