Lorraine L. Beaulieu, 99, of Scarborough, passed away on March 21, 2023, at Maine Medical Center in Portland. She was born in Biddeford on May 21, 1923, a daughter of Louis and Alda (Roy) LeRoux. She went to Biddeford Catholic Elementary School and attained her high school GED later in life. Lorraine married her husband, […]
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Obituary – Card of Thanks
The family of Richard “Dick” Bibber would like to extend our thanks to the many people who reached out to comfort us during our recent loss. We would like to extend our most sincere and profound gratitude to the Rev. Susan Townsley, the Rev. Carolyn Lambert and Father Fred Morse and all the musicians associated […]
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Obituary – James Andrews
James Frederick Andrews, 76, surrounded by family, left this world to be with our Lord and savior on March 23, 2023. Born in Nashua, New Hampshire, to the late Robert Stanley and Harriet (Drury) Andrews on April 14, 1946. Jim enjoyed playing golf and watching football. His family meant the world to him. He loved […]
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From Augusta – What the Legislature can do to reduce Maine’s teacher shortage
Let’s face it, Maine has a teacher shortage, and that problem has only been made worse over the last few years because of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Bangor Daily News, “more than 1,300 teachers, education technicians, administrators and other educators in Maine left their jobs, and more than half of them did so […]
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Our Sustainable City – South Portland Bicycle-Pedestrian Committee
A few weeks ago, Our Sustainable City column discussed e-bikes and how convenient they are as a sustainable mode of transportation for everyone. It goes without saying that transportation options with zero carbon emissions – like e-bikes – help our community to meet carbon emissions reduction and sustainability goals. An added benefit is the direct, […]
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Letters to the Editor
Tuning in to site plan board meeting To the editor, I watched the March 16 Kennebunk Site Plan Review Board meeting via live stream. The agenda item of note was the public hearing addressing the 9 Barnard Lane inn project proposed by applicants Kari and Randy Gates. I was highly impressed by the demeanor of […]
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Letters to the Editor
Lawn mower, trash proposals are ‘nonsense’ To the editor, I am writing about the South Portland Sustainability Department asking the city council to ban gas mowers and leaf blowers and the plan to make us pay yet another tax to have our garbage picked up. Trash first. Our trash goes to the trash to energy […]
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A Window on the Past – Marshall “Bill” Turnbaugh, nuclear submarines and South Portland Engineering
We’ve written previously about South Portland Engineering that once operated on Madison Street in South Portland; its large fabrication building was destroyed in 1965 in what is still called “the shipyard fire.” We hadn’t known much about the principal of the company, Marshall Turnbaugh, so I was thrilled to get a call from his son, […]
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Community News – April exhibit features pre-kindergarten art
Kennebunk Free Library announced its April exhibition, “Celebrating the Young Child,” the artwork of the pre-kindergarten students at Kennebunk Elementary School. The exhibit will run April 4-28 in the library’s Speers Gallery. The exhibit is in recognition of The Week of the Young Child, an annual celebration sponsored by the National Association for the Education […]
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Community News – Fruit trees available for land trust members
The South Portland Land Trust has partnered with Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and SoPo Trees to offer free fruit trees available for land trust members during the land trust’s Earth Day Celebration. Apple trees will be available after a MOFGA-run fruit tree grafting class at the South Portland Community Center on Sunday, April […]
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