From pot in Portland, tar sands in South Portland, and waterfront access in Harpswell, to school renovations in Freeport and Bath, voters in several cities and towns we cover face important local ballot questions on Nov. 5. Here is where the owners and publisher of The Forecaster stand on these community issues. South Portland Voters […]
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Editorial: Approve all five on Nov. 5
Maine, like most other states, bonds a great many projects not funded through the state’s regular budget process. We borrow, through bonds, to pay for upgrades to our bridges and roads, for building projects at our colleges and universities, for upgrades to water and sewer systems, and for other large public capital improvement projects. On […]
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The Universal Notebook: Let’s not get smug about smog
Maine air is not as healthy as a lot of people would like to believe. Just because we don’t have a visible haze of pollution hanging over us all the time does not mean we are breathing clean air. We aren’t. In terms of ozone, the smog created when emissions particles are exposed to sunlight, […]
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Short Relief: Straighten up, Portland
Marijuana has enjoyed a bit of a roller-coaster ride in the United States. Early-on, the government encouraged the production of hemp for industrial purposes. Then, cannabis became an ingredient in patent medicines. In the early 1900s, labeling laws required that its presence be disclosed. Mexican immigrants reportedly introduced Americans to the recreational use of marijuana […]
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Letter: Maine senators urged to back EPA proposal
I urge Senators King and Collins to support the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed carbon standards for new power plants. Whether it’s the clean-up costs that local communities must pay after deadly weather events, or the health-care costs from smog, which makes it hard for our children and seniors to breathe, the costs from climate change […]
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Kennebunk construction worker dies after fall from roof
Police and OSHA are investigating the accident on Summer Street.
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New health website boss says it’ll be fixed by December
The management is reorganized after the exchange is plagued by delays and errors.
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Architects: Sea-level rise will wash away $46.4M worth of Portland’s Commercial Street properties by 2100
PORTLAND — Nearly $33 million in damage will be done to buildings along Portland’s low-lying – and high-traffic – Commercial Street area by 2050 because of steady sea level rise, a city architects group announced Tuesday. That figure jumps to about $111 million by 2100. By that year, parcels where $46.4 million worth of buildings stand today […]
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Movie Review: Johnny Knoxville shrugged off a lot to be ‘Bad Grandpa’
It’s no pain, no gain for the ‘Jackass’ star.
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New restaurant planned for Portland West End neighborhood
PORTLAND — A 45-seat restaurant serving “New American comfort food” may be coming to 211 Danforth St. in the city’s West End. Keith Hickman, of Portland and New York City, expects to close Nov. 1 on the $440,000 purchase of the one-story building, now the site of Vespucci’s variety store. Hickman and business partner Josh […]