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South Portland Sentry
News from and about South Portland from Mainely Media.
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Letters to the Editor
Keep motorized boards and bikes off Greenbelt To the editor, As an almost daily user of the Greenbelt for jogging, walking or bicycling, I am concerned about the unsafe operation of motorized skateboards and bicycles on the path. These boards and bikes are operated at speeds too fast for a path that is often crowded […]
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A Window on the Past – The Fickett piggery
There is such fascination with the idea of piggeries. It’s a topic that we hear a lot of questions about at the South Portland Historical Society. We have “the piggery” that has been in the news of late, the wooded land between the ends of Summit Street, Everett Avenue and Bowers Street. We have not […]
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Community News – Cape Elizabeth, South Portland residents named ecomaine ‘Recycling is a Work of Art’ winners
Cape Elizabeth resident Kavya Seshachar and Tricia Boyle, of South Portland, were among the winners of ecomaine’s Recycling is a Work of Art contest. The entrants designed paint schemes for the company’s silver bullet single-sort recycling containers. The contest attracted entries from all around Maine. The winners will receive a $500 stipend plus to up […]
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Pope Preserve project possible with volunteers and donors
The project was started by a South Portland resident in 2014.
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Ralph T. Gould Award recipient recognized
Elise Bridge has helped pick up trash in Cape Elizabeth and contributed time to grassroots organizations.
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A Window on the Past – The Connolly/O’Neill dairy and the Fickett farm
We are so grateful to Amanda Fickett, granddaughter of councilman Robert W. Fickett, Jr., who reached out and put us in touch with her dad, Bob Fickett III. Bob has been a wealth of information for us as we’ve started the process of documenting the Fickett family and their farms in South Portland. We’ve known […]
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Community News – Fundraisers support awareness for learning disabilities, mental health
Members of the Aucocisco School community met and talked to the media at Oxbow Blending and Bottling in Portland on Sept. 22 after a five-mile run led by Erica Richards, parent of an Aucocisco student, to support awareness of learning disabilities. The team will go on to run in the Maine Marathon on Oct. 3, […]
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Our Sustainable City – Tell me that it’s evolution
Early 20th century streets were busy with electric vehicles. In fact, they accounted for around a third of all vehicles on the road. Among the early electric vehicle pioneers were Thomas Edison and Ferdinand Porsche, who saw the efficiency and potential of the electric motor. However, the early prevalence of electric vehicles came and went, […]
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Town targets June 2022 for school facilities bond question
Cape Elizabeth Town Council, school board discuss a potential timeline for replacement of Pond Cove Elementary and the middle school.