Maine author Susan B. Inches will appear at a Storytelling and the Art of Advocacy event at 5:30 p.m. May 24 at Memorial Park in Scarborough. In her book, “Advocating for the Environment, How to Gather Your Power and Take Action,” Inches discusses the power of individuals to advocate for the planet and its health, […]
Drew Johnson
Staff Writer
Drew is the night reporter for the Portland Press Herald. He previously covered South Portland, Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth for the Sentry, Leader and Southern Forecaster. Though he is from Massachusetts, Drew grew up going to his family’s lake house in Denmark, Maine, learning to snow ski at Pleasant Mountain and water ski on Moose Pond. While he started as a “Vacationlander”, Drew adopted “the way life should be” motto and moved to Portland in 2021.
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South Portland dog rules headed for final approval
Councilors give the preliminary thumbs up to a range of restrictions, including keeping in place current dog hours at Willard Beach
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Scarborough, South Portland get climate resiliency grants
Scarborough will use its funding to address flooding on major travel routes, and South Portland is putting its grant toward road classification and design standards.
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Cape Elizabeth part of Healthy Green Schools pilot program
A major focus of the program is air quality along with cleaning products, pest management and HVAC and electrical maintenance.
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South Portland set to declare racism a public health emergency
The declaration would require the South Portland City Council to commit financial and human resources to combat racism and systemic racism in city government, research racial disparities in the community, and make its boards and committees more diverse.
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Proposed school budget in Cape Elizabeth up 4.7%
The plan, which increases the property tax rate 5%, includes hiring an instructional strategist for math and a second band teacher.
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Eastern Trail Alliance closing in on closing gap between Scarborough, South Portland
The organization and Scarborough officials are working on securing one remaining property easement that will allow the trail to be connected from the Black Point area to Wainwright fields in South Portland.
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Cameras capture 60 wildlife species in Eastern Trail gap
A University of New England project is documenting animal’s use of the area for the Eastern Trail Alliance.
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Endangered cottontails holding their own after release into Scarborough Marsh
There are estimated to be just 300 New England cottontail rabbits in Maine, among roughly 13,000 throughout New England.
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South Portland renews licenses for hotels sheltering homeless
The conditions are designed to stem the increase in 911 calls coming from the four establishments.