PORTLAND — Reiche Elementary School kindergarten teacher Kevin Brewster finished reading a story book to his students at 11:30 Friday morning, stood up, and left the classroom. It was a point that Brewster reaches every day this school year, and a routine he will repeat each day of the next school year, too. Brewster leaves […]

BRUNSWICK — Katherine Wilson spent her early years living on the family farm in Bowdoinham and helping out with chores. “My mother instilled a sense of responsibility,” Wilson said. An only child, she enjoyed typical teenage activities: riding a motorcycle, going snowmobiling, playing softball, being a cheerleader. And then came a rough patch, which lasted […]

David Harry of The Forecaster appeared on News 8 WMTW Sunday morning to discuss his story about efforts to restore and restock shellfish flats in Freeport. His interview with Thema Ponton can be viewed on the WMTW website. Tune in to WMTW every Sunday morning at 7, when staff writers from The Forecaster join the […]

Last week’s story, “South Portland School Board blinks in budget standoff with City Council,” incorrectly quoted Councilor Rosemarie De Angelis. She said she would rather see the budget come in at an increase of 3 percent overall, for an increase of 1.5 percent in the operating budget.

SOUTH PORTLAND — Around 2 p.m. Wednesday, Julie Pitt’s sixth-grade class from Mahoney Middle School was saying goodbye.  Not to each other, but to a school of tiny brook trout they released into aptly named Trout Brook near Providence Avenue. One by one, the children made their way to a relatively calm run to dump […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Southern Maine Community College will mark the inauguration of its third president, Dr. Ronald Cantor, on Friday, May 4. The 10 a.m. ceremony, featuring a speech by former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell, will begin two days of events, including a reception with food by the college’s culinary arts students, a symposium of […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The high school robotics team was a quarter-finalist in the FIRST Robotics Championship held last weekend in St. Louis.  The Riot Crew performed in a field of 400, randomly divided into four groups of 100. South Portland’s robot, “Betty,” placed eighth in its group, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals. South Portland’s […]

Cape Elizabeth eighth-grader Isabel Robertson will learn more about visibility as her artwork goes on display on the Internet as part of the Doodle 4 Google contest sponsored by the search engine company. Her rendering of a wildlife scene framed around the search engine logo was the state winner for her age group and is […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Construction and renovation at South Portland High School will begin Monday, May 7, with a 5 p.m. ground-breaking ceremony in front of Beal Gymnasium. Mayor Patti Smith, School Board Chairman Tappan Fitzgerald and SPHS student Gaby Ferrel will speak before the shovels hit the ground. In November 2010, South Portland residents approved […]

The premise is simple: Two cousins reconnect after years apart to bring fresh Maine lobster to the City of Angels. The result is Cousins Maine Lobster, a crustacean-centric food truck recently launched on the streets of Los Angeles by Sabin Lomac, 31, originally from Scarborough, and Jim Tselikis, 27, who grew up in Cape Elizabeth. […]