Residents have expressed excitement for the project.
South Portland Sentry
News from and about South Portland from Mainely Media.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Our Sustainable City – Beneficial electrification
The last couple of weeks, we focused on the benefits of solar on both a residential and municipal level. This week, the South Portland Sustainability Office has beneficial electrification on the brain. Beneficial electrification – including sola r– helps us achieve our climate action goals while also ensuring home comfort, affordability and efficiency. One Climate […]
advertisement
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
A Window on the Past – John P. Lovell Company and superintendent, Lyman H. Cobb
Let’s take a look at the John P. Lovell Company in Ferry Village. In last week’s column, we left off in the fall of 1895. The company had just acquired the idle factory building that had first been built as a plush mill. Workers were inside setting up equipment and making tools that would be […]
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Maine Mall area hotels will stop hosting emergency shelter
The pending loss of housing at Days Inn and Comfort Inn will pose challenges.
Posted inScarborough Leader, South Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Scarborough veteran receives Quilt of Valor at Feb. 20 ceremony
SCARBOROUGH — John Nason of Scarborough was joined by his Vet to Vet Maine (V2VME) peer companions, the Southern Maine Marine Corps League, family and friends when he received a Quilt of Valor during Sunday services at Thornton Heights United Methodist Church in South Portland on Feb. 20. Nason is a veteran of the Marine […]
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Great Pond seasonal storage applications available
Deadline to secure boat storage is March 11.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
South Portland city mask mandate has expired
Although the mask mandate has expired, Maine CDC still recommends face coverings to be worn in public indoor settings.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Community News – Paint for Preservation is back
Cape Elizabeth Land Trust is accepting artist submissions.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Letters to the Editor
Leash rules protect wildlife To the editor, Migratory birds are much more common at Willard Beach when off-leash dogs are not there. Mergansers, buffleheads, and goldeneyes come in among the rocks at the north end of the beach, and brants visit the shallows at the south end during their migration to Canada. The difference is […]
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
A Window on the Past – Why the Lovell Arms bicycle factory came to be in South Portland
Last week we talked about Isaac C. Atkinson’s plush mill that was constructed in 1892, then opened and subsequently failed in 1893. We continue our look at that old factory complex that used to exist off of Mussey Street, in the area that is now home to RiverPlace Apartments. When the plush mill opened, the […]