PORTLAND — Feedback gathered from parents at three community forums will be used to help develop a profile of the next superintendent of schools. A forum will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, in the gymnasium of Lyman Moore Middle School on Auburn Street. Another is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at […]

PORTLAND — A former Cumberland County commissioner is the first person to announce a candidacy for the state House District 115 seat. Democrat Malory Shaughnessy, who represented Windham and surrounding towns as county commissioner from 2006 to 2010, has filed papers to become a Clean-Elections candidate for the seat currently held by two-term Democratic Rep. […]

PORTLAND — Elementary school students are being asked to create films for the first Portland Children’s Film Festival. East End Community School is sponsoring the festival March 29 to April 1 at five places throughout the city. The festival includes a contest for elementary students to create films with the theme “Out and About Portland […]

PORTLAND — The public is invited to enter a design contest to turn common recycling containers into works of art. Ecomaine, the nonprofit recycling and waste disposal operation, will select as many as six entries to turn into “silver bullet” recycling centers. Artists will work on a metal canvas measuring 22 feet 6 inches by […]

BOSTON — The Forecaster received eight awards Saturday in the annual New England Newspaper & Press Association Better Newspaper Competition, including a first-place honor for the paper’s overall commitment to the public’s right-to-know. Individual first-place awards went to Staff Writer Emily Guerin for Spot News Story and Editor Mo Mehlsak for Editorial Writing. The Right-to-Know […]

The Forecaster’s David Harry, right, spoke Sunday morning with Thema Ponton of WMTW News 8 about his story on the Feb. 13 Cape Elizabeth Town Council meeting, where councilors will vote on possible bus and tour vehicle fees at Fort Williams, and plans to renovate and expand Thomas Memorial Library. Tune in to WMTW every […]

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, center, signs autographs for supporters during an appearance at the Portland Co. complex on Fore Street in Portland Friday evening. The former Massachusetts governor, one of the front-runners in Maine’s GOP caucuses, spoke about education, energy, government deregulation, and encouraging the economy during the 90-minute event. The next night he […]

PORTLAND — For the first time in more than four months, there are no tents in Lincoln Park. Portland Public Works employees came to the park Friday afternoon with rakes and snowplows to clear leftover debris from what had been the home of OccupyMaine since Oct. 3, 2011. After a Maine Superior Court judge ruled […]

SCARBOROUGH — A Colorado-based breakfast chain restaurant is coming to Scarborough. The Egg & I will open at 183 Route 1 by May. There are 51 The Egg & I restaurants in 10 states. The Scarborough location will be the first in Maine.