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The Forecaster is a regional newspaper in southern Maine that is published weekly and distributed for free. Formerly owned by MaineToday Media, the paper and its different versions throughout the state were sold to the Maine Trust for Local News in August 2023. In 2012, they announced a partnership with the Bangor Daily News in which they would collaborate on news-gathering and publish stories across the websites of both newspapers.

Different versions

It publishes several different versions, including:

• the "Portland Forecaster" covering the city of Portland;
• the "Northern Forecaster", which covers the towns north of Portland (Falmouth, Cumberland, North Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Freeport, and Chebeague);
• the "Southern Forecaster", which covers the towns south of Portland (South Portland, Scarborough, and Cape Elizabeth);
• and the "Coastal Journal Edition Forecaster" edition which covers towns farther east along the coast, including Brunswick, Topsham, Bath, and Harpswell.

The "Mid-Coast Forecaster" was aimed at the same towns as what is now the Coastal Journal Edition, but was merged with the Coastal Journal to form the Coastal Journal Edition Forecaster.

Collectively, these papers are referred to as The Forecasters.

References

1. "This news whole is greater than its parts". Portland Press Herald. July 27, 2017.
2. "Nonprofit to buy more than 20 newspapers in Maine including Portland Press Herald". Spectrum News. Associated Press. July 11, 2023.
3. "Sale of Maine newspapers to national nonprofit is finalized". Press Herald. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
4. "The Forecaster and Bangor Daily News announce collaboration". Portland Press Herald. 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
5. "Weekly Newspapers". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
6. Mehlsak, Mo (March 1, 2019). "A new beginning for The Forecaster, Coastal Journal". Portland Press Herald.
7. Staff (2019-01-11). "Masthead Maine to offer one-stop ad buying". The Ellsworth American. Retrieved 2023-09-23.

External links

• Official website

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