The Forecaster

The Forecaster

The Forecaster is a weekly newspaper serving southern Maine, available at no cost to readers. It offers multiple editions to cater to different areas, including the main "The Forecaster" for Portland, the "Northern Forecaster" focusing on towns like Falmouth, Cumberland, Yarmouth, North Yarmouth, and Freeport to the north, the "Southern Forecaster" for communities south of Portland such as South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, and Scarborough, and a "Mid-Coast" edition that covers towns further east along the coastline, such as Brunswick, Topsham, Harpswell, and Bath. The publication is owned by the Sun Media Group.

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  • 1 day ago | pressherald.com | Amy Paradysz

    Former first lady Barbara Bush believed that so many of our nation’s struggles, including poverty, disease and crime, could be solved through developing a more literate America. That’s why, as first lady, she founded the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy in 1986. A three-day celebration of what would have been her 100th birthday, eight years after her death, included the Foundation’s Maine Celebration of Literacy June 10 at Vinegar Hill Music Theatre in Arundel.

  • 2 days ago | pressherald.com | Bob Aube

    ANAHEIM, Calif. — Kutter Crawford had an off-field “accident” that requires season-ending surgery on his right throwing wrist, Red Sox manager Alex Cora said on Wednesday, adding that the 29-year-old wasn’t doing anything “irresponsible.”“It hasn’t been a great year for him,” Cora said.

  • 2 days ago | pressherald.com | Bob Aube

    Ryker Paradis of Lewiston was honored Wednesday as Gatorade Maine boys track athlete of the year after a season in which he won the shot put and finished third in the discus at the New England high school championships. Paradis, a senior, won both of those events at the Class A state meet and placed third in the javelin. He ranked 33rd in the nation this spring in the shot put with a best of 63 feet, 10 inches.

  • 2 days ago | pressherald.com | J. Craig Anderson

    No.The Maine Legislature recently considered — but ultimately backed away from — a move to partly decriminalize mushrooms containing the psychedelic compound psilocybin, often called magic mushrooms. The bill, LD 1034, sponsored by Rep. Grayson Lookner, D-Portland, would have decriminalized the possession of 1 ounce or less of psilocybin for people 21 or older. Decriminalization removes criminal penalties but doesn’t make a substance legal to possess or sell.

  • 2 days ago | pressherald.com | Bailey Arnold-Fuchs

    South Portland City Council chose the field adjacent to the former Mahoney Middle School as the location for a new police station. (Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer) A new police station will be part of South Portland’s civic hub. In a unanimous vote last week, the City Council selected the Mahoney School property as the location for the new police station, consistent with the city’s ad hoc Facilities Committee’s recommendation.