FALMOUTH — On Tuesday, Nov. 4, voters will gather to elect a governor, a U.S. senator, a U.S. representative, a state senator, a state representative, and various Cumberland County officials, and will also vote on a referendum that may determine the future of the Falmouth Memorial Library. • Voting will take place in the Falmouth High […]
Forecaster News
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
SAD 51 wants input on future of Cumberland, N. Yarmouth schools
CUMBERLAND — The Strategic Planning Committee of School Administrative District 51 will hold a community dialogue meeting on Monday, Nov. 10, to discuss with Superintendent Jeff Porter the district’s focus for the next few years. The event, to be held at Greely Middle School, will start with light appetizers and beverages at 5:15 p.m., followed […]
advertisement
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland's proposed storm water fee gets first hearing
PORTLAND — Public opinion flowed for and against a proposed storm water fee Thursday, Oct. 23 at a hearing at Casco Bay High School. “I really feel you are completely out of touch. You need to stop and think about the average taxpayer,” Tess Nappi told members of the City Council Finance Committee after learning […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland city manager search committee gets proposals
PORTLAND — Whichever firm leads the search for a new city manager, it will have the comfort and confidence of the search committee led by Mayor Michael Brennan. Whether Augusta-based Eaton Peabody or Municipal Resources Inc. of Meredith, New Hampshire, gets the nod will not be determined for another month, after representatives of both firms […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Former Baxter School hears a new calling
FALMOUTH — To some, the former Baxter School for the Deaf might seem as remote as its island location. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. The Mackworth Island campus, once a last resort for children with hearing disabilities – and the subject of a sex abuse scandal in the 1980s – now has a […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
7 is lucky number for Portland art museum
PORTLAND — A new exhibit will be coming to the Portland Museum of Art, and patrons won’t even have to walk through museum doors to see it. As part of First Friday Art Walk, Nov. 7, PMA officials will unveil a giant sculpted numeral in Congress Square. The outdoor sculpture, “Seven,” by Robert Indiana, will remain […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Replacement for Portland's Hall school makes progress, slowly
PORTLAND — Although construction is still likely years away, the city and School Board have taken small steps toward replacing the Fred P. Hall Elementary School. The school replacement was placed on the state’s Major Capital Construction Approved Projects List in April, which means the work is eligible to receive state funding. “There’s no fiscal impact any […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Spring Street plans get public preview
PORTLAND — Correcting the course on “a 45-year-old mistake” will begin in early 2015 as Spring Street is narrowed to one lane in each direction, from High to Temple and Union streets. But the ultimate scope of the redesign remains undetermined after being discussed at a two-hour Oct. 22 meeting, led by city Bicycle and […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Buyers of Cumberland beach property win time to close deal
CUMBERLAND — Three days before the deal’s disputed deadline, a Maine Superior Court judge on Monday ruled that the potential buyers of 100 acres of shorefront property along Foreside Road can have more time to complete the sale. The extension means the buyers, Peter Anastos and developers David and Nathan Bateman of Bateman Partners, won’t have to […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Widgery Wharf owner hauls his last traps
PORTLAND — Old habits die hard. In David MacVane’s case, they don’t even retire. “I got a built-in clock, I wake at up three o’clock,” MacVane said Oct. 24, as he nibbled a breakfast croissant at Cia Cafe in the Knightville neighborhood of South Portland. MacVane, 81, is a Cliff Island native, one of three […]