SOUTH PORTLAND — Since it was founded 30 years ago, Friends of Casco Bay has found it takes a community to properly monitor and care for Casco Bay. “We can’t be everywhere at once and we can’t see everything,” said Sarah Lyman, Friends of Casco Bay’s community engagement coordinator. One of the key ways the organization is […]
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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Grants to help clean up Portland, South Portland brownfield sites
PORTLAND — The federal government is giving $1.5 million to three Portland organizations and $800,000 to two South Portland projects to redevelop contaminated properties. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields Program last week awarded $6 million to redevelopment projects throughout the state, including $500,000 each to The Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine, Maine Port Authority, and […]
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Portland, South Portland launch joint climate initiative
PORTLAND — City officials from Portland and South Portland are joining forces in an unprecedented way to fight the impact of climate change. On Monday, officials gathered at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute on Commercial Street to unveil an initiative called “One Climate Future: Charting the Course for Portland and South Portland.” “We believe we […]
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Portland may soon have first restaurant ‘parklet’
PORTLAND — An Old Port restaurant and bar has submitted the first application for an outdoor dining “parklet” on a city street. Andrew Volk, owner of Portland Hunt + Alpine Club, said he has longed for outdoor seating at the 75 Market St. restaurant, and hopes the new city program will make it possible. Volk, who […]
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Portland short-term rental violations to get city review
PORTLAND — The City Council Housing Committee on Wednesday will address short-term rentals after the company hired to monitor listings found 150 noncompliant units. Host Compliance, hired by the city to audit short-term rental advertisements, last month sent notices of violation to 150 property owners who were advertising units for rent that were not among the 400 […]
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Debate prompts Portland City Council to delay decision on homeless shelter
PORTLAND — A decision on where to build a new shelter for the city’s homeless population is expected later this month. The City Council on Monday delayed a decision on whether to move the shelter from Oxford Street to either a wooded parcel on Riverside Street or a small vacant lot on Commercial Street. Councilors are […]
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Portland’s downtown City Deli changes hands
PORTLAND — After 38 years in business, the family-owned City Deli on the first floor of One City Center has a new owner. The new owner, Dalia Esposito, said she has known the former owners, the DeSalle family, for many years and has worked on and off at the business since childhood, making the transition a […]
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Swan song here for Portland’s Old Port Festival
PORTLAND — For nearly 50 years, early June has been parade time for Shoestring Theater Director Nance Parker. But on Sunday, June 9, Parker and her team of volunteers will be bringing the theater’s oversized puppets down from their Brackett Street headquarters to the top of Exchange Street for the Old Port Festival parade for the last […]
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Portland’s ecomaine disputes report on lead pollution
PORTLAND — A report disputed by ecomaine suggests people within a 3-mile radius of the company’s incinerator on Blueberry Road are at an increased health risk due to the amount of lead emitted by the waste-to-energy plant. Municipalities within the 3-mile radius include Portland, Westbrook, South Portland and Scarborough. According to the Tishman Environment and Design […]
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Together Days set for this weekend
WESTBROOK — As May winds down, that can only mean one thing: it is time again for the Westbrook community to come together for its annual Westbrook Together Days. For the last 40 years, the festival has been bringing together families and friends for a weekend of food, rides and entertainment. “Because it is the 40th, we […]