In 2019 alone, more than 450 million tons of plastic was produced globally. This amounts to a staggering 900,000,000,000 pounds (that’s 900 billion pounds), and the equivalent of more than 112 pounds of plastic produced each year, for every person on the planet. Since its inception in the early 1900s, synthetic plastic has become the […]

The Summer in Maine Auction, the auction featuring some of the best that Maine has to offer, is now open for bidding at the South Portland Historical Society’s museum at Bug Light Park. Bids will be accepted every day until the auction closes on the Fourth of July. We hope you’ll come down and check […]

Amato’s seems like a permanent fixture on the corner of Broadway and Evans Street; however, they built and opened that store in 1982 – not all that long ago. That corner was long home to other businesses. The railroad tracks that still run across Broadway are the main reason for the long-running commercial nature of […]

Here’s what’s been going on with sustainability the past few months. Electrify Everything! South Portland’s beneficial electrification rebate program is humming along. As of June 14, more than $160,000 provided in rebates for over 200 households for the purchase of equipment like electric vehicles, home heating and cooling solutions, and lawn care equipment. More than […]