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Eloise Goldsmith
Eloise is originally from outside of Washington, D.C. These days, she's based in Portland and is a reporter for the Northern Forecaster. Eloise joined the Maine Trust for Local News as a reporter for Kennebunk Post and the Biddeford Courier. Previously she was a fact checker and freelance reporter. Her reporting appears in The Nation, In These Times, Jacobin and elsewhere.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Wheaton runs to fill Yarmouth School Committee seat
John Wheaton is running to fill the remainder of David Ray’s term, who stepped down for health reasons.
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Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Hand-dipped chocolate shop opens in Falmouth
Mindy’s Munchies started out of Mindy Mosca’s kitchen in New Jersey nearly 20 years ago. The Falmouth shop is its first franchise location and run by a family friend.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Falmouth raises harbor fees to meet escalating costs
The increase in fees, taking effect next year, are intended to prevent a rise in taxes to cover the expenses at Town Landing.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cumberland postpones rail-to-trail vote, abutting property owners opposed
The Casco Bay Trail Alliance, which seeks to alter the Berlin Subdivision rail corridor to add a trail looping from Portland to Lewiston/Auburn, is asking towns along the route to sign off in support. Cumberland recently voted to postpone a decision.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
BamBam Bakery settles into new space in Falmouth
The gluten-free bakery had to move after leasing its Portland location became too expensive, but it’s now at home at the corner of Bucknam Road and Middle Road in Falmouth.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cumberland County Fair reflects historic and changing nature of 4-H
Youth involved in the livestock auctions often put money raised toward paying for college. Some 4-H club activities across the country have expanded to include computer coding and handmade fashion shows.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Artificial turf questions surface at Falmouth plastics forum
Falmouth Conservation Commission hosted the forum featuring Matt Simon, author of “A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies.” Audience members repeatedly asked about artificial turf fields, one referencing the SAD 51 proposal for such a field.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
Appeal over denial of Saco development goes to state’s high court
The legal fight over a proposed 332-unit mixed residential development in Saco, the Lincoln Village development, will continue up to Maine’s highest court. In mid-September, counsel for the developer, Loni Graiver of Graiver Homes, filed a notice of appeal after a Maine Superior Court justice ruled for the city of Saco in August. The Supreme […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster
Barn Fest set to finish upgrade of Hurricane Valley Farm barn
For Alphonse Ntibandetse, Hurricane Valley Farm – the 62-acre farm off of Route 100 in Falmouth – is more than just a place he comes once a week to tend his vegetables. “We are interacting between us, because many people are speaking the same languages, (like) French or Swahili,” explained Ntibandetse, who is originally from […]