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Our Sustainable City – You’re invited: Food waste recycling event in Redbank

Join our Sustainability Office for a fun-filled Saturday morning, brimming with community building, knowledge sharing and sweet summer treats. What better way to kick off the summer season than a food waste recycling event? To celebrate the launch of our new food waste drop off site at Redbank Community Center, the Sustainability Office is hosting […]

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A Window on the Past – John Toft and the R.J. Peacock Canning Company

Anyone familiar with the history of the Maine sardine canning industry will have heard of Peacock Canning. While the company was founded in Lubec, most people in the Portland area are familiar with the company’s Portland factory that was located on Brown’s Wharf. It was the largest of Portland’s sardine canneries. We’ve never really taken […]

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Our Sustainable City – Know your charging network

As electric vehicles see explosive growth across the country, public and private entities are working tirelessly to build out a charging network that can handle the demand. A successful network of chargers is easy to use, geographically spread throughout our community and accessible to all. This should make it easy and comfortable for somebody to […]

Posted inScarborough Leader, South Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies

From Augusta – Celebrating Pride, legislating equality

This June, I am proud to join with Maine’s diverse LGBTQ+ community and celebrate their history, hope, joy, individuality, power, progress, resilience and strength. Although we designate a single month to Pride, I recognize that Pride is a yearlong movement to secure full dignity, equality and respect for all LGBTQ+ Mainers. It’s an effort to […]