The third annual “Battle of the Neighborhoods” food drive raises donations for the South Portland Food Cupboard.
Maxen Ryder
From southern Maine, Maxen Ryder is a graduate of University of Maine at Farmington with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. He loves to write to tell the stories of the world. He also loves hiking, cooking, writing fiction, and adventuring with friends and dogs. If you have a story idea you would like to share, feel free to email Maxen or give him a call.
Scarborough Town Council announces goals for 2023
The town’s goals focus on housing choice and homelessness, sustainability, conservation and climate change, strategic capital and facilities planning, traffic and transportation, residential growth management, financial management, and public engagement and communications.
“Keeping Cumberland County Warm” funds available in Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth
A new heating assistance fund is available in participating communities in the county, including Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough.
Meet South Portland’s first communications officer
Shara Dee is the city’s first communications officer.
Local writer, Crockett, visiting library for Author Talk
W. Edward Crockett wrote “The Ghosts of Walter Crockett” a memoir about his family and his upbringing on Munjoy Hill in Portland.
Scarborough Public Library awarded grant from Norway Savings Bank
The grant will be used to replace the library’s lighting with more economic and energy-efficient systems.
Don Campbell Band donates concert proceeds to Hospice of Southern Maine
The band performed a free holiday concert that raised $11,521 in donations for Hospice of Southern Maine.
Funding awarded for affordable-housing development in Scarborough for those with physical disabilities
Over $500,000 has been awarded for an affordable housing development in Scarborough for those with physical disabilities. The project is being created by nonprofits 3iHoME and Preservation of Affordable Housing.
Karin Shupe is the newest member of Scarborough Town Council
She says she wants to give back to the community
Seal explores Cape Elizabeth before recovery
A gray seal was spotted exploring Cape Elizabeth on Monday morning, Jan. 23, not once, not twice, but three times. At around 1:30 a.m., a public works employee plowing the Oakhurst Road neighborhood about a quarter-mile from the ocean, reported the seal wandering the area. A police officer came and caught the seal before bringing […]