We mentioned Will Dyer in our June 23 column about the grocery that was once on the corner of Broadway and Evans Street. Let’s take a closer look at this grocer who worked in the trade for over 55 years. William E. Dyer was born in 1871 in Cape Elizabeth (now South Portland). He was […]

After a very successful campaign, the city expects funding for Electrify Everything!, a program that provides rebates on electric consumer goods, to run out by the end of this summer. The city is announcing that the final day to submit an application for rebates on electric vehicles, electric lawn care equipment, and e-bikes is July […]

In 2019 alone, more than 450 million tons of plastic was produced globally. This amounts to a staggering 900,000,000,000 pounds (that’s 900 billion pounds), and the equivalent of more than 112 pounds of plastic produced each year, for every person on the planet. Since its inception in the early 1900s, synthetic plastic has become the […]

The Summer in Maine Auction, the auction featuring some of the best that Maine has to offer, is now open for bidding at the South Portland Historical Society’s museum at Bug Light Park. Bids will be accepted every day until the auction closes on the Fourth of July. We hope you’ll come down and check […]