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August 2024
Posted inScarborough Leader, South Portland Sentry
From Augusta: Honoring Maine’s suffragettes and voting rights
On Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, determining the right to vote in elections should not be based on an individual’s sex and effectively giving women the right to vote. Voting rights for women came after decades and generations of protest through civil disobedience, marches, lobbying and so much […]
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Opinion: How Tim Walz stacks up against Donald Trump
Apples and oranges, you say? Let’s just have some fun.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Rhode Island lawsuit says Portland-based parking company deceives customers
The state’s attorney general alleges Unified Parking Partners is charging fines, disguised as taxes, and mimics government parking-enforcement.
Posted inLetters
Letter: When a mannequin sounds pretty good
In a July 27 letter to the editor, the writer quotes Donald Trump, who said, “Democrats, ‘would vote for a mannequin or a dead man,’ if that’s who the party nominated.” I submit that even if the Democrats voted for both a mannequin and a dead man, they would do far – I repeat – […]
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry
A Window on the Past: The Inness family of South Portland and their longtime Inness Photo Service
We take a look this week at the Inness family that lived in South Portland and ran their popular Inness Photo Service business in our Knightville/Mill Creek neighborhood for over 60 years. The founder of the company, Edwin L. Inness, was the son of Everett and Alice Inness, and was named after his grandfather, Captain […]
Posted inLetters
Letter: Newspapers should neutralize headlines
The Aug. 8 letter, written by Jennifer Morris of South Portland regarding the media’s spin, was right on. I would love to see my Portland Press Herald become a better newspaper than most. Begin by exploring both sides of an issue and neutralizing those headlines. Joyce Stowe York
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
It Happened in Windham: How kids used to cool off in the long, hot summer
Unlike last year’s dark, damp and dreary summer when it seemed to rain every weekend, we are having a magnificent summer this year. The sun has been shining and we’ve had just enough rain that gardens are overflowing. Whereas last year we struggled to get out of the 70s, this year we’ve had several days […]
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry
Letter: South Portland City Council spending our money, not much to show
I was taken aback by watching the South Portland City Council meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 6. It started with the city-hired consultant from Frontline Construction Services who brought very little to the table for recommendations on what to do with Mahoney Middle School, quite literally. The one-and-a-half-page recommendation offered nothing more than support for the […]
Posted inBusiness
Critics want regulatory review of CMP’s corporate takeover
Maine’s public advocate and environmentalists say a deal to take the utility’s parent company private would shield financial decisions from the public.