Officer McCarthy at Bug Light in #SoPoME after completing his 360 mile solo and self-sustained bike ride from Houlton in order to raise funds in support of the Maine Army National Guard Family Readiness Group. #StrongWork#ArmyStrong#NotSittingForAWeek
South Portland wins ‘tar sands’ case. Legal battle over city's right to ban diluted bitumen crude oil took three years and cost more than $2 million. https://t.co/EIw6I3Dydh…
The #SoPoME City Council has just voted 6-0 to repeal licensing regulations & zoning amendments adopted 2/20 to govern short-term rentals in residential zones. The move follows submission of a citizens' petition for repeal. The topic could now go back to workshop as soon as 4/24.
Marina loses appeal with city. What may be the oldest commercial building in the city, dating to ~1850, must come down, cannot be rebuilt where it stands. https://t.co/qODB63O1mC
Per United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1445, workers at the @Hannaford Distribution Center in #SoPoME voted Saturday to reject a 3-year contract proposal and go out on strike, calling the final offer "disappointing and unacceptable . . . in key important economic areas."
The Sentry Facebook page has been updated with the full statement from @SouthPortlandPD on this morning's arrest at #SoPoME high school. The student was a 15yo who allegedly made threats against the school, since deleted, on Snapchat. https://t.co/1NfyLNGq8S
Potential crisis averted at #SoPoME high school. Per Superintendent Ken Kunin, a student who allegedly made threats against the school on social media was arrested upon entering the building this morning. Kunin's full statement here: https://t.co/jBV6qxEbwb
#SoPoME City council amenable to public housing pitch — Four-story, 42-unit complex would replace former St. John’s church on Main St. https://t.co/O4mIXiiw9S
PLEASE NOTE: A sidebar in the current Sentry gives the wrong date for this week's South Portland City Council district meeting — part of the council's ongoing listening tour of resident concerns. It is at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 25, at Brown Elementary School.
#SoPoME school committee recommends combining middle schools into single $44 million-plus Grade 5-8 facility, allowing expansion of pre-K at city's five elementary schools. 2020 bond vote expected. Story in next week's Sentry.