BRUNSWICK — When Macauley Lord was 6 years old, his grandfather took him fishing at a pond on his grandfather’s old farm, built in 1844 outside Louisville, Ky.  Lord caught four blue gill and became (sorry) forever hooked. At age 12, he took up fly fishing, a sport he continued as a student at Bowdoin […]

PORTLAND — Several crowded legislative races took shape last week as party-affiliated candidates filed to run for state House and Senate seats. Primary elections will be needed in three city districts. State Sen. Justin Alfond, a Democrat, is seeking a third term representing District 8, which includes the peninsula, the islands, the University of Southern […]

Andrew Cullen of The Forecaster appeared on WMTW Channel 8 Sunday morning to discuss his story about the planned April opening of the Portland Flea For All, an arts- and vintage-focused flea market in the Bayside neighborhood. His interview with WMTW’s Thema Ponton can be viewed at http://www.wmtw.com/video/30704259/detail.html. Tune in to WMTW every Sunday morning […]

AUGUSTA — Maine has earned an “F” from a national organization’s first-in-the-nation assessment of accountability and transparency across the 50 states. Maine ranked 46th in the “State Integrity Investigation” by three nonpartisan, national and international journalism and good government groups. The score was based on research into 330 indicators on both the laws and practices […]

A March 9 story, “Tablets take over at Cape Elizabeth High School,” should have said a grant of almost $44,000 from the Cape Elizabeth Education Foundation provided 60 iPads and instruction for high school staff.

SOUTH PORTLAND — A former state employee from Knightville has announced his candidacy in House District 122 as an unenrolled candidate. The district includes the Knightville-Mill Creek, Ferry Village, and Willard Square neighborhoods, and is represented by state Rep. Terry Morrison, a Democrat. Christopher Kessler, a residential energy auditor who recently worked for the state’s LIHEAP […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — President Barack Obama’s scheduled March 30 fundraiser in South Portland has been moved from the Marriott Sable Oaks to the Hutchinson Union Gymnasium at Southern Maine Community College. Obama’s campaign made the move to accommodate more people after exceeding the capacity at Sable Oaks, according to a press release on behalf of […]

SCARBOROUGH — A New York developer of assisted-living centers received another approval from the town on Wednesday, bringing it closer to realizing its plan to build an 81-unit facility on Black Point Road in Oak Hill. But members of the Zoning Board of Appeals, who approved an exception to allow Wegman Cos. of Rochester, N.Y., […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Dozens of residents and business owners debated the merits of angled versus parallel parking and one-way versus two-way traffic for nearly two hours Monday night during a City Council workshop. Shop owners want to keep their angled, drive-in parking spaces along Ocean Street in Knightville no matter what. Residents, for the most part, […]

BRUNSWICK — The extent of past school budget cuts became clear Wednesday night as the School Board held its first workshop on the fiscal 2013 budget and a nearly $3 million deficit. Teachers and administrators presented draft budgets for English as a second language, alternative education and gifted and talented programs, all of which have […]