The Animal Welfare Society recently accepted a gift from Blaze Brewing Company of Biddeford. Meet York County, a local social media promoter, and Blaze collaborated on a limited release beer – Bark Cream Ale – to support AWS. “Mike Nicholas from Meet York County approached us last year and asked us to collaborate on a […]
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Our Sustainable City – It’s time to Electrify Everything!
South Portland has an ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2050. Whether for cost savings or environmental reasons, a lot of South Portland residents are already installing air source heat pumps, purchasing electric vehicles, commuting to work via e-bike and cutting their lawns with electric mowers. The electric market is ripe, and we want […]
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Community News – Pingreee announces grants that support firefighters
South Portland, Casco, and Boothbay Harbor fire departments will receive a total of $152,970 through FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program.
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Letters to the Editor
U.S. should be climate change leader To the editor, In response to the Guest Column by retired pastor Tom White (Kennebunk Post July 29, 2022), all I can say is we need expert advice on climate change, not the musings of someone who has a 48-year-old degree in environmental science. I do not have the […]
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Letters to the Editor
Great day for South Portland seniors To the editor, Thank you, Trey Stewart, for helping to keep South Portland seniors in their homes. South Portland’s budget has swollen due to labor negotiations with city staff, increased personnel for sustainability, non-English speaking student support in our schools and crushing inflation. The city has passed those costs […]
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Guest Column – Marie
The problem was getting to work from my house, near Evergreen Landing on the northwest corner of Peaks Island, all the half mile or so along Island Avenue past Trefethen and the yacht club, with its flotilla of a half dozen tiny turnabout sailboats, past the one-room school and the windowless, brick telephone exchange building […]
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A Window on the Past – Isabel Baker Cragg and the Jack O’Lantern Casino
Now a three-family apartment building, the home at 88 Pillsbury St. in South Portland has an interesting past with ties to a building on Broadway where the Sea Dog Brewing Company restaurant and bowling alley now exists. The Meaher family once owned and lived in the large home at 88 Pillsbury St. The home was […]
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Community News – Southern Maine Health Care plans 28th annual golf tournament
Cape Arundel, on Sept. 20, is one of two host sites.
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Our Sustainable City – Engaging with your city
Last week, we talked about Citizens’ Climate Lobby, and how to engage with climate policy in Maine. This week, we are focusing on local efforts: how to engage with climate action here in South Portland and ways to help shape the future of our city. Keeping up with climate action Interested in climate action happening […]
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Obituary – Janice Buffum
Janice (Jan) Buffum of Kennebunk, passed away on Aug. 6 after a lifetime of smiles and laughter. She was a loving mother, a caring teacher, and a true friend to so many. She lived her life by the cross-stitched words of poet Sam Walter Foss hanging on her wall, “Let me live in my house […]
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