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High flying

Above, Kathy Leavis and grandson Paul St. Pierre with a kite purchased at the South Portland Historical Society museum gift shop. At right is Kiana Newcomb, 8, of Freeport. More...

News Updates

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Former rep endorses candidate - June 9th, 2018 - 3:50pm
Vote for change - June 9th, 2018 - 3:49pm
City council amenable to public housing pitch - February 14th, 2018 - 4:48pm
City council amenable to public housing pitch - February 14th, 2018 - 4:38pm
Governor says Southern Maine company to lose 900 jobs - April 7th, 2016 - 1:02pm
Council tables propane moratorium 'indefinitely' - December 10th, 2015 - 10:45am
'Transformers' writer discusses free comic book - May 1st, 2015 - 10:35am
Shooting suspects arrested in South Portland - March 13th, 2015 - 10:42am
SoPo says no - July 16th, 2014 - 9:10am
6-Year-Old Assaulted in South Portland - September 17th, 2013 - 3:30pm

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City looks to future of aging population

By Wm. Duke Harrington
Staff Writer

SOUTH PORTLAND — The South Portland City Council has taken the first step in what is expected to be a years-long process aimed at assuring all elderly residents are able to age in place safely, with dignity and can live independently in their o More...

Planning board delays zone change

Members want to tour proposed housing authority project site
By Wm. Duke Harrington
Staff Writer

SOUTH PORTLAND — When it comes to construction projects that are too big to be believed, the South Portland planning board members have decided they are going to have to see it for themselves.  More...

Community

Mutilation bill would protect minor girls

By Michael Kelley
Staff Writer

A bill sponsored by a Scarborough legislator is in the works right now to protect the health of minors across the state.  The bill, LD745 “An Act to Prohibit Female Genital Mutilation,” which is sponsored by Rep. More...

In the Know

LIGHTS ON — The South Portland Planning Board gave unanimous final approval Tuesday, May 23, to a proposal from ReVision Energy to build a 1,000.32 kilowatt solar array that will consist of 2,992 solar panels installed atop the city’s 34- More...

Towns to amend permits to let horses on beaches

By Michael Kelley
Staff Writer

Horses are not allowed to be on the beach from now until October in Scarborough, but a little more than four months from now when they are, riders may be expected to abide by a different set of rules.  More...

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