PORTLAND — The Catherine McAuley High School Limelighters know their one-act play is a bit edgy, especially for an all-girls Catholic school. When they take the stage this weekend, the student actors will bring life to a story that grapples with sexuality, bullying and intense emotions. They wouldn’t have it any other way. The school […]

PORTLAND — When Leslie Anderson shows up for her weekly painting group, she said she finds more than space in front of an easel. She finds “the freedom to live, breathe and talk art.” Anderson is one of three artists who meet each week to paint, critique and support each other as they grow as […]

PORTLAND — All of the rain this winter has not put a damper on plans for the first Great Maine Outdoor Weekend. The Maine Outdoor Coalition, a group of 26 organizations including the Maine Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Winter Kids, L.L. Bean and Maine Audubon, has planned a weekend filled with 90 events to […]

Visitors sketch Maine State Ballet dancer Emma Rose Schwartz, 12, as she portrays Edgar Degas’ sculpture “The Dancer” at the Portland Museum of Art on Feb. 23. The vacation-week event was in conjunction with the museum new exhibition, “Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist.”

Our Mario Moretto, left, spoke Sunday morning with Thema Ponton of News 8 WMTW about his story on the South Portland Bicycle-Pedestrian Committee’s efforts to make the city more accommodating for walkers or bike riders. Tune in to WMTW every Sunday morning at 7, when Forecaster staffers join News 8 to discuss the week’s top […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — President Barack Obama will meet with campaign donors March 30 at the Marriott Sable Oaks in South Portland, according to U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine. The event, which is being billed as a “reception,” will mark Obama’s first visit to Maine during his 2012 re-election campaign. Last fall, first lady Michelle Obama […]

It’s expected to be mid-afternoon before Maine Department of Transportation crews fully reopen the Interstate 295 Exit 11 off-ramp and the Falmouth Spur eastbound ramps from Route 1, after a southbound tractor-trailer carrying large rolls of paper overturned Thursday as it exited I-295 just after 10 a.m. The truck was traveling from New Brunswick, Canada; […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — A court filing by the city says there is no merit to a resident’s claim that the health insurance benefit offered to city councilors is illegal under the City Charter. The city is asking a Maine Superior Court judge for summary judgment in its favor, plus monetary damages, attorney fees and other […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The Greenbelt trail that runs from the Wainwright fields off Highland Avenue to Bug Light Park is a great artery through the city for residents on two legs or two wheels. But for Jeff Woodbury, who lives on Hobart Street in the west end of the city, getting to the Greenbelt without […]

SCARBOROUGH — If all goes according to plan, a local developer could build about 40 one-bedroom apartments in the Dunstan neighborhood.  The development would boost so-called “workforce housing,” which many residents and officials say the town desperately needs.  “This kind of housing is a definite need for Scarborough, for our working families,” Planning Board member […]