Falmouth students nominated as Presidential Scholar candidates Five Falmouth High School seniors Cassandra Darrow, Alexander Han, Caroline Levy, Emma Sapat and Thomas Wilber have been selected as candidates for the United States Presidential Scholar Program. The program was established in 1964 by executive order of President Lyndon B. Johnson, recognizes and honors some of our nation’s […]
Forecaster Community
Northern Meetings: March 7-13
Cumberland Mon. 3/11 7 p.m. Town Council TH Tues. 3/12 6:30 p.m. Twin Brook Advisory Committee TH Wed. 3/13 6 p.m. Val Halla Board of Trustees Meeting TH Falmouth Mon. 3/11 5:30 p.m. Appointment Committee TH Mon. 3/11 7 p.m. Town Council TH Freeport Thur. 3/7 7:30 a.m. Hunter Road Fields Advisory Committee TH Mon. […]
Portland Meetings: March 6-12
Wed. 3/6 5 p.m. Historic Preservation Board CH Thur. 3/7 2 p.m. CDBG Working Group CH Thur. 3/7 5 p.m. Parks Commission 5 Portland St. Thur. 3/7 6:30 p.m. Zoning Board of Appeals CH Mon. 3/11 3:30 p.m. Friends of Deering Oaks 55 Portland St. Mon. 3/11 5 p.m. Styrofoam and Plastic Bag Task Force […]
People and Business
Recognition Waynflete School math, business and personal finance teacher Steve Kautz was announced as the first-ever recipient of the Maine Jump$tart Coalition Financial Educator of the Year Award. He was also the coach of Maine’s First New England Federal Reserve Cup Team in 2011. Kautz will be formally presented with his award at the annual […]
Community Calendar March 6-19
Greater Portland Benefits Thursday 3/7 Taking Action to Make a Change: Service Learning Dinner Benefit, 7-9 p.m., Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St., Freeport, 865-4706 ext. 307. Sunday 3/17Bowl for Kids’ Sake, 2 p.m., Spare Time Bowling, 867 Riverside St., Portland, 773-5437. Bulletin Board Wednesday 3/6 “Libya and American Foreign Policy,” 5:30 p.m., USM Wishcamper […]
Mid-Coast Meetings: March 1-7
Bath Mon. 3/4 7 p.m. Zoning Board of Appeals CH Tues. 3/5 6 p.m. Planning Board CH Wed. 3/6 6 p.m. City Council CH Brunswick Mon. 3/4 7 p.m. City Council BS Tues. 3/5 7 p.m. Planning Board BS Wed. 3/6 7 p.m. Marine Resource Committee BS Thurs. 3/7 6 p.m. Regional Shellfish Commission BS […]
Southern Meetings: March 1-7
Cape Elizabeth Mon. 3/4 7:30 a.m. School Board Policy Comittee TH Mon. 3/4 7 p.m. Town Council Workshop and Special Meeting TH Tues. 3/5 6:30 p.m. School Board Budget Workshop HS Library Tues. 3/5 7 p.m. Planning Board Workshop TH Thurs. 3/7 8 a.m. Town Council Ordinance Committee TH Thurs. 3/7 7 p.m. Recycling Committee […]
North Meetings: Feb. 28 to March 6
Chebeague Island Tues. 3/5 6:30 p.m. CISD School Committee TH Cumberland Wed. 3/6 7 p.m. Land and Conservation Committee TH Falmouth Thurs. 2/28 8 a.m. Community Development Committee TH Thurs. 2/28 10 a.m. Conservation Commission Invasives Subcommittee TH Thurs. 2/28 7 p.m. Long Range Planning Advisory Committee TH Mon. 3/4 7 p.m. Conservation Commission TH […]
People and Business
Good Deeds A group of students and faculty from St. Joseph’s College of Maine travelled to Haiti in January for a service trip. The group, which included associate professor of business administration Beth Richardson and Molly Blumenthal, a nursing student. Both are Portland residents, and they worked with Partners in Development, a Massachusetts-based organization, in […]
Portland School Notebook
Deering senior ready to speak it ‘Out Loud’ Iman Omar, a senior at Deering High School, will compete in the state Poetry Out Loud competition March 20 at Gracie Theater in Bangor. Iman was one of five students competing in the Feb. 13 Southern Maine Regional Poetry Out Loud competition who advanced to the state contest. Omar won […]