The Forecaster

Type	Free weekly newspaper
Owner(s)	MaineToday Media
Founded	1986 (as the Falmouth Forecaster)[1]
Language	English
Headquarters	Falmouth, Maine
Website	theforecaster.net

The Forecaster is a regional newspaper in southern Maine that is published weekly and distributed for free. Formerly owned by MaineToday Media,^[2] the paper and its different versions throughout the state were sold to the Maine Trust for Local News in August 2023.^[3] 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.^[4]

Different versions

It publishes several different versions, including:^[5]

• 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.^[6]

Collectively, these papers are referred to as The Forecasters.^[7]