The vacancy is to be filled by appointment by the City Council, according to Saco’s charter.
2021
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Our Sustainable City – South Portland’s Landcare Management Ordinance
Algal blooms, which have become one of Casco Bay’s most challenging problems, are caused by excess nutrients – especially nitrogen – that flow into Portland Harbor and other densely populated coastal areas. Additionally, several South Portland streams and other water bodies do not meet water quality standards primarily due to the adverse effects of polluted […]
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Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Letters to the Editor
Urge legislators to ‘stop the madness’ To the editor, You never forget when murder at gunpoint hits close to you. It was January, 1995. I saw my friends being interviewed on the news about their beautiful, talented 18-year-old musician son Brendan. He was robbed on public transit in Chicago and shot through the eye. The […]
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Kym Dakin, Yarmouth: My 2-by-4-foot haven from New York City life
I grew up surrounded by rocky soil, harsh winds, infrequent rains. Colorado has great sunshine and grows happy tomatoes, but my mom was raised in the rich black soils of Minnesota. She gave up on a real garden and settled for growing strawberries. I was drafted into the Wonderful World of Weeding. It wasn’t an […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Buxton Notes: April 1
Bar Mills vaccination clinic The town of Buxton is conducting a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic beginning at 7:45 a.m. Saturday, April 3, at Bar Mills Fire Station, 174 Portland Road. The Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine is open to Mainers 50 and older, teachers, school staff and licensed child care workers of any age. Registration […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Apex Youth Connection awarded $22,000 grant
BIDDEFORD — Apex Youth Connection announced that it has been awarded a one-year, $22,000 grant by United Way of York County. Apex and UWYC agree the investment will connect Biddeford and Saco area youth with their communities to develop healthier, more engaged, and more connected citizens. Since 2001, Apex Youth Connection has been guiding youth […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham Notes: April 1
Revaluation to begin The town will begin revaluating all real estate in April and will conclude in August next year, according to a press release posted on Gorham’s website. The results will be applied to the November 2022 property tax bills. Data collectors from Vision Government Solutions will begin visiting Gorham properties to collect exterior […]
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Amanda Russell, Edgecomb: The gifts Big Willie gave me
As my seeds for the season’s gardens cover the entire kitchen table, I think of my neighbor who started it all for me. I grew up in Round Pond, and Big Willie was my neighbor. He was a farmer. When I was 10 years old, he hired me to help him with his vegetable stand, […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
The Maine Idea: For the People Act a key tool in fight against voter suppression
Voting is incredibly popular these days. More people are voting in American elections than anyone alive today can remember. It started in 2018, when 50% of eligible voters took part in what is ordinarily an off-year for balloting. That was the best turnout for a mid-term election since 1912, more than a century ago, when […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Westbrook Notes: April 1
Bank donates to MPTC My Place Teen Center has received a $3,000 donation from Saco & Biddeford Savings Institutions, according to a press release from the bank. The award is part of $80,000 the bank has given for COVID-19 relief to dozens of charities and nonprofits in York and Cumberland counties for food insecurity programs, […]
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