Let’s take a look this week at a large sardine factory and a South Portland resident who was prominent in the community in the 1920s: William R. McDonald. The E.W. Brown sardine cannery was located on a wharf on the Ferry Village waterfront. To reach the cannery, one would head down a long dirt driveway […]

As the winter season comes to an end, the Age Friendly South Portland team extends a sincere thank you to all those involved in our snow removal programs – to our committee members for developing the programs, to our community partners for helping us make them a reality, and to our volunteers for leading the […]

As we’ve been working on some of the large industrial employers of Ferry Village, I recognized the name of Walter Story as the owner of Story Marine Railway on the South Portland waterfront. Let’s take a look at the life of this man who played a part in the management of several South Portland businesses. […]

As spring begins to bloom in South Portland, we are gearing up for gardening season. Whether you are tending to your backyard garden or sprucing up your front yard landscape, there is one element integral to every thriving lawn: healthy soil. Soil health = Climate action Soil can be a carbon sink or source, depending […]