Winter storm nemo strikes portland.

Winter storm Nemo struck Portland on February 7, 2013. Below are photos from the storm. Enjoy!

PORTLAND – The City Council on Monday voted to ban smoking in 36 city parks and open spaces, including Monument Square. The ban is intended to protect people from second-hand smoke, said City Councilor Edward Suslovic, who leads the Public Safety, Health and Human Services Committee. “The purpose of this is[...]

FoEP is excited to announce the reconfiguration of the Cutter Street intersection! Follow the link to the WCSH6 movie to learn more! http://www.wcsh6.com/video/2084158630001/1/Road-and-sidewalk-configuration-on-the-Eastern-Promenade

Meet at the Fort Allen Bandstand 4:30-6:00 p.m. on December 15 Please join us for a favorite holiday tradition as we go caroling along the Prom and Munjoy Hill. Carolers will meet at the Fort Allen Park bandstand just in time for the Christmas Boat Parade of Lights. Sheet music will[...]

Photo by Derek Davis, Portland Press Herald Staff Photographer Friends of the Eastern Promenade decorate the bandstand at Fort Allen Park in patriotic colors to honor American troops through the holidays. PORTLAND — In a twist from the traditional green and red, the bandstand at Fort Allen Park was bedecked[...]

Friends and neighbors gathered for the 4th Annual Meeting to celebrate a year’s great success, enjoy the company offriends, and savor cups of hot local cider. Over 60 people attended and at the culmination of the night’s event, it was standing room only! We celebrated the year’s successes with great accolades[...]

Brought to us by Casco Bay Sports, the 3rd Annual Cyclocross Race brought racers from West Virginia, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, New York, and Connecticut. This is far our most diverse geographic field to date! Proceeds will benefit FoEP. Casco Bay Sports will aerate and re-seed the park wherever necessary[...]

The Sebago to the Sea Celebration was hosted by the Presumpscot Regional Land Trust on the East End Beach in honor of the completion of the final 6 mile segment of this 28 mile trail. The Sebago to the Sea Trail vision was to establish a contiguous trail from Sebago Lake to Casco[...]

The highlight of this years Annual Meeting was a presentation by archeologist, Seth Van Dam of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. You may have seen Seth poking about on Fort Allen Park this past year, taping sections off and probing the earth.  Van Dam conducted a soil survey without excavating or[...]