Shara Dee is the city’s first communications officer.
South Portland Sentry
News from and about South Portland from Mainely Media.
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Our Sustainable City – Bird safe cities
This week, we’re introducing you to BirdSafe Maine, a collaboration between Maine Audubon, the Portland Society for Architecture, and the University of Southern Maine. Through volunteer work and advocacy, this collaboration addresses the issue of bird glass strikes here in Maine, contributing to an international community of nonprofit organizations working to protect the lives of […]
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Local writer, Crockett, visiting library for Author Talk
W. Edward Crockett wrote “The Ghosts of Walter Crockett” a memoir about his family and his upbringing on Munjoy Hill in Portland.
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Seal explores Cape Elizabeth before recovery
A gray seal was spotted exploring Cape Elizabeth on Monday morning, Jan. 23, not once, not twice, but three times. At around 1:30 a.m., a public works employee plowing the Oakhurst Road neighborhood about a quarter-mile from the ocean, reported the seal wandering the area. A police officer came and caught the seal before bringing […]
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SMCC receives federal funding for rising industries
Maine’s community colleges are receiving more than $8 million in federal funding, including about $1.75 million for Southern Maine Community College programs in electric vehicle repair and controlled environment agriculture.
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Analysis of arrest and traffic citation data released by South Portland
In 2021, the cities of Portland and South Portland commissioned a study on arrest and traffic citation data in the city.
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Valo named beneficiary of 2023 TD Beach to Beacon 10K
The organization focuses on teens emotional wellbeing.
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A Window on the Past – What’s that smell? Casco Fisheries and Deep Sea Products arrived in the shipyard
We take a look this week at two more seafood companies that operated in the former West Yard of the South Portland shipyard after the end of World War II. We’ve written previously about the first three seafood companies that arrived in 1947: Quality House Specialties sardine cannery, George J. Kern’s seafood company, and LobLure, […]
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Our Sustainable City – Signing off
It has been a little over a year since I began writing weekly sustainability columns in the Sentry. My position in the South Portland Sustainability Office was my first introduction into sustainability and climate work outside of academia, and I was eager to learn more in the context and comfort of something I already loved: […]
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The Eastern Trail to “Close the Gap” between South Portland and Scarborough with connecting expansion
An off-road, 1.6-mile expansion to The Eastern Trail will be built, connecting South Portland and Scarborough.