Students in grades 2-5 can have a February break full of fun, education and creativity.
South Portland Sentry
News from and about South Portland from Mainely Media.
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Letters to the Editor
Proposed bill would address retirement savings problem To the editor, It is a stark reality that on average, working households in Maine have just $2,500 in retirement account savings. As the current AARP volunteer state president, a Portland resident, and a former small business owner, I am very interested in changing this situation. Our great […]
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A Window on the Past – Cap’n Newick’s Lobster House and The Browse Shoppe
Cap’n Newick’s was a landmark in South Portland for decades. 2) On the right side of this photo, the Browse Shoppe can be seen at 728 Broadway.] The South Portland Historical Society recently acquired two slides that give a glimpse of a section of Broadway in the Pleasantdale neighborhood. I thought readers might enjoy these […]
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B2B registration dates announced
Registration for the 23rd annual TD Beach to Beacon 10K race kicks off for Cape Elizabeth residents on Wednesday, March 11 before opening to general public on Thursday, March 12 Race organizers have announced registration dates for the 23rd running of the TD Beach to Beacon 10K, which takes place on Aug. 1, 2020. Registration […]
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Change is good: Volunteer for a fresh view
A baseball coach from my past, Paul Ryan, preached that opponents are, “Creatures of habit,” and devised strategies for his Naperville North teams to exploit the weaknesses associated with repeated, comfortable habits. Likewise, he made change part of our regular routine so that, theoretically, opponents could not rely on us being predictable in game situations. […]
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Second annual South Portland Window Dressers Community Workshop a success
For the second year in a row, the South Portland Energy and Recycling Committee (ERC) was the proud host of a Window Dressers Community Workshop. Over the course of a week in early January, Energy and Recycling Committee members, together with almost 100 customers and volunteers, produced approximately 260 Window Dressers insulating window inserts for […]
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Skate Park public forum scheduled for Feb. 4
Anthony Johnson, recreations operations manager, said that Pillar Design Studios will show three park ideas for the public to discuss.
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Music students perform at Honors Festival
The music department teachers, Mike Scarpone and Joanne Lee, thanked the support of the parents, teachers and administrators.
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South Portland Sports Hall of Fame
In a column in February of 2017, I first mentioned our desire to document a South Portland Sports Hall of Fame at our historical society. At the time, we were in the midst of cataloging the Davis Collection, which contained a lot of material on the Portland Sagamores, a semi-pro football team made up […]
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South Portland middle and high school choral concert
The performance was on Jan. 15 in the South Portland High School auditorium.