The act would allow asylum seekers to work as soon as 30 days after applying for asylum, as opposed to the over six-month wait under current federal law.
South Portland Sentry
News from and about South Portland from Mainely Media.
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Loveitt’s Field and Willard win the Battle of the Neighborhoods
The drive brought in a total of 18,895 pounds of food, as well as financial donations.
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Letters to the Editor
Little League plans clean-up days To the editor, A note to our neighbors near the Pine Street and Wilkinson Park Little League fields: The South Portland Little League is organizing field clean-up days on April 1 (Pine Street fields) and April 8 (Wilkinson Park fields), starting at 9 a.m. both days. Anyone interested in helping […]
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South Portland Public Library’s ‘Author Talk’ will feature Jule Selbo
Local author Jule Selbo is visiting the South Portland Public Library on March 30 at 6 p.m to discuss her new book, “9 Days.” The novel is the second book in the Dee Rommel mystery series set locally in Portland. It is the sequel to “10 Days,” part of a 10-book series. Selbo worked for decades […]
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Our Sustainable City – Electrify Everything, the recharge
Electrify Everything!, South Portland’s electrification rebate program, has been recharged. Launched by the city of South Portland Office of Sustainability on Sept. 1, 2022, Electrify Everything! provides rebates for the purchase of electric vehicles, electric lawn care equipment, e-bikes, heating and cooling systems, and home weatherization. Through March 2023, we have given out $100,000 in […]
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A Window on the Past – The Rundlett Bros. chewing gum and mineral water companies
We recently took a look at Charles and Thomas Phinney of Crockett’s Corner in South Portland (the intersection of Broadway and Westbrook Street). The Phinneys operated a busy ice cutting operation in that area. Let’s take a look this week at their neighbors, the Rundlett family. William, Charles and James Carlton Rundlett were brothers who […]
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Pesticide ordinance scheduled for November referendum in Cape Elizabeth
The issue was first heavily discussed at a hearing on March 1.
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Letters to the Editor
Lawn mower, trash proposals are ‘nonsense’ To the editor, I am writing about the South Portland Sustainability Department asking the city council to ban gas mowers and leaf blowers and the plan to make us pay yet another tax to have our garbage picked up. Trash first. Our trash goes to the trash to energy […]
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100 Resilient Yards program launched in South Portland
The initiative will help landowners transition 100 properties into sustainable and resilient greenspaces.
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A Window on the Past – Marshall “Bill” Turnbaugh, nuclear submarines and South Portland Engineering
We’ve written previously about South Portland Engineering that once operated on Madison Street in South Portland; its large fabrication building was destroyed in 1965 in what is still called “the shipyard fire.” We hadn’t known much about the principal of the company, Marshall Turnbaugh, so I was thrilled to get a call from his son, […]