Project FEED at Woodfords Corner must find a new location by the end of September or pause their operations for at least a year.
Sophie Burchell
Staff Writer
Sophie is a community reporter for Cumberland, Yarmouth, North Yarmouth and Falmouth and previously reported for the Forecaster. Her memories of briefly living on Mount Desert Island as a child drew her back to Maine to attend Bowdoin College, and back again to Portland after a year in Alaska. When she is not reporting, you can find Sophie rummaging through a thrift store or jumping in the ocean.
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City cuts ribbon on East Deering affordable housing redevelopment
Portland Housing Authority’s 105-unit project replaced 50 public housing units that were built on a landfill in 1971.
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Longtime farmer, president of Cumberland County Fair, dies
Lyle Merrifield passed unexpectedly Sunday, two weeks before the fair opens.
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Casco Bay Estuary Partnership awards resiliency grants
Seven Maine nonprofits and communities received a total of $112,726 in grants through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
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Documentary highlights futsal community in Kennedy Park
The young Portland director received the Emerging Maine Filmmaker Award for the project showing the community in one of Maine’s most diverse neighborhoods.
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Inaugural 5K supports housing for first responders, veterans
The fundraiser for the Tunnels to Towers Foundation drew 300 runners to Payson Park.
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Free camp for disadvantaged children marks 50 years
An estimated 19,000 Maine kids have attended Camp Susan Curtis over the past five decades.