PORTLAND — The Greater Portland Council of Governments and the city will offer a workshop this week for appointed and elected municipal leaders on how to address addiction and opioid misuse in the city. According to the city, the event, which will take place Thursday, Jan. 30, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Casco Bay […]
Michael Kelley
Michael Kelley has been professionally working in the newspaper industry since 2006 writing about municipal news, education news, environmental news, sports and other human interest topics. He has covered the communities of Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough, Portland, South Portland and Westbrook for several weekly newspapers. His work has appeared in magazines, daily newspapers and weekly newspapers throughout Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont.
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Scarborough passes new rules on medical and recreational cannabis
The new law, which excludes retailers, will take effect Feb. 21.
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1,000 Portland students get free books
PORTLAND — The Portland Public Schools and national nonprofit Reading Is Fundamental have teamed up to provide free books to the district’s fourth- and fifth-graders through RIF’s Books for Ownership program. The program, which provided close to 1,000 students from nine elementary schools with three books a piece, was funded through a $9,500 grant secured […]
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Gallery celebrates the contemporary for state’s 200th birthday
The Portland 2020 photography exhibit will be shown through April 4.
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Spike in pedestrian fatalities spurs action
There were 18 pedestrian fatalities in 2019, three times that of 2018.
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Vast majority of Portland sidewalks don’t meet ADA standards
There is a backlog of $123 million in needed sidewalk repairs and upwards of $88 million in needed street repairs.
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Spike in pedestrian fatalities spurs action
There were 18 pedestrian fatalities in 2019, three times as many as in 2018, and safety groups hope a combination of increased education and enforcement reverses that trend.
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Ali elected to National League of Cities council
PORTLAND — City Councilor Pious Ali has been elected to the National League of Cities 2020 Race, Equity and Leadership Council. “I look forward to the sharing of ideas and learning some of the successful best practices used by other cities to eliminate racial disparities, advance racial equity and build an equitable thriving community, where […]
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Grants available for Cumberland County nonprofits
PORTLAND — The Maine Community Foundation’s Community Building Grant Program is accepting applications from nonprofit and public organizations for funding to support projects to strengthen communities. In 2019, the Cumberland County Committee awarded $65,600 in grants to 10 nonprofits, including: Little Sebago Lake Association, to develop a Little Sebago Loon Monitoring Program; Maine Youth Court, […]
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Committee seeks volunteers to shovel for elderly
PORTLAND — The Age-Friendly Portland Steering Committee is looking for volunteers willing to shovel snow for elderly neighbors this winter. Volunteer coordinators are also needed to help match Portland residents 65 and older with groups and individuals willing to help with snow removal. According to the city, only eight or nine Portland neighborhoods are participating, […]