Take a community survey From now through Labor Day, the Raymond Age Friendly project, a group of Raymond residents who are working to develop policies and programs to make Raymond a more age-friendly community, is requesting your assistance in filling out a survey about community needs. The survey is available online at the Town of […]
Southern Forecaster
South Portland and Scarborough news from The Forecaster.
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Cape Elizabeth Police Beat: June 15
Arrests No arrests were reported from June 5-11. Summonses 6/6 at 12:32 a.m. Rachel McGonigle, 21, no address listed, of Portland, was issued a summons on Shore Road by Officer Benjamin Davis on charges of operating after suspension and operating an unregistered motor vehicle for more than 150 days. Fire calls 6/8 at 5:14 p.m. Alarm call […]
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Leveille to represent Raymond on RSU 14 board
RAYMOND – Kate Leveille defeated Jake Stoddard in a race to represent Raymond on the RSU 14 School Board. Leveille received 531 votes and Stoddard received 407 in the town’s only contested local race in the Tuesday, June 12 election. Leveille, 38, works as an education project manager and told the Lakes Region Weekly in […]
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Lakes Region election roundup
SAD 15: G-NG voters OK school budget GRAY — Voters in the two SAD 15 towns signed off Tuesday on the school budget for the coming year. The proposed $26.7 million budget for the Gray-New Gloucester School District received overwhelming support in both towns, passing 1,248-443 in Gray and 944-377 in New Gloucester. “I am […]
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Inside Windham
Pennels scholarship donation The Sebago Lake Rotary Club presented Brenda Pennels, wife of Toby Pennels,with a $1,000 donation in support of the Toby Pennels Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship was established by the Pennels family in honor of Toby Pennels, a retired U.S. Army colonel who had a 30-year career in the military. He is remembered […]
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South Portland straw poll backs plan for 1 middle school
SOUTH PORTLAND — People packed the South Portland High School auditorium Wednesday for a straw poll that approved a site for a proposed consolidated middle school by a 3-1 margin. The proposed Wescott Road site was approved 151-49. About 300 people, including School Department staff and others who could not vote, attended the session. There […]
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Class of 2018: LRHS triplets taking different tracks
NAPLES — Danica, Ethan and Hannah Chadwick have stood out as student athletes at Lake Region High School, and not just because they’re triplets. The Chadwicks, 18, from Sebago, graduated last week as part of the 123-student senior class. They will each chart their own course at different schools next year when Danica heads to the […]
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Time may be running out for free parking at Cape Elizabeth’s Fort Williams Park
CAPE ELIZABETH — Despite two failed referendums, the Town Council is continuing down a road toward charging for parking at Fort Williams Park. The Fort Williams Park Committee was directed by the council Monday to research how it could be done. The council on June 11 also amended the Business A District on Shore Road to […]
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Time may be running out for free parking at Cape Elizabeth’s Fort Williams Park
CAPE ELIZABETH — Despite two failed referendums, the Town Council is continuing down a road toward charging for parking at Fort Williams Park. The Fort Williams Park Committee was directed by the council Monday to research how it could be done. The council on June 11 also amended the Business A District on Shore Road to […]
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Harnden holds Sebago Selectboard seat
SEBAGO — Edythe “Edie” Harnden retained her Sebago Selectboard seat Tuesday, defeating Christopher Harrington and David McCarthy in a three-way race. Harnden received 192 votes to Harrington’s 132 and McCarthy’s 79. Donelle Allen defeated David Sheldrick 248-140 in a race for a two-year term on the newly formed Sebago School Board, and Audrey Douglass was […]