Rotary Club assists veterans The South Portland/Cape Elizabeth Rotary Club, with an emphasis on helping Maine’s veterans, has provided assistance in the first half of this Rotary year to Huot House in Saco and Veteran Career House in Biddeford. The club has donated $2,500. Operated by Volunteers of America, these Maine facilities provide transitional housing […]
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Change is good: Volunteer for a fresh view
A baseball coach from my past, Paul Ryan, preached that opponents are, “Creatures of habit,” and devised strategies for his Naperville North teams to exploit the weaknesses associated with repeated, comfortable habits. Likewise, he made change part of our regular routine so that, theoretically, opponents could not rely on us being predictable in game situations. […]
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Paint The Town Red in February
In February, Maine is for lovers. The Kennebunks’ (Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Arundel) Paint The Town Red month-long celebration is dedicating the full month of February to celebrating love and romance with a jam-packed schedule of swoon-inducing events, promotions and discounts designed to re-kindle the romance. From Feb. 1-29, New England’s most romantic towns will be decked […]
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A Window on the Past – Cap’n Newick’s Lobster House and The Browse Shoppe
Cap’n Newick’s was a landmark in South Portland for decades. 2) On the right side of this photo, the Browse Shoppe can be seen at 728 Broadway.] The South Portland Historical Society recently acquired two slides that give a glimpse of a section of Broadway in the Pleasantdale neighborhood. I thought readers might enjoy these […]
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Second annual South Portland Window Dressers Community Workshop a success
For the second year in a row, the South Portland Energy and Recycling Committee (ERC) was the proud host of a Window Dressers Community Workshop. Over the course of a week in early January, Energy and Recycling Committee members, together with almost 100 customers and volunteers, produced approximately 260 Window Dressers insulating window inserts for […]
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B2B registration dates announced
Registration for the 23rd annual TD Beach to Beacon 10K race kicks off for Cape Elizabeth residents on Wednesday, March 11 before opening to general public on Thursday, March 12 Race organizers have announced registration dates for the 23rd running of the TD Beach to Beacon 10K, which takes place on Aug. 1, 2020. Registration […]
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Letters to the Editor
Bill would boost retirement saving To the editor, It is a stark reality that on average, working households in Maine have just $2,500 in retirement account savings. As the current AARP volunteer state president, a Portland resident, and a former small business owner, I am very interested in changing this situation. Our great state of […]
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Trustees appoint new community college president
The Board of Trustees of the Maine Community College System appointed Michael Fischer, an associate vice president at Great Bay Community College in New Hampshire, as the next president of York County Community College. He will begin in March. Fischer has held leadership roles for the last 12 years at Great Bay Community College, most […]
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South Portland Sports Hall of Fame
In a column in February of 2017, I first mentioned our desire to document a South Portland Sports Hall of Fame at our historical society. At the time, we were in the midst of cataloging the Davis Collection, which contained a lot of material on the Portland Sagamores, a semi-pro football team made up […]
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Community News
Old Eleven to play After Hours at library The Friends of South Portland Public Library will host its next After Hours Concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8. The concert will feature Old Eleven, a traditional bluegrass, Maine-style band. The Main Library is located at 482 Broadway in South Portland. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. […]