About 10,000 cubic yards of build-up in a roughly 11-acre swath of the channel abutting Prouts Neck in less than three weeks. Plans call for additional Scarborough River dredging next year.
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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Eviction moratorium poised for passage in South Portland
Designed to address rent hikes at Redbank, the 6-month emergency ban on evicting tenants facing rate increases has a number of exemptions.
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South Portland getting assist with substance abuse prevention efforts
City departments and organizations have been working with The Opportunity Alliance, which is co-sponsoring a community cleanup event June 4.
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Scarborough hotel works to stem high number of police calls
The Comfort Inn & Suites in Scarborough, providing short-term shelter to clients of The Opportunity Alliance, has been the source of 187 emergency services calls between Jan. 1 and May 12.
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Cape Elizabeth housing study finds changing demographics in town
The early findings of the town’s Housing Diversity Study show population trends that could reflect a lack of affordable housing, consultants say.
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Cape Elizabeth council approves town, school budgets
The Cape Elizabeth Town Council has approved a $51.6 million combined municipal and school budget. The new budget is a $3.2 million, or about a 1.1% increase over this year’s. The budget brings results in a new town property tax rate of $21.08 per $1,000 of assessed value, up 82 cents from last year. The […]
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South Portland exploring legality of Redbank rent hikes
The city has asked the owner of Redbank Village Apartments for documentation that will show whether it adhered to the city’s requirement of a 75-day notice on rent increases.
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South Portland council declares racism as health crisis, OKs school budget
The council Tuesday also revises its newly proposed dog rules and tweaks the language of its ban on nude swimming to make it gender-neutral.
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Scarborough council passes pared-back budget for town, schools
Property taxes will go up 3% under the new $76.8 million budget.