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Linky is being recognized by his professional peers with an award by the Maine Recreation and Parks Association.   John “Linky” Erskine has worked for the City of South Portland for over 30 years in a variety of capacities from Animal control officer, Parks mechanic, Parks foreperson, and is currently the Parks Supervisor in charge of […]

The Bangor Municipal Golf Course has retained its designation as a “Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary” through the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses. Our golf course was originally designated in 2013 and is one of over 900 courses in the world to currently be designated as such. “They are to be commended for preserving […]

The original Wescustogo Community Center was a former Grange Hall, built in the 1950’s through volunteer labor and financed with bean suppers and other fundraisers. When fire destroyed the building in August of 2013, the residents approved funding to create a 17,000 square foot community center. The location of the former North Yarmouth Memorial School […]

It really all began when the Town Manager asked me if our old portable classroom and way of doing things was “really the way I wanted to leave the department when I retired”. Everyone has a dream to leave behind great things, but I had let my own conservative nature stand in the way of […]