GORHAM — When Andrea Shaw left for Georgia on a business trip, she didn’t expect to come home with a famous dog as the newest member of her family. But after an evening of southern barbecue with a coworker and a chance meeting on the street with a group of bicyclists, the Gorham resident wound up […]
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South Portland and Scarborough news from The Forecaster.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster
Subdivision construction begins at former Camelot Farm
PORTLAND — Site work for a housing subdivison has begun on what was once the largest single-family residential property in the city. “We are staying true to the initial vision and excited to get under way,” Michael Barton said July 20 about 98 single-family homes and 25 townhouses planned as Stroudwater Preserve on 55 acres […]
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Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Windham council lifts Highland Lake moratorium
WINDHAM — The Town Council has fully lifted the moratorium on development in the Windham portion of the Highland Lake watershed after pressing pause on large development projects in the area for 10 months. The move, approved by a narrow 4-3 vote at the council’s July 24 meeting, opens the door to possible projects in the […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster
Looking Back
July 28, 1993 The Westbrook School Committee awarded two contracts totaling $675,170 Wednesday to Honeywell Inc., on recommendation of Superintendent Edward Connolly. School leaders decided the next day to schedule a new vote for tonight. When the committee approved the contracts Wednesday, it was the first meeting in which they came up. City voters decided […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster
Rock Row revisions coming up for review
WESTBROOK — Waterstone Properties Group is looking at developments nationwide to find the right look and feel for Rock Row, the ambitious commercial, residential and recreational center planned for the former Pike Industries quarry. “We can’t pick up any one of those and just drop it into the community and expect it to work. It […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Buxton Notes
Jazz ensemble in free concert The third annual Saco River Jazz Ensemble performance is set for 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 29, on the lawn at the First Congregational Church of Buxton, known as the Tory Hill Meetinghouse. The church, at the intersection of routes 202 and 112, invites everyone and says attendees should bring lawn […]
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Brighton Avenue Denny's closes quietly
PORTLAND — What may have been the first Denny’s restaurant in Maine closed July 15. Owners and managers have been unavailable to comment, but a note posted on the door at the restaurant at 1220 Brighton Ave. by general manager Mark Plourde announced the shutdown and invited customers to visit the Denny’s at 1091 Congress […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Actors learn lines – and signs – in theater’s new outreach
STANDISH — The Schoolhouse Arts Center’s current rendition of “Seussical the Musical” features the same songs and sounds as any other production of the popular play, but looks slightly different. The entire 36-member cast, ranging in age from 4 to over 65, signs all major plot developments in American Sign Language as they act and sing. “Seussical” […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Scarborough Police beat July 27
Arrests 7/17 at 5:14 a.m. Devontay Coleman, 22, of Rockaway Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, was arrested on Payne road by Officer Aaron Erickson on a charge of theft by unauthorized use of property. 7/18 at 1:46 p.m. Adrian Candelaria, 22, of Sherman Street, Portland, was arrested in Gallery Boulevard by Officer Brian Nappi on a charge […]
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The Universal Notebook: Summer in Vacationland
Thunderstorms around New York City last week caused a cascade of air travel woes such that I found myself driving to Bangor at midnight to pick up daughter Nora and her family as they returned from the other Portland. They had been scheduled to land at PWM at supper hour, but ended up dumped in […]