Editor’s note: Due to closures and cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, readers should call ahead to see if meetings listed are still being held.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State
Police and businesses now seeing broad compliance with Maine’s mask mandate
Voluntary compliance has improved over time, as customers have accepted COVID-19 containment measures.
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Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Area towns ready for nominations for local elections
CUMBERLAND COUNTY — Town clerks in South Portland, Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth have all announced that anyone interested in running for local office in the Nov. 3 general election may now pull nomination papers. In South Portland, officials said voters will decide on the following positions: City Council: District 1, held by Claude Morgan; District […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Council still on the fence over Scarborough senior housing complex
Town councilors understand the proposed new affordable housing project better now, but despite a tight timeline no decisions have been made yet.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Scarborough partners with Maine CDC on education program
SCARBOROUGH—The town has received a $69,000 grant from the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a COVID-19 education program that will include public education and health support and business assistance. A working group has been formed from the town’s public safety and planning departments and Scarborough Community Services and Economic Development. The program […]
Posted inFeature Obituary, News
Feature obituary: Eileen Ring, 80, school bus driver and foster mother
Mrs. Ring drove a school bus for Gorham, Scarborough and Westbrook schools for nearly 40 years.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Southern Meetings: Aug. 14-21
Editor’s note: Due to closures and cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, readers should call ahead to see if meetings listed are still being held.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Postal workers’ union says up to 80,000 letters were held back Monday in southern Maine
Under a new policy handed down from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, trucks left the mail behind at a local distribution center, according to the union.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Pandemic brews stormy weather for local lobstermen
The economic fallout from plummeting demand and prices is producing the worst conditions local lobster fishermen have seen in years, and the peak season is only just beginning.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
The Downs begins new residential stage of development
The Scarborough Planning Board recently approved a new 23-lot subdivision, the first of several new residential projects that are the latest in the ongoing development of The Downs area.