Age Friendly South Portland, in partnership with the South Portland Public Works Department, is once again hosting the Sand Buckets for Seniors program this coming winter season. Like last season’s successful program that served more 250 residents throughout the city, seniors and individuals with mobility issues can reach out to the public works department to […]

One of South Portland’s lesser-known neighborhoods is South Portland Heights, and if you’ve ever been on Parrott Street you probably know how the neighborhood acquired that name. From the Heights, you get a good view of Portland. The “downtown” of South Portland Heights is the intersection of Ocean Street and Sawyer Street. The area was […]

There is such fascination with the idea of piggeries. It’s a topic that we hear a lot of questions about at the South Portland Historical Society. We have “the piggery” that has been in the news of late, the wooded land between the ends of Summit Street, Everett Avenue and Bowers Street. We have not […]

We are so grateful to Amanda Fickett, granddaughter of councilman Robert W. Fickett, Jr., who reached out and put us in touch with her dad, Bob Fickett III. Bob has been a wealth of information for us as we’ve started the process of documenting the Fickett family and their farms in South Portland. We’ve known […]

Early 20th century streets were busy with electric vehicles. In fact, they accounted for around a third of all vehicles on the road. Among the early electric vehicle pioneers were Thomas Edison and Ferdinand Porsche, who saw the efficiency and potential of the electric motor. However, the early prevalence of electric vehicles came and went, […]

Even if you’re a fairly new resident in South Portland, if you’ve taken any time exploring the community, you may already be familiar with the name Fickett. Perhaps you have already taken a drive down Fickett Street, between Highland Avenue and Sawyer Street. There were once Fickett homes and farms along that street, as well […]