Garden collective plans seedling and plant sale The South Portland Community Garden Collective is hosting a Seedling and Plant Sale. The event is scheduled for Saturday, May 22 at the Hamlin School Community Garden, behind the South Portland Planning Office at 496 Ocean St. in South Portland. The organization will offer a selection of vegetable, […]
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Southern Maine Health Care plans vaccine community forum
SMHC invites the community to ask questions about the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Obituary – Judith Wilcox
Judith Ann (Root) Wilcox, 85, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, May 1, 2021. Judy was born Oct. 16, 1935, in Waterbury, Connecticut, the daughter of Charles Bertrand Root and Mildred (Granger) Root, and sister to Nancy (Root) Davis and Sandra Jean (Root) Gemmel. Judy attended Russell Elementary School and graduated from Crosby […]
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Guest Column – Transprivacy: The struggle is real
There is a struggle going on all over the world between privacy and transparency. That is, everyone wants privacy for themselves, and transparency for everyone else, very human, and patently ridiculous. It’s like wanting to have your cake and eat it, too. However, the issue is a hot one in the media and the press […]
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Community News – York County Audubon to host ‘Ravens, Wolves and People’
Wildlife professor John Marzluff will present a program on recent work in Yellowstone National Park that looked at interactions between ravens, wolves, and people. York County Audubon will host the program online on Tuesday, May 18 at 7 p.m. Ravens are known to scavenge food from wolves and people, but the relationship has not been […]
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Letters to the Editor
Time for a dog park is now To the editor, The South Portland City Council dealt with the issue of dogs in Hinckley Park on Tuesday night, May 3. The issues here are similar to other places, particularly Willard Beach. The issue of voice control is not reasonable. The only dogs fully under voice control […]
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Letters to the Editor
Mousam River from a dam’s-eye view To the editor, Hello readers, Mousam River here again. As I mentioned in my last letter to the editor, I wanted to continue to share my perspectives of the impacts if the Kesslen, Twine Mill, and Dane Perkins dams were removed. With these dams in place, my path has […]
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A Window on the Past – Royal Burnham’s ice harvesting in South Portland
As we continue to delve into the ice harvesting businesses of South Portland, we take a look this week at the operations of Royal R. Burnham. Born in 1838 in Stroudwater Village (Westbrook), Royal Burnham learned the ins and outs of the ice business while employed for D.W. Clark for over 15 years. In 1871, […]
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Community News – Southern Maine Community College kicks off 75th anniversary
Southern Maine Community College kicked off its 75th anniversary celebration April 30 with on-campus planting ceremonies to honor its legacy of transforming people and communities through education and training. Small groups of students, faculty members, administrators, alumni and community partners planted flowering shrubs and trees in simultaneous ceremonies at SMCC’s South Portland campus and Midcoast […]
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