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A Window on the Past Willard Engine and Ladder Company By Kathryn Onos DiPhilippo Share We continue this week with the history of the Willard Engine and Ladder Company No. 2. As mentioned last week, the call company was originally formed in 1892 by a group of men in the Willard neighborhood, led by Willis F. Strout. Initially under the name Willard Hose Company No. 2, the men voted for Willis Strout to serve as their captain and they quickly set about the work of building a hose house on Preble Street in Willard Square. Members of the Willard Hose Company riding on their Peerless Hose 2 tru...

By Staff Seven South Portland businesses will be honored virtually at the city's 2020 Business & Economic Development Awards next week, with the emphasis this year on facing down the pandemic. "We recognize the struggles that our business community has faced, and our awards are unique this year in honoring their creativity, perseverance and resilience in navigating the many difficulties of 2020," the city's economic development committee said in a news release announcing the winners. The ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, via Zoom. This year's winners are: CO...

City council approves purchase of the piggery The city will purchase the property for $1.5 million with a plan to resell a portion. Share SOUTH PORTLAND — In a 5-0 vote on Dec. 22, the city council approved the $1.5 million purchase of “the piggery” property, addressing the need to preserve green space despite financial risk. The six-acre property, sitting in between Sawyer Street and the Willard Square neighborhood, off of Broadway, is one of the largest undeveloped parcels in South Portland, said a 2019 Press Herald article by Kelley Bouchard. A developer, Dan White of HW Fine Homes...