Track conference meets this weekend; Baseball, softball, lacrosse and tennis playoffs near.
South Portland Sentry
News from and about South Portland from Mainely Media.
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Through My Lens: We can all find reasons for hope, especially in spring
Despite the challenges the world presents today, I hope you are out finding joy – and hope – in the Maine spring. I recently read Nicholas Kristof’s column titled “The Case for Hope” in The New York Times opinion section and nodded along to it all the way through. The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and journalist […]
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Mainewhile: Bust out the board games for some genuine connection
Well, clear my schedule and bust out the board games – the youngest kiddo is home from college. Home for a week or two, that is. In no time at all, he will be packing up his car again to head out on his internship, and then it will be back to campus. So in […]
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Sentry Meetings: May 24-31
Cape Elizabeth Wed. 5/29 4:15 p.m. School Board Policy Committee Town Hall Thu. 5/30 8:30 a.m. School Building Advisory Zoom South Portland Mon. 5/27 7 p.m. Board of Appeals City Hall Tue. 5/28 6:30 p.m. District 3 Community Conversation Dyer Elementary Wed. 5/29 6:30 p.m. District 1 Community Conversation Small Elementary Thu. 5/30 6:30 p.m. […]
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Letter: Writer’s savaging of poignant Iftin column just a parroting of Trump
It’s a real shame that Nancy Chesley in her May 5 word salad of xenophobia and vitriol, “Legal immigrants have no reason to fear deportation,” feels the need to parrot the same litany of demeaning tropes and malarkey about immigrants the former president, now criminal defendant, spewed on Day 18 of his election interference trial […]
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Letter: Praising college protests is myopic view of Israel-Hamas war
The lens through which Abdi Nor Iftin sees the college protests in his Forecaster column the week of May 9 (“College protests in U.S. a ray of hope for Gazans“) provides him quite a myopic view. He sees the protests as very positive and a morale booster for the people of Gaza and sees very little […]
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Scarborough rides big fifth inning to key win at SP
Red Storm erase a 4-1 deficit with a six-run surge, go on to 7-5 victory.
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South Portland Human Rights Commission retains its funding
Residents turn out to defend the commission’s work and funding at a council workshop where potential budget cuts were on the table.
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Spring sports stretch run begins
Cape Elizabeth and South Portland right in the middle of the drama.
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Cape Elizabeth School Board to consider plan to renovate, not build
The School Building Advisory Committee voted 5-4 to recommend additions and renovations at the elementary and middle schools at a cost of $77.3 million to $85.5 million.