Chebeague Island News

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.

The Casco Bay Lines board of directors is considering a new rate-increase proposal that would keep a 50-cent fuel surcharge on ferry passenger tickets through August.

A deck hand collects tickets Thursday as passengers drive their cars onto the ferry for the trip to Peaks Island.