The Urban Runoff 5k supports youth education through the Cumberland County Soil & Water Conservation District.
South Portland Sentry
News from and about South Portland from Mainely Media.
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From Augusta – A responsible budget of needs
Thursday, March 30 was a late but successful night at the State House. We passed a continuing services budget to pay the bills, ensure good governance and honor our commitment to support our communities. This Legislature, we are approaching the biennial budget in two phases to ensure that we keep the lights on and avoid […]
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Trout Brook restoration in progress through culvert replacements
The project would improve the ability for trout to pass through instead of being blocked at the barriers.
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One Climate Future overview presented at city council meeting
South Portland Sustainability Director Julie Rosenbach makes presentation of the One Climate Future Plan and Resolves, related to climate change, that the council had previously adopted.
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South Portland’s Cottage Road project is underway
Weekly updates are being posted to the project’s website.
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Letters to the Editor
Leave them cats alone To the editor, I am bemused by the recent spate of attacks by some folks and pundits on cats, attempting to punish and neuter cats for, well, being cats, citing the predation of birds. In our neighborhood there are no feral cats, and I believe only a couple of outdoor cats […]
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A Window on the Past – Early undertakers in Knightville
In America today, when a loved one dies, we reach out to a funeral home to handle the arrangements for a service and burial. This was not always the case. The funeral industry didn’t really get its start in America until the time of the Civil War, when soldiers died of wounds or sickness at […]
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Our Sustainable City – Round and round we go: South Portland’s circular economy
When South Portland adopted One Climate Future in 2020, one focus of our waste reduction strategies was on the creation of circular economies. Today, the sustainability department is moving into the implementation phase and is excited about some forthcoming circular economy initiatives. What is a circular economy? The term circular economy isn’t often discussed in […]
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Community News – Calling all Red Riots; South Portland H.S. Alumni Network launched
South Portland High School is forming its first official Alumni Network. “The SPHS Alumni Network, according to a March 14 news release, “will allow school staff to more effectively reach out to alumni when there are teachers at school looking for alumni speakers or connections. South Portland High School is enhancing its career exploration and […]
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Local creators publish a children’s book about Higgins Beach piping plovers
Half of the profits from the book will go to Maine Audubon’s Piping Plover Recovery Project.
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