Cranking your air conditioner? Taking cold showers? Avoiding being outside? You might be one of many suffering from the recent effects of extreme heat. In recent weeks, we’ve experienced almost unbearable high temperatures, ranging from a manageable 78 degrees to an intolerable 92 degrees. Temperatures are rising due to climate change, and according to the […]
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A Window on the Past: The Higgins family farmers of Highland Avenue
In September of 2019, we published an article about the Buck Bros. and Taylor farm at 501 Highland Ave. (the street has been renumbered – that address used to be known as 451 Highland Ave.; the farmhouse is still there and the former farm/greenhouse property is now home to the Church of the Nazarene). In […]
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Two opposing Cape Elizabeth school bond proposals set for hearing, vote on Monday
The school board stands behind its $89.9 million project and the Town Council chairman says his $42 million proposal is a contingency plan to cover immediate needs at the three schools.
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With dips, sips and a sense of community, social club grows
What started out as a couple of young women taking a winter swim at a Scarborough beach is now “this wonderful group for people from all walks of life and people of all ages.”
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A Window on the Past: Ebenezer Hutchinson and the ‘little red schoolhouse’ on Highland Avenue
One of our catalogers at South Portland Historical Society recently discovered an interesting piece of history tucked away in an old, turn-of-the-century scrapbook: a newspaper clipping containing an unnamed person’s recollection of the District 3 “little red schoolhouse” on Highland Avenue. We’ve been looking for information on this school for many years. We had previously […]
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South Portland Land Trust president, vice president look to focus on education, smaller conservation
Tex Haeuser, South Portland’s former longtime city planner, and Karen Talentino, a biologist, serve as president and vice president.
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$16.3 million in school bonds could be on South Portland’s November ballot
The City Council will hold an Aug. 6 public hearing and final vote on whether to send the three bond orders to a November referendum.
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Cape Elizabeth won’t be paying Lumbery legal fees
The lumber and hardware store, meanwhile, is up for sale, which co-owner Mike Friedland sees as opportunity to grow the business.
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Yarmouth Clam Festival ready to get underway Friday
This year’s festival program, including multiple appearances by American Idol’s Julia Gagnon, was a little harder to pull off because of a drop-off in the number of volunteers.
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A Window on the Past: Cushman’s Bakery and the Nathan A. Cushman family
There are still many older residents in South Portland who have fond memories of Cushman’s Bakery with their great bread, rolls, doughnuts, pies and more. For younger generations, however, they may have never heard of this once-giant bakery in New England. I recently read an interesting biography, “Nathan A. Cushman; a rugged individualist,” and it […]