The Maine Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum announced its third annual Student Guitar Competition. The contest is open to Maine high school students, grades 9-12. Contestants are required to submit a video of their performance by March 1, to be judged by members of the executive board of the Maine Country Music Hall […]
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News from and about South Portland from Mainely Media.
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A Window on the Past – Wreck of the Clotilda is subject of historical society lecture
The South Portland Historical Society will host the next in its winter lecture series in the Casco Bay Room of the South Portland Community Center on Thursday, Jan. 25, at 6:30 p.m. Vivian Cunningham will present, “The Clotilda: A Bet That Cost Lives,” about the schooner Clotilda and Maine’s role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. […]
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From Augusta – Victims of Crime Act funding supports essential services
The second legislative session is back in full swing, and I am excited about the work I’ll conduct as senate chair of the Judiciary Committee this year. A large focus of my work this session is addressing the shortfall in the funding Maine receives through the federal formula-based Victims of Crime Act. The Victims of […]
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Kinship Support Group strengthens Maine families through collaboration and care
Led by Adoptive and Foster Families of Maine, the group offers community-based assistance to adoptive, foster, and kinship families.
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South Portland City Council and school board collaborate on budget guidance
The council, school board, and Superintendent Timothy Matheney collaborate to discuss fiscal year 2025 budget guidance, addressing challenges such as a diverse student body, enrollment shifts, and the impact of COVID-era fund losses.
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Cultivating well-being during the winter months
Cultivating Well-Being’s winter solstice event, led by Laura Simonds-Rumpf and Colleen E. Griffin, highlighted therapeutic horticulture’s sensory activities and community connection.
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Community News – Southern Maine Community College selects next president
The Board of Trustees of the Maine Community College System confirmed the recommendation of President David Daigler and appointed Dr. Kristen Miller as the next president of Southern Maine Community College (SMCC). She will begin in February. Miller was most recently the vice president of academic affairs at White Mountains Community College in New Hampshire, […]
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A Window on the Past – Hews Company brothers, Charlie and Bob
This week we share another segment regarding South Portland High School sibling graduates: Charlie and Bob Hews. Most remember the Hews brothers as being mammoth linemen on Red Riot football squads. Charlie, a 1964 graduate and younger brother Bob, a 1966 graduate, shared the turf for head coach Frank Bettencourt and assistant coach Jack Flynn […]
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Letters to the Editor
How many lives lost before there’s action? To the editor, A question for all state legislators and congressional representatives: Given that this country didn’t even make it one week into a new year before there was another school shooting, I would like to know how many dead children is your acceptable number for 2024? How […]
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Age Friendly South Portland – Sand buckets, shoveling available for seniors
Age Friendly South Portland would like to thank Rob Keirstead. Ryan Green, Charlotte Phillips, Lola Strom and Angela Strom, students from South Portland High School. The students, along with councilor Richard Matthews and Muriel and Jeff MacDonald, delivered sand buckets to elder residents who requested them from the public works department. They delivered 70 buckets. […]