Mahoney Middle School Principal Carrie Stilphen has announced she will retire at the end of this school year. “I was hired in 1995 to teach at Mahoney Middle School and have worked in this wonderful building ever since,” she said in a letter to the superintendent. “I cannot put into words how grateful I am […]
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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Vote overturns town center zoning amendments in Cape Elizabeth
The controversial revisions, designed to pave the way for an affordable housing project, were repealed in a citizens referendum, 3,090 tp 2,888.
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Cape Elizabeth’s school project rejected at polls
Voters turn down the request to borrow $115.9 million for the project, 3,817 to 2,337.
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Scarborough voters scrap library expansion
A $12.9 million bond referendum for the project fails at the polls Tuesday, 7,097 to 4,817.
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South Portland forum scheduled on Broadway traffic signals
The South Portland Public Works Department will hold a public forum on Monday, Nov. 14, about the Broadway traffic signals at Evans and Lincoln streets. Sebago Technics will make a presentation on the history of the intersections, why changes to the light signals were made in 2020, and the outcomes of the project. City staff […]
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Veterans Day parade observances scheduled locally for Nov. 11
South Portland, Scarborough, and Cape Elizabeth will commemorate Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11, with parades, ceremonies and fundraisers. South Portland will host its annual Veterans Day parade, beginning in the Southern Maine Community College parking lot and making its way to Mill Creek Park where a wreath ceremony will take place. The parade begins at […]
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South Portland removes restrictions on in-law apartments
Accessory dwelling units can now be built in all residential zones.
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South Portland Middle School to open as city’s first ‘community school’
The Community School model uses a coordinated approach involving families, social service organizations and others to provide needed resources.
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South Portland extends eviction moratorium for six more months
The council also requires landlords to give tenants more notice of upcoming rent increases.
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Cape Elizabeth’s school building problems: The big debate
The elementary and middle schools need to be fixed, both sides say, but how and at what cost to taxpayers is in dispute as the Nov. 8 vote on a $115.9 million proposal nears.