The South Portland Housing Authority announced the 2022 recipient of the Laurie Carr Education & Training Scholarship, that provides up to $2,500 to South Portland Housing Authority residents pursuing technical training or higher education. The scholarship is named in honor of Laurie Carr, a former South Portland Housing Authority resident who earned a college degree, […]
South Portland Sentry
News from and about South Portland from Mainely Media.
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Our Sustainable City – National Drive Electric Week
National Drive Electric Week is observed Sept. 23 to Oct. 2, a week dedicated to learning about and celebrating electric modes of transportation. In South Portland, we are already seeing electric vehicles (EVs) and e-bikes scattered around the city, with more to come. Keep reading to learn more about National Drive Electric Week, Portland’s upcoming […]
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Letters to the Editor
Election letters To the editor, Brandan Williams is running for South Portland City Councilor at-large. He would speak for a demographic that should be heard more in our city: the young, the non-rich and those with some type of disability. Brandon is 34 years old; was born in San Francisco, has a hearing disability, and […]
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New package sorter Installed in Scarborough
This is one of the moves the Postal Service is deploying it says to improve service.
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Our Sustainable City: Park(ing) Day
If you attended Portland’s Park(ing) Day last week, you got a glimpse of how public space could be used in a world without parking. Imperative to meeting our greenhouse reduction goals will be shifting some (or all) of our trips to other modes of travel — such as public transportation and biking. As we do […]
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Letters to the Editor, Sept. 23
Two at-large council seats on South Portland ballot To the editor, South Portland voters will vote for two of the four candidates running for City Council this fall, not just one. There is a lot of confusion in the community about this. The 2022 City Council election will fill two at-large seats. These two councilors […]
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Cape Elizabeth students named National Merit semifinalists
Two seniors from Cape Elizabeth High School have been named National Merit semifinalists. Nora Lane and Amy Rasco have been recognized with this honor based on their performance on the PSAT administered in October. They now have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,250 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million that […]
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Online genealogy meeting takes place Oct. 1
The Greater Portland Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society is offering an on-line (Zoom) meeting on Saturday, Oct.1, beginning at 1 p.m. The meeting is free and open to all. Guest speaker Craig Siulinski will discuss “Using Blogs for Preserving and Sharing your Family’s History,” which will show how blog writing can by easy, enjoyable, […]
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Celebrate the richness of French-language cinema Sept. 23-24
The nonprofit organization Alliance Française du Maine (AFDM) is sponsoring the first annual Festival Champlain — a free French language film festival open to all – on Sept. 23 and 24 in Portland. In collaboration with the French Embassy, The Villa Albertine, the Consul General of France in Boston Mustafa Soykurt, and the Maine Honorary […]
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Letters to the Editor
Election letters To the editor, We are so very lucky to have Natalie West running as a candidate for South Portland City Council. I I’ve known Natalie for many years and her concern for our city, and her actions, most often quietly, behind the scene, have resulted in SoPo becoming a better place for all […]