The combined budget is up 4.2% from this year’s and has a 1.5%, tax increase, before town-wide revaluation calculations.
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.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry
Pock wins GOP primary for South Portland seat in House
Michael Pock will go up against Democrat Matthew Beck for South Portland’s House District 122 seat in November.
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Posted inSouth Portland Sentry
School budgets approved in South Portland, Cape Elizabeth
South Portland’s $69.4 million school budget brings taxes up 3.8%, and $35.4 million for Cape Elizabeth raises taxes 2.5%.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Scarborough Leader
Scarborough Land Trust closing in on major purchase
The acquisition in the western part of town would result in 943 contiguous acres of protected land in Scarborough, Saco and Buxton.
Posted inScarborough Leader
Scarborough senior headed to U.S. Naval Academy
Brooke Wardrop went through a rigorous admissions process, along with 15,000 other applicants.
Posted inScarborough Leader, South Portland Sentry
Popular Scarborough summer concert series enters 25th year
The performers used to play to an audience of dozens, now thousands of people attend the six shows each season.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, Scarborough Leader, South Portland Sentry, The Forecaster
Carriage trails ready for walking in Cape Elizabeth
The Cape Elizabeth Land Trust will celebrate its newly acquired Davis Parcel off Spurwink Avenue with a grand opening Sunday.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry
South Portland council hires consultant to help make Mahoney decision
The independent review will look at two possible options for the former middle school property: a municipal campus and affordable housing.