Food, live music, ponies, the popular 5K and Kids Fun Run and more are on tap for the Aug. 16 family event.
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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Scarborough passes measures to address cannabis facility odor complaints
The Town Council gives police the authority to verify complaints and creates a licensing requirement for landlords who lease to cultivators.
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Two opposing Cape Elizabeth school bond proposals set for hearing, vote on Monday
The school board stands behind its $89.9 million project and the Town Council chairman says his $42 million proposal is a contingency plan to cover immediate needs at the three schools.
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Scarborough Public Safety seeks OK to buy police body and cruiser cameras and a new fire truck
Voters will likely decide in November whether to authorize borrowing to cover the costs.
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With dips, sips and a sense of community, social club grows
What started out as a couple of young women taking a winter swim at a Scarborough beach is now “this wonderful group for people from all walks of life and people of all ages.”
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Study aims to help Scarborough become more resilient to flooding
A public meeting on the town’s vulnerability assessment will be held Aug. 12.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry
South Portland Land Trust president, vice president look to focus on education, smaller conservation
Tex Haeuser, South Portland’s former longtime city planner, and Karen Talentino, a biologist, serve as president and vice president.
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Scarborough Library’s Reading Buddies program helps combat the ‘summer slide’
Teens and young children pair up and read together for an hour each week.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry
$16.3 million in school bonds could be on South Portland’s November ballot
The City Council will hold an Aug. 6 public hearing and final vote on whether to send the three bond orders to a November referendum.
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Cape Elizabeth won’t be paying Lumbery legal fees
The lumber and hardware store, meanwhile, is up for sale, which co-owner Mike Friedland sees as opportunity to grow the business.