South Portland Land Trust will host a weekend full of activities honoring Earth Day, with its signature citywide Earth Day Cleanup happening on Saturday, April 22. The rain date is Sunday, April 23. The land trust has hosted the event for 30 years, bringing community members together and cleaning up the city’s open spaces, parks, […]
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A Window on the Past – Early undertakers in Knightville
In America today, when a loved one dies, we reach out to a funeral home to handle the arrangements for a service and burial. This was not always the case. The funeral industry didn’t really get its start in America until the time of the Civil War, when soldiers died of wounds or sickness at […]
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Our Sustainable City – Round and round we go: South Portland’s circular economy
When South Portland adopted One Climate Future in 2020, one focus of our waste reduction strategies was on the creation of circular economies. Today, the sustainability department is moving into the implementation phase and is excited about some forthcoming circular economy initiatives. What is a circular economy? The term circular economy isn’t often discussed in […]
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Community News – Calling all Red Riots; South Portland H.S. Alumni Network launched
South Portland High School is forming its first official Alumni Network. “The SPHS Alumni Network, according to a March 14 news release, “will allow school staff to more effectively reach out to alumni when there are teachers at school looking for alumni speakers or connections. South Portland High School is enhancing its career exploration and […]
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A Window on the Past – The Rundlett Bros. chewing gum and mineral water companies
We recently took a look at Charles and Thomas Phinney of Crockett’s Corner in South Portland (the intersection of Broadway and Westbrook Street). The Phinneys operated a busy ice cutting operation in that area. Let’s take a look this week at their neighbors, the Rundlett family. William, Charles and James Carlton Rundlett were brothers who […]
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Our Sustainable City – Electrify Everything, the recharge
Electrify Everything!, South Portland’s electrification rebate program, has been recharged. Launched by the city of South Portland Office of Sustainability on Sept. 1, 2022, Electrify Everything! provides rebates for the purchase of electric vehicles, electric lawn care equipment, e-bikes, heating and cooling systems, and home weatherization. Through March 2023, we have given out $100,000 in […]
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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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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 – 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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A Window on the Past – History of Willard Beach, an illustrated lecture, scheduled for March 23
Next Thursday, March 23, I’ll provide an illustrated lecture on the history of Willard Beach. Willard Beach is a popular year-round destination in South Portland. In the summer on a sunny day, you’ll find the shore teaming with beachgoers. It’s always struck me as interesting to see the various ways that people choose to use […]
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