YARMOUTH — Ashley O’Neil donned an apron last week to work at her sister Lindsay Crawford’s stove. O’Neil’s daughter, niece and nephew, all under the age of 4, stomped happily around the kitchen. The house smelled like chocolate chip cookies. But she wasn’t baking sweets. O’Neil stirred together cocoa butter wafers, bourbon vanilla extract, beeswax, […]
Forecaster News
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Expert urges following nature in urban design
PORTLAND — To be friendly to the earth, cities like Portland can learn from it. That was the message of a Nov. 15 lecture at the Public Library, sponsored by the state chapter of the American Institute of Architects. There is “boundless opportunity to improve the quality of life for all of us” by designing […]
advertisement
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland middle school makes reading a day at the beach
PORTLAND — Principal Stephen Rogers put on a Hawaiian shirt, sat beneath a sun umbrella and cracked open a beach book. It was an unusual workday for Rogers. For five hours on Nov. 13, he and scores of students sat in the lobby of Lyman Moore Middle School – amid beach towels and a sky-blue […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland City Council enacts protest-free zone around Planned Parenthood
PORTLAND — Despite a rare show of opposition, an ordinance enacted by the City Council on Monday means anti-abortion protesters now have to carry their picket signs 39 feet away from the entrances to the Planned Parenthood clinic at 443 Congress St. The ordinance, approved 9-0, creates a protest-free “buffer zone” around reproductive health care facilities. The […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Lawsuits test Portland's legal staff
PORTLAND — Amid two high-profile lawsuits, and with another possibly looming, the city might seem to be under a legal siege. But for Danielle West-Chuhta, Portland’s chief attorney, the recent flurry of motions, briefs and hearings is just another day at the office. In her five years working for the city, West-Chuhta said she doesn’t […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland-Nova Scotia ferry expects to carry 100K passengers in 1st year
PORTLAND — Nova Star Cruises expects to carry 100,000 passengers its first year of offering ferry service between Portland and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. The goal was announced by company officials, who on Monday afternoon spoke for the first time in public about the new business venture. The ferry, which will be christened the Nova Star, […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Report offers ideas to expand Maine’s workforce
But experts say the goal of attracting 65,000 workers by 2020 ignores that the jobs may not be there.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Freeport task force explores 'active living' improvements
FREEPORT — The Active Living Task Force held a forum to solicit public input as it drafts a plan to encourage residents to engage in non-automotive means of travel and recreation. “Who would like to walk, bike, hike, swim, kayak and ski safely in this community?” Anne-Marie Davee, chairwoman of the task force, asked Nov. 14 […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Police: Scarborough shooting accidental
SCARBOROUGH — Police said charges are unlikely after the Nov. 14 shooting of a Portland woman at 38 Running Hill Road. Carol Dorney, 47, whose address was not disclosed, was accidentally shot once in the mouth around 9:45 p.m. by a man who lives at the home, Scarborough Police Sgt. Rick Rouse said Monday. Rouse […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Bath retirement home gets $10M in federal loans for expansion
BATH — Expansion of the Plant Home, expected to be complete by the retirement home’s 100th anniversary in 2017, will be funded by $10 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture loans. U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, and Virginia Manuel, USDA Rural Development state director, visited the Washington Street facility Monday morning to announce the loans, […]