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Southern Forecaster

Future of Cape Elizabeth bottle shed program unclear

by Kate Irish Collins November 26, 2019

Many groups are now doing their own fundraising and don’t apply for grants from bottle redemption proceeds.

The Forecaster

Funds granted to fight youth substance abuse

November 11, 2019November 13, 2019

NEW GLOUCESTER — The Casco Bay Create Awareness Now Coalition will receive $125,000 from the federal government to help support programs and outreach aimed at preventing youth substance abuse and fostering drug-free communities, U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King announced in a joint press release. Casco Bay CAN serves the towns of Falmouth, Cumberland, […]

Northern Forecaster

Soldiers get sweet treats from Falmouth students

by Kate Irish Collins November 5, 2019

FALMOUTH — A small act of kindness by students at Falmouth Middle School is having a big impact on the morale of active-duty members of the military stationed around the world. Each year for the past four years the Community Service Club at Falmouth Middle School has held a Halloween candy drive to support Operation […]

Northern Forecaster

Young rowers in Yarmouth making a splash

by Kate Irish Collins October 29, 2019October 29, 2019

One of the women’s four boats is surging in local competition.

Maine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion

Maine Voices: It’s time to out Big Tobacco’s targeting of the LGBTQ community

by Peggy Belanger Special to the Telegram October 27, 2019November 4, 2019

Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death in the nation, and LGBT Mainers are among the hardest hit.

Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster

Yarmouth middle schoolers send peace cranes around the world

by Kate Irish Collins October 8, 2019

YARMOUTH — Students at Frank Harrison Middle School recently folded more than 400 origami cranes, wrote messages of peace and friendship on them, and then sent them around the world. The hope, according to Merry Stuhr, the school’s librarian, is that the Yarmouth students will receive hundreds of similar paper cranes in return. The project […]