The PLC Street Team, a ministry of Portland Life Center, aims to spread hope and love through food and prayer.
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.
Immigrant center, library release guide for new Mainers
PORTLAND — The Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center and Portland Public Library have teamed up to create a New Mainer’s Guide to Greater Portland to help newcomers navigate the resources available in southern Maine. The guidebook includes information on food and shelter, legal support, health care, community organizations, education and career advancement opportunities. The guides […]
Casco Bay students to hold ‘March to the Post Office’
PORTLAND — More than 90 seniors from Casco Bay High School will take part in the school’s seventh annual “March to the Post Office” Friday, Dec. 13, as they march down Congress Street to mail their college applications or supporting materials. The students will gather at the Portland Museum of Art where they’ll meet with […]
Portland Police Logs: Dec. 2-8
Arrests Dec. 2 at 6:56 a.m. Anthony Osborne, 42, of Bath, was arrested on Franklin Street by Officer Ian Geib on two outstanding warrants. Dec. 2 at 4 p.m. Craig P. Cushing, 34, of Scarborough, was arrested on Congress Street by Officer Ian Leitch on a charge of criminal trespass. Dec. 2 at 7:32 p.m. […]
Shared manufacturing space boon to entrepreneurs
The Portland facility has room and tools for up to 100 people to work on metal, wood, robotics, printmaking and more.
St. Brigid School brings nativity story to community
The school’s Dec. 15 celebration will also include a visit from Santa, caroling, a tree lighting and Christmas cookie decorating.
Couple helping city’s homeless one burrito at a time
The PLC Street Team, a ministry of Portland Life Center, aims to spread hope and love through food and prayer.
Mercy receives $1 million challenge grant for consolidation
PORTLAND — Northern Light Mercy Hospital has received a $1 million capital campaign challenge grant to support the hospital’s campus consolidation project. The challenge grant, made possible by four anonymous donors, provides a one-to-one match up to $1 million for all gifts made to Mercy’s capital campaign through March 31, 2020. The gift was made […]
Youth protest for state action on climate change
Protesters want Maine to become the first state to declare a climate state of emergency and hope to see it become carbon neutral within the next decade.
YMCA serving as overflow site for newest asylum seekers
PORTLAND – The YMCA of Southern Maine’s Greater Portland Branch will serve as an overflow shelter for the city beginning Monday, Dec. 9, to accommodate a recent influx of asylum seekers. The site is expected to be used as a shelter for about nine days. The YMCA is collecting donations of warm clothes for the […]