Smith Climo News Today

During the March 4 town meeting, Southport residents adopted a blasting ordinance which may be one of the state’s most restrictive. On April 3, Boothbay Region Water District Manager Jon Ziegra told the planning board his contractor “pulled out” of...

A state grant will assist Southport with engineering design-related infrastructure projects at Beach Road, Lighthouse Lane, Hendricks Head Beach Seawall and parking lots. The $50,000 Maine Infrastructure Adaptation Fund grant is through the...

No date has been set, but Southport officials agreed to meet with a seasonal couple regarding an $8,000 shoreland zone fine prior to their appeals hearing. On Feb. 21, Selectman Gerry Gamage told his fellow board members, he and Code Enforcement...

Southport selectmen received a blasting moratorium request Dec. 13 from a Pratt’s Island resident concerned about her water well. Sarah Sherman attended the Dec. 6 planning board meeting which had a workshop discussing a new blasting ordinance. She...

Thanksgiving 1973 was a great memory. My 30 teammates and I were extra thankful that day as we had just completed a championship football season – being crowned co-champions in Class D. It was the first Boothbay Region High School football...

Selectmen approved a municipal resolution honoring the Southport Climate Action Team’s work this year. The team is part of a Community Resilience Partnership. The program is administered by the Governor’s Office of Policy, Innovation, and the Future...

The Southport Climate Action Team (SCAT), together with Sunrise Ecologic and Sea Grant, would like to thank everyone who took part in the recent Climate Action Planning public workshops. These sessions were the first step in a community-driven, long...

I think it was Gerry I spotted up on a lift just over the Thompson Bridge hanging the flags that honor Southport Veterans. Many thanks, Gerry and thanks to Jim Singer who spearheaded the project and Sarah Sherman McGrail who helped spread the word...

Many thanks to Maureen Kinsey for writing the column last week and to all those who gave her news. Tending my sister in Vermont, who had a knee replacement, taught me a lot about trying to acclimatize to another family’s house and household routines...

The Southport Climate Action Team, comprising Smith Climo, Kathy Jacobs, Ella Long and Claire Tomlin, along with Shri Verrill of Sunrise Ecologic, held a community workshop to discuss vital steps in addressing climate change in the Southport area on...