SCARBOROUGH — With difficulty passing budgets in the past several years, recent turmoil over the recall of three School Board members and the resignation of a popular principal, Scarborough residents are probably wary of another budget fight stretching through the summer. Although less dramatic, South Portland residents are considering a school budget that proposes an increase […]
Southern Forecaster
South Portland and Scarborough news from The Forecaster.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Scarborough, South Portland face school budget challenges
SCARBOROUGH — With difficulty passing budgets in the past several years, recent turmoil over the recall of three School Board members and the resignation of a popular principal, Scarborough residents are probably wary of another budget fight stretching through the summer. Although less dramatic, South Portland residents are considering a school budget that proposes an increase […]
advertisement
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Scarborough, South Portland face school budget challenges
SCARBOROUGH — With difficulty passing budgets in the past several years, recent turmoil over the recall of three School Board members and the resignation of a popular principal, Scarborough residents are probably wary of another budget fight stretching through the summer. Although less dramatic, South Portland residents are considering a school budget that proposes an increase […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Nonprofit group praises Cape Elizabeth schools
CAPE ELIZABETH — Schools in Cape Elizabeth have been recognized as the first Common Sense District in Maine. Common Sense is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids and families thrive in a world of digital media and technology. According to a May 30 news release, Cape Elizabeth schools use Common Sense Education’s digital citizenship […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Nonprofit group praises Cape Elizabeth schools
CAPE ELIZABETH — Schools in Cape Elizabeth have been recognized as the first Common Sense District in Maine. Common Sense is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids and families thrive in a world of digital media and technology. According to a May 30 news release, Cape Elizabeth schools use Common Sense Education’s digital citizenship […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Nonprofit group praises Cape Elizabeth schools
CAPE ELIZABETH — Schools in Cape Elizabeth have been recognized as the first Common Sense District in Maine. Common Sense is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids and families thrive in a world of digital media and technology. According to a May 30 news release, Cape Elizabeth schools use Common Sense Education’s digital citizenship […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster
Increased traffic concerns W. Valentine neighbors
WESTBROOK — Over the years, longtime West Valentine Street resident Kenny Dahms has seen his quiet residential street transform into a popular way for motorists to cut through from Saco Street to William Clarke Drive and Main Street. Dahms says since the city closed the section of Saco Street that connects to Main Street several years […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Gorham budgets on the line next week
Gorham school officials Tuesday hash over a possible budget cut when the Town Council votes on a budget June 5. GORHAM — The School Committee in a special meeting Tuesday braced for an expected Town Council order next week to cut its proposed $39.3 million school spending plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The school […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cape Elizabeth Police Beat: June 1
Arrests 5/23 at 5:09 p.m. Conner MacVane, 23, of Mineral Spring Road, Windham, was arrested on Shore Road by Officer Rory Benjamin on charges of violating conditions of release, theft, and misuse of credit identification 5/24 at 1:40 a.m. Vanessa J. Levesque, 32, of Mechanic Street, Portland, was arrested on Route 77 on charges of operating under […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Be selfish. Demand universal health care
I must have been in college when I first read “The Selfish Gene” by Richard Dawkins. If I am honest, I did not so much “read” the book as dip into it here and there. It was not an assigned work for a course I was in; I was sort of “eavesdropping” on another course. […]