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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PublishedDecember 9, 2019
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 […]
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PublishedDecember 6, 2019
Minority Health Program receives $20,000 grant
PORTLAND — The city’s Public Health Division’s Minority Health Program was recently awarded $20,000 from the Maine Health Access Foundation to help increase residents’ participation in the MaineCare and Marketplace Healthcare Programs. According to the city, the funding will help Community Health Outreach Workers connect with low-income and underserved French, Portugese, Spanish, Arabic and English-speaking […]
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PublishedDecember 4, 2019
Pine Point Beach expansion could include new concession stand, picnic area
The proposal updates the bathhouse, re-configures the parking lot and adds a small picnicking area near the dunes.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2019
Celebrate the season in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH — The Christmas season kicks off in town Saturday, Dec. 7, when Santa will visit and meet with children in Memorial Park. There will be hot cocoa and goodies, live music, fire pits to warm up by, activities, a tree lighting, and, of course, visits with Santa himself. The Scarborough High School Chorus and […]
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PublishedDecember 4, 2019
Downtown gallery exhibits middle school artists’ abstracts
The Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation on Brown Street will showcase the work of 11 Lincoln Middle School students through January.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2019
Mercy embarks on next phase of campus relocation
The second phase would include expansion of the hospital building on Fore River Parkway and construction of a new surgical center.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2019
One last skate for old time’s sake
Happy Wheels on Warren Avenue will close Sunday, Dec. 15, after 46 years in business.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2019
Strimling bows out, Snyder sworn in
Portland Mayor Kate Snyder and City Councilors Pious Ali and Tae Chong take the oath of office Monday.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2019
Application process begins for reimbursement from asylum seeker fund
PORTLAND — Community partners can now request reimbursement for assistance they provided while the city operated an emergency shelter for close to 450 asylum seekers at the Portland Expo between June 9 and Aug. 15. “We know there’s a need in the community and so we want to assist our partners who helped in this […]
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PublishedDecember 2, 2019
Santa to visit the Portland Fire Museum
PORTLAND — Santa will visit the Portland Fire Museum at 157 Spring St. from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, and Saturday, Dec. 14, to hear children’s 2019 Christmas wishes. Christmas village scenes have been built inside two of the museum’s horse stalls displaying more than 20 ceramic firehouses with apparatus, figures, snow […]
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