TOPSHAM — A building committee involved in the renovation or reconstruction of Mt. Ararat High School is seeking members for various subcommittees. School Administrative District 75 has applied for state school construction funding since 1999, and its high school ranked seventh last year on a state construction funding list. The existing two-story building was constructed […]
Forecaster News
Posted inPortland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Legislature's vote could restore aid to Portland asylum seekers
PORTLAND — The city got some encouraging financial news from Augusta heading into Wednesday’s City Council vote on a $221 million budget. By a 81-63 vote, the Maine House approved an amendment to provide two years of General Assistance to immigrants seeking asylum. On June 19, the amendment to LD 369 by state Sen. Amy […]
advertisement
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Falmouth 'birding by ear' a hit with visually impaired Mainers
FALMOUTH — We see them flying, perching on telephone lines, and nesting in trees. It seems everywhere we go, no matter what the season, birds are all around us. But if you listen, can you tell them apart? And what if that was your only way to identify them? A recent partnership between Maine Audubon […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Progress on McAuley zone in Portland, as 'Midtown' project stalls
PORTLAND — A verbal agreement between neighbors and developers could ease tensions over development on Stevens Avenue. The compromise to reduce the number of housing units at the proposed McAuley Woods comes as developers of the Somerset Street site known as Midtown face a potential legal fight with the city. John Thibodeau, who with Bobbi […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Falmouth police suspect spillover from Portland car break-ins
FALMOUTH — A series of car burglaries along the Portland border have police asking residents to lock their cars and report suspicious activity after dark. The break-ins, which have mostly occurred off Allen Avenue near Ledgewood Drive, have all happened late at night. Incidents have also been reported in the Hamlin Road area of West […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cumberland County district attorney wants Portland landlord to accept plea deal after fatal fire
PORTLAND — Accept a plea agreement, or possibly face prosecution. Those are the choices facing landlord Gregory Nisbet, Cumberland County District Attorney Stephanie Anderson said Monday. “We feel he is at least partially responsible for the deaths of those six young people,” Anderson said of the Nov. 1, 2014, fire in Nisbet’s apartment house at […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland proposals advance for minimum wage increase
PORTLAND — Efforts to enact minimum or “livable” wage ordinances in the city will progress next month and possibly Nov. 3. A bill that would have banned municipalities from setting their own minimum wages failed in the Maine House Monday by a 83-60 vote. The bill, requested by Gov. Paul LePage, passed in the state […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Falmouth prepares for Hat Trick Drive improvements
FALMOUTH — The town has hired Scott Dugas Trucking & Excavating to begin long-anticipated construction work on Hat Trick Drive. Town Manager Nathan Poore said three bids came in, ranging from $468,000 to $545,000, and Dugas’ was “the low bid and the preferred bid.” The other bids came from Chase Excavating and J Pratt Construction. […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
'Seeds sown, weeds to pull': Portland memorial decries racism, violence
PORTLAND — An estimated 1,300 people gathered at Merrill Auditorium on Monday to honor the victims of the June 17 shootings at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. The “Lift Every Voice and Sing” service organized by the city, the Portland branch of the NAACP, Portland’s Racial Justice Congress, Green Memorial AME Zion Church, […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland, Caulk await word about Kentucky school chief job
PORTLAND — School Department officials are waiting to learn if Superintendent of Schools Emmanuel Caulk will leave for a school district job in Kentucky. On Friday, the department announced Caulk is one of two finalists for superintendent of the 40,000-student Fayette County Public Schools system. While Portland hopes to know by the end of the […]