For those of you who have been following along with the Our Sustainable City column, we are onto our third staff spotlight. This week, we are introducing you to Mia Ambroiggio, our Resilience Corps fellow who has been serving with our office since November 2021. You have probably seen her name before in the byline […]

South Portland Historical Society’s annual meeting is scheduled for May 25.

The single largest source of waste in the state of Maine is food waste, which makes up 30 percent of our waste stream. And while our priority should be to reduce our consumption and redistribute food to hungry Mainers, it is still important to dispose of the food that does go to waste in a […]

On Sunday, November 7, 2021, the Maine Baseball Hall Fame conducted its 53rd annual induction ceremony. Among the inductees were former successful local high school baseball stars Charlie Furbush, Deering graduates Ryan Flaherty and Ryan Reid and Mt. Ararat’s Mark Rogers, all of whom later played for major league baseball teams. Furbush is the most […]

Let’s take a look this week at a large sardine factory and a South Portland resident who was prominent in the community in the 1920s: William R. McDonald. The E.W. Brown sardine cannery was located on a wharf on the Ferry Village waterfront. To reach the cannery, one would head down a long dirt driveway […]

As the winter season comes to an end, the Age Friendly South Portland team extends a sincere thank you to all those involved in our snow removal programs – to our committee members for developing the programs, to our community partners for helping us make them a reality, and to our volunteers for leading the […]

As we’ve been working on some of the large industrial employers of Ferry Village, I recognized the name of Walter Story as the owner of Story Marine Railway on the South Portland waterfront. Let’s take a look at the life of this man who played a part in the management of several South Portland businesses. […]

As spring begins to bloom in South Portland, we are gearing up for gardening season. Whether you are tending to your backyard garden or sprucing up your front yard landscape, there is one element integral to every thriving lawn: healthy soil. Soil health = Climate action Soil can be a carbon sink or source, depending […]

We’re always looking for interesting people in South Portland’s past to learn more about. Because our city was originally a community of strongly-identified “villages” or neighborhoods, it gave more prominence to individuals who participated in local affairs. We’ve talked before about the Cash family from which Cash Corner got its name. Jimmy Lano is also […]

Next up in our Sustainability Staff Spotlight series is our Sustainability Program Manager, Casey Zorn. Casey has been working in the sustainability office for about six months, where she manages programs related to buildings, energy and waste reduction and works on outreach for the office and One Climate Future climate action plan. Mia: Can you […]