The annual Recycling is a Work of Art painting contest, hosted by ecomaine, is underway. The company announced that it will accept designs through Aug. 23. The contest is an opportunity for Maine students, community groups, and artists to submit proposals to paint one of ecomaine’s 30-yard (22-feet long) recycling containers with messages of reduction, […]

While we have been researching the lives of several sea captains, my friend Jackie Dunham came across an interesting article that is related to the growth of the temperance movement in Ferry Village. There were many temperance-related organizations across America in the mid- to late-1800s. If you recall, we previously wrote about the Seaside Lodge […]

If you had lived in South Portland in the late 1800s, you would certainly have known at least one of the many Merriman families who lived here. We’ll take a closer look this week at two of the sons of the fisherman John S. Merriman. John F. and Clarence Merriman were both born on Chebeague […]