Daniel lives at Shoppers True Value in South Portland, much to the delight of staff and customers, not to mention his fans on social media.
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 ramps up adult ed for asylum seekers
The department will offer more English instruction courses and provide transportation to the classes along with translation services.
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South Portland Toy Drive has double the amount of kids on its list this year
The community-wide effort is still in need of sponsors for children whose families are struggling financially because of “the times we’re in.”
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South Portland, Scarborough get into Christmas spirit this weekend
The South Portland tree lighting ceremony will be held Friday night in Mill Creek Park, and Scarborough hosts Santa in the Park on Saturday.
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South Portland seeks new School Board member to fill Bitjoka’s spot
Hannah Bitjoka said other board members did not address her concerns about issues at the schools.
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Scarborough faces decision on hotel shelter
The Comfort Inn is violating the town’s licensing conditions requiring on-site social services, which are no longer being provided because state funding ended.
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South Portlanders urge support of flavored tobacco ban
Advocates, including students and parents, speak out on the proposal at an event organized by Flavors Hook Kids Maine.
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Cape Elizabeth plans to return to voters with another school plan next year
School Board members and town councilors agree that better communication about the project and more collaboration is needed to secure residents’ approval for new elementary and middle schools.
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South Portland votes against contributing funding to asylum-seeker housing
Among the reasons for denying the funding is that there is no guarantee the Portland project would house asylum seekers now living in South Portland, councilors say.
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Scarborough Community Thanksgiving returning in-person next week
There’s room for 400 at the table starting at 11 a.m. Thanksgiving day.