Chebeague Island News

The U.S. Coast Guard said three emergency boats ran aground near Jewell Island Saturday evening.

Paul Dobbins, kelp farmer and co-owner of Ocean Approved LLC, carries a net bag of sugar kelp seedlings across a raft near Bangs Island in Casco Bay.

Two years after gaining independence from the mainland Maine town of Cumberland, Chebeague Island is seeking $75,000 in loans and $73,470 in grant money from the federal government to extend high-speed Internet services under the so-called "broadband stimulus" program.

CHEBEAGUE ISLAND, Maine a ' A hunter has been shot on the first day of Mainea TMs waterfowl hunting season.

The Maine Warden Service is investigating the shooting of a hunter on the very first day of waterfowl hunting season.

Visitors to Chebeague Island can now see a tribute to the more than 5,000 American men and women who have lost their lives in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A chronological compilation of local columns, letters and editorials from all four editions of The Forecaster, covering 14 Maine cities and towns: Portland, Falmouth, Cumberland, Yarmouth, Freeport, North Yarmouth, Chebeague Island, South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough, Bath, Brunswick, Harpswell and Topsham.

A chronological compilation of local columns, letters and editorials from all four editions of The Forecaster, covering 14 Maine cities and towns: Portland, Falmouth, Cumberland, Yarmouth, Freeport, North Yarmouth, Chebeague Island, South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough, Bath, Brunswick, Harpswell and Topsham.

A chronological compilation of local columns, letters and editorials from all four editions of The Forecaster, covering 14 Maine cities and towns: Portland, Falmouth, Cumberland, Yarmouth, Freeport, North Yarmouth, Chebeague Island, South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough, Bath, Brunswick, Harpswell and Topsham.

Chebeague Island is just a short ferry ride from the mainland. Explore the island on foot or on a bicycle.

PORTLAND a ' Two days after announcing the purchase of the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram and other Maine newspapers, the new owner Thursday said there is a buyer for the company's downtown real estate.

Middleburg, Va., resident Flora Hillman, vacationing on Chebeague Island, comes face to face with one of four seals that recently ended up on an island beach.

A chronological compilation of local lifestyle news and information from all four editions of The Forecaster, covering 14 Maine cities and towns: Portland, Falmouth, Cumberland, Yarmouth, Freeport, North Yarmouth, Chebeague Island, South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough, Bath, Brunswick, Harpswell and Topsham.

A - The chief executive officer of Maine's Iris Network faces criminal charges after flying into a rage over his daughter' s $5,000 cell phone bill.

CHEBEAGUE ISLAND a ' After being shuttered for the winter, things are moving again at the Chebeague Island Inn.

A chronological compilation of local columns, letters and editorials from all four editions of The Forecaster, covering 14 Maine cities and towns: Portland, Falmouth, Cumberland, Yarmouth, Freeport, North Yarmouth, Chebeague Island, South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough, Bath, Brunswick, Harpswell and Topsham.