To account for sea level rise and flood zone risk, the construction would be costly.
South Portland Sentry
News from and about South Portland from Mainely Media.
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Fundraiser set to aid South Portland Food Cupboard
A popular road race to benefit the South Portland Food Cupboard is set for the morning of Aug. 24. The 14th Annual South Portland Food Cupboard and St. Maximilian Kolbe 5K Road Race and a free kids fun run will take place at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, 150 Black Point Road in Scarborough. Last year […]
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Local inventor’s bike camera enhances safety
A small camera is attached to the back of a bicycle and alerts cyclists to approaching cars.
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Community Calendar: Aug. 9-16
Bulletin Board Friday 8/9 Summer Wildlife Mingle: Hosted by Center for Wildlife and Maine Audubon, 6 p.m., Gilsland Farm Audubon Center, 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth. $30. 21-plus. maineaudubon.org Friday 8/9 & Saturday 8/10 St. Peter’s Annual Italian Festival and Bazaar: 5-9:30 p.m., St. Peter’s Church, 72 Federal St., Portland. stpetersfestivities.com Saturday 8/10 Snowy Egret […]
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Arts Calendar: Aug. 9-16
Comedy Thursday 8/15 New England’s Funniest Comedian, Round 2: 8 p.m., Aura, 121 Center St., Portland. $15. 21-plus. auramaine.com T.J. Miller: 8 p.m., Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St., Portland. $25. 21-plus. portlandhouseofmusic.com Friday 8/9 & Saturday 8/10 Tyler Fischer: 7 p.m. Friday, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Empire Comedy Club, 575 Congress St., […]
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People and Business: Aug. 7
Hires, promotions, appointments Blake Hamel was promoted to assistant vice president, commercial services officer at Maine Financial Group, working at the Scarborough office. He has been with the company for five years. Joe Atwood of Falmouth was hired as a broker/sales agent at The Dunham Group. He is the owner of X-Golf, a virtual golf […]
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Mainewhile: Letting the horses decide and reflections on connection
The Olympics are on – but it’s taken me a while to warm up to it. My own favorite event, the equestrians, has come in under a dark cloud. Did you hear about this? A British equestrian was eliminated for cruelty to a horse. This made me angry, and sad, but not surprised. In fact, […]
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Sentry Meetings: Aug. 2-9
Cape Elizabeth Tue. 8/6 7 p.m. Planning Board Workshop Town Hall South Portland Mon. 8/5 5 p.m. Landcare Management Advisory Water Resource Mon. 8/5 5 p.m. Public Arts Committee Zoom, City Hall Mon. 8/5 6:30 p.m. Conservation & Open Space Acquisition Zoom, Planning/Dev. Tue. 8/6 6:30 p.m. City Council City Hall Wed. 8/7 6 p.m. […]
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Beach to Beacon challenging for Cape police, but fun, chief says
The Cape Elizabeth Police Department is prepared for the deluge of people the annual race brings: “We’ve been doing this for over 20 years now, so we have it down. The framework’s there,” Chief Paul Fenton says.
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A Window on the Past: The convict ship Success visited Portland Harbor
Back in the 1930s, a ship was pulled out of the water for repairs at the Cumberland Shipbuilding yard at the end of Broadway in South Portland. The shipyard, initially constructed during WWI, would later be replaced by the Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding yard during WWII, making that site relevant to world history in both the […]