Westbrook High School students performed Christmas carols in French “with amazing holiday spirit” Dec. 12. From left are pianist Péthuel Mutalenu, Cameron Daye, Sebastian Johns, Beni Lapika, Doris Ndoli, Céleste Sam Aissatou Nkouta, Chris Irakoze and Nathan Tshimbemba. Robert Sheppard tells American Legion Post 62 about his father’s experiences serving with the Tuskegee Airmen during […]
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Politics & Other Mistakes: Battering the ballot
Thanks to the Maine Republican Party, we are now aware of glaring flaws in the state’s electoral system, the most obvious of which is: Republicans lost a lot of elections. The failure of GOP candidates to prevail at the polls this year might be attributed to many factors. The party’s nominees could have held views […]
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Scarborough teen takes Toys for Tots to heart
SCARBOROUGH — Elizabeth “Lizzy” Roth spent two hours last Saturday picking out toys for Christmas, but she wasn’t shopping for herself, her family, or even anyone she knows. The 14-year-old was shopping for gifts to donate to Toys for Tots, a tradition she and her uncle, John Roth, have been at for the past nine […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Sports, Lakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Girls Basketball: Scots can't keep pace with Storm
STANDISH—The Scots and the Storm went nose-to-nose for the first two of four quarters on Friday night, Dec. 14, entering the break at 35-35. In the second half, though, Bonny Eagle’s fire ebbed, while Scarborough’s continued to burn bright: the home team found themselves outscored 24-9 in those last 16 minutes, and succumbed in the […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
South Portland council likes Knightville zoning proposals
SOUTH PORTLAND — Councilors last week showed support for proposed amendments to Knightville zoning developed by the city’s Comprehensive Plan Implementation Committee. The council is also considering changes to its standing rules, as recommended by City Manager Scott Morelli, that include eliminating council workshops and instead starting meetings a half hour earlier to accomodate workshop issues. Council meetings […]
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Pair charged with drug trafficking in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — Two residents of Lowell, Massachusetts, were arrested Dec. 13 on charges of aggravated drug trafficking. Luis Ortiz, 24, and Tatiana Rosado, 27, were each charged with aggravated trafficking in heroin/fentanyl after an undercover agent from the Cumberland District Task Force arranged for the delivery of heroin and fentanyl from Ortiz, according to a […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
‘Unbelievably magical’: Backstage at Portland Ballet’s ‘Victorian Nutcracker’
PORTLAND — The gentle pitter-patter of pointe shoes filled the stage. Backstage crew members assembled large Victorian set pieces and the orchestra’s tuning sounds echoed throughout the theatre. It was 6:15 p.m. Dec. 6 and the final dress rehearsal for Portland Ballet’s “Victorian Nutcracker” was about to begin. As the biggest show of Portland Ballet’s […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Scarborough Police Beat: Dec. 14
Arrests 12/3 at 7:06 a.m. Michael T. Kimball, 57, of Westbrook Street, South Portland, was arrested on Portland Road by Officer Aaron Erickson on charges of operating with a suspended or revoked license and violating bail condition on release. 12/4 at 4:25 p.m. Molly W. Wagner, 27, of Chadwick Place, Biddeford, was arrested on Payne Road […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
It Happened in Windham: Winter in New Marblehead
Maine winters are notoriously cold. The first snow can fall as early as late October and some years, we’re lucky to see it gone by early May. The days are short and the nights are cold. Just imagine how much colder it must have seemed in the eighteenth century when our town was first settled. […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Inside Gray
Project Sticker Shock Students from Gray-New Gloucester High School and Middle School collaborated with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office and Casco Bay CAN (Create Awareness Now) to visit local businesses and promote Project Sticker Shock during the first weeks of December. As part of the national and statewide program, the students volunteered to bring […]
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