A fundraising effort has begun to restore the 60-year-old Austin pipe organ at the Blue Point Congregational Church in Scarborough. Even in its relatively frail condition, the notes produced by the 60-year-old Austin pipe organ at the Blue Point Congregational Church in Scarborough can still stir the heart and fill the sanctuary with sound. But […]

Greater Portland Landmarks has announced its annual Preservation Awards, which are designed to honor a variety of people, restoration projects, rehabilitation projects and adaptive reuse projects in the region. In the category of Preservation Leaders, the restoration and relocation of the Danish Village Arch in Scarborough and the redevelopment of an historic schoolhouse into the […]

Riverview Martial Arts, which has operated in South Portland for more than 20 years, has signed a 10-year lease with Priority Real Estate Group, owners of the historic former armory at the foot of the Casco Bay Bridge in Mill Creek. Riverview will take over the armory’s entire second floor, which is 5,000 square feet. […]

Greater Portland Landmarks has announced its annual Preservation Awards, which are designed to honor a variety of people, restoration projects, rehabilitation projects and adaptive reuse projects in the region. In the category of Preservation Leaders, the restoration and relocation of the Danish Village Arch in Scarborough and the redevelopment of an historic schoolhouse into the […]

Laura Stevens, who teaches second grade at Kaler Elementary School in South Portland, was looking forward to “getting to know the new crop of little minds” that will fill her classroom when school starts again on Sept. 6. However, for much of the first week of school Stevens will be in Washington, D.C., so she’ll […]

During a recent program at the Scarborough Public Library Dr. Brian Beal, director of research at the Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research & Education, discussed the negative impact climate change is having on the soft-shell clam, a cash crop for many along the coast of southern Maine and in Scarborough in particular. Beal, who […]

Two Nigerian dwarf goats named Jimmy and Bubbles have solved an environmental problem for Elizabeth Goodspeed of Cape Elizabeth and they just might be a solution for other properties around town, she says. Invasive plants were threating to over Goodspeed’s yard. As beekeepers and staunch environmentalists, she and her husband wanted to combat that growth […]

Several wildfires in California have burned nearly 93,000 acres in recent weeks, which is why the American Red Cross of Maine has sent a couple volunteers out west to assist communities impacted by the raging wildfires that are destroying homes, causing power outages and subjecting residents to repeated evacuation orders. Among the volunteers are Dave […]

The Spring Point Ledge Light Trust has received two new grants. One for $3,000 from the New England Lighthouse Lovers group and one for $9,000 from the United States Lighthouse Society. The grants will be used for needed maintenance work on the lighthouse, which stands at the end of a 900-foot breakwater in South Portland. The […]

The Spring Point Ledge Light Trust has received two new grants. One for $3,000 from the New England Lighthouse Lovers group and one for $9,000 from the United States Lighthouse Society. The grants will be used for needed maintenance work on the lighthouse, which stands at the end of a 900-foot breakwater in South Portland. The […]