Next up in our Sustainability Staff Spotlight series is our Sustainability Program Manager, Casey Zorn. Casey has been working in the sustainability office for about six months, where she manages programs related to buildings, energy and waste reduction and works on outreach for the office and One Climate Future climate action plan. Mia: Can you […]
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Community News – Upcycle Challenge finalists identified
The three finalists for ecomaine’s school-based Upcycle Challenge, which will award $500 to a participating student’s school, were announced in an April 15 news release. The Upcycle Challenge asks students in ecomaine’s communities to use items that ordinarily would have been disposed of, to make all-new, functional ones. ecomaine’s Outreach & Recycling Committee selected the […]
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Obituary – Audrey Lillibridge
Audrey Rae (Hart) Lillibridge passed away April 8, 2022, at the age of 95, after a long period of declining health. Audrey was born the youngest of three sisters in Guthrie, Oklahoma, on Oct. 6, 1926. Growing up in Yale, Oklahoma, during the Great Depression was difficult for the Hart family, but that brought an […]
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Obituary – Joyce Worster
Joyce Ann Worster, 53, of Granite Ridge Road, Waterboro, passed away Friday, April 15, 2022, at her residence with her mother by her side. She was born Oct. 3, 1968, in Meriden, Connecticut, the daughter of Michael and Eileen Carlton Worster. Joyce graduated from Biddeford High School in 1989. She worked for Creative Work Systems […]
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Obituary – Suzanne Nieburgs
Suzanne Aileen Kay Nieburgs, age 78, a resident of Worcester, Massachusetts, and formerly of New York City, died at her home on April 6, 2022, after brief illness. Suzanne was born in Montreal on Feb. 3, 1944, the daughter of Kenneth Kongsley and Aileen Argyle Delancey (White) Kay. She received a bachelor’s degree in library […]
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Obituary – John Fortune
John F. Fortune died peacefully at Gosnell House on April 3, 2022. John, born in 1926, was the son of John Francis and Mary (Denn) Fortune, raised in Brooklyn, New York. He was a son of Ireland, a husband of 71 years, devout Catholic, life-long learner, artist, public servant, Army veteran, Peace Corps volunteer, world […]
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Obituary – Richard Jacques
Richard “Dick” Jacques, of Biddeford, passed away peacefully at Maine Medical Center on April 10, 2022. He was 86 years young. Richard was born in Biddeford on March 21, 1936, a son of Raoul and Annabelle (Boisvert) Jacques. Richard graduated from St. Louis High School as a member of the class of 1955. He attended […]
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Obituary – Joan Emmons
Joan (Joni) Catherine Emmons, 72, of Biddeford, passed away at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House of cancer on March 25, 2022. Joni dedicated her life to helping people and loved recovery. It would be impossible to list all of the people she helped. Joni’s joy and laughter will live on in hour hearts. She was quick […]
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Letters to the Editor
Value of programs poorly articulated To the editor, I read with interest that the taxpayers will be asked in June to vote to transfer $2.8 million from unallocated funds to capital reserves to help pay for an athletic complex renovation at Kennebunk High School. The total renovation cost is $4.2 million. We are informed that […]
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Our Sustainable City – Celebrate Earth Month in South Portland
There are a lot of ways to celebrate the planet we call home right here in South Portland, whether it be wandering through the city’s sand dusted streets, exploring parks, cemeteries and trails, or looking out at our cliff-scattered coastline. April is Earth Month and next week is Earth Week, which both lead up to […]
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