(The following column originally appeared in the South Portland-Cape Elizabeth Sentry on Feb. 28, 2020.)   This week, we take a look at the Atwood Lead Co., that was founded by William Atwood. Near the end of the Civil War, Atwood talked with the town of Cape Elizabeth about a desire to build a factory […]

Two middle schools will become one this coming school year and the buzz is real, but the question on many people’s minds is singular – traffic and safety. The city and school district have been working to ensure children and parents have a safe, convenient means of getting to school, while keeping in mind those […]

Have you heard? The city of South Portland launched the South Portland Electric Tool Library in June. The tool library provides South Portland residents with access to all-electric lawn care tools to use at home free of charge. All you need is an active South Portland Library card to check out equipment. The electric tool […]

The following column originally appeared in the South Portland Cape Elizabeth Sentry on Feb. 21, 2020.  Documenting some of the companies that existed in South Portland in the 1800s, back when our town name was Cape Elizabeth, has been an ongoing project for years now at South Portland Historical Society. Some may not realize just […]

There are still many people in South Portland who are alive to remember the W.W. Rich & Sons store that was once a fixture in the downtown of Ferry Village, on the corner of Sawyer and High streets. Although the grocery was in business for nearly 40 years, Willie Rich, for whom the store was […]

A Complete Street is one that is safe for all users: walkers, drivers, riders. South Portland has a Complete Streets policy. The streets of South Portland are complex. Major arteries go through residential areas where people of all ages and abilities need to cross the street to get to schools, churches, libraries, and stores. The […]

That’s a wrap on Electrify Everything! South Portland’s beneficial electrification rebate program aimed at assisting low- and moderate-income residents with adopting more efficient, cleaner electric technologies for their homes, transportation, and lawncare equipment. The city awarded $262,000 in rebates to 317 participating South Portland households over 10 months. Funding for this program came from the […]

Goodwin’s Red & White Super Market is still remembered by many local residents. The long-running store was located in a building at the Mountain View Apartments housing complex. The building was acquired by the city of South Portland in 1968 and used for many years as the South Portland recreation center. It was eventually torn […]

Many of us would like to take climate action at the national level as well as here in Maine, but, for various reasons, we don’t. For one thing, the national political scene seems like an intractable, completely dysfunctional mess. For another, the scale of the national government is so much larger than, say, the city […]