We’ve written previously about the grand home that Henry Nutter built on Evans Street. The home would later take on the address of 93 Evans St. There were no side streets back then, but the home was located on what now would be the corner of Evans Street and Romano Road. Let’s take a look […]

Art is historically and culturally significant to our ever-changing society. Organizations like the Portland Museum of Art and South Portland’s Public Arts Committee stand to preserve and share art for future generations to understand and learn from. While not a new concept in the arts, sustainability in systems from energy efficiency and climate control to […]

Maine Won’t Wait’s goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – 45 percent by 2030 and 80 percent by 2050 – and transition to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050 is fast approaching. Energy generation across the state is changing rapidly as older technologies are decommissioned and more renewable technologies expand their generation capacity. What better […]

We continue our story about the Nutter family this week. Let’s take a look at Eben and Martha Nutter’s sons, Walter and Frank. Both men, while trying their hand at some other occupations for a time, spent most of their years working in agriculture, farming the Nutter land in the area around where South Portland […]

With so much change happening in the environment, it can be important to take a step back and look at how we discuss a fundamental aspect of our work – climate change. Our responsibility as a sustainability department is to effectively convey the meaning of climate change and to support education and introspective behavior change […]

The Nutter family is one that left its mark on South Portland. We still have a Nutter Road (named for the family and the “Nutter Mansion” they built there). The Nutter family owned and farmed much of the land on which our high school and Community Center sit, and where Allen and Williston Roads are […]

Have you ever struggled to get up from a chair after enjoying lunch with friends? Or felt unsure about navigating curbs or stairs in our community? As we get older, these everyday tasks can become more challenging and lead to avoiding doing things we love. But fear not, below you will learn a few tips […]

The South Portland Historical Society is excited to have local cooper (an artisan who builds casks) Ed Lutjens provide a cask-making demonstration at its annual meeting on Wednesday, May 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the Casco Bay Wing of the South Portland Community Center. Admission to this program is free for current historical society members, […]

Join the South Portland Sustainability Department for the grand opening of the South Portland Electric Tool Library on Saturday, June 3 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The tool library features all-electric EGO lawn care tools, which South Portland residents over the age of 18 can borrow to use at home free of charge. Residents […]