Archive for the ‘forecaster’ Category

Voice of the National Weather Service

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

The forecaster: Art Lester is a veteran meteorologist. He talks about the increasing use of computer technology, which seems to have little effect on the accuracy of predictions.

Uphill sledding

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

Snowmobilers: As land is subdivided and residents move into new homes, multi-use trails maintained by the Moonlite Sno-Skimmers are increasingly in jeopardy.

Lunch bunch rallies for Spragues

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

Woodworkers: Following a fire that I covered, my editor told me to go out to Stone’s Cafe. This is how a spot news story turned into a feature about a weekly gathering of the woodworkers’ lunch bunch.

Suffering not required

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

Late Friday morning, Dr. Fried drove to his South Portland office: Ruth Traynor’s house. She is dying and he was there to help.

Council confronts Winn Road racket

Thursday, October 5th, 2006

William Hawkinson wants a noise ordinance to control his neighbor’s loud music. Adam Szafran, an Iraq veteran, wants to host loud parties at his house. The tale of two neighbors.

Youth Conservation

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

Tree-planting: A couple hundred Mormans and some trees. That’s the Youth Conservation Corps in action.