A Window on the Past – Jesse Dyer, Jr., active in Pleasantdale, Knightville and Ligonia neighborhoods
By Kathryn Onos DiPhilippo
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One fascinating person in South Portland’s past was Jesse Dyer, Jr. He was part of a line of South Portland Dyers who were mostly active as farmers and grocers, not to be confused with the Dyers who were shipbuilders.
Jesse Dyer, Jr., was born in 1823 on the family farm in Cape Elizabeth, son of Jesse and Mary Dyer (Jesse, Sr. was also born in Cape Elizabeth). Jesse, Jr., was an unusual person for his time in that he seemed to change careers every 10 years or so. It was far more common in the 1800s for people to stay in one field. He started working at a young age and was, circa 1840, putting up telegraph lines between Boston and New York. He then worked as a section boss on the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railroad, and then took a job with the Kennebec Railroad where he worked through the 1840s and into the early-1850s.
Portage Lake home a total loss after structure fire A house at 12 Cottage Road in Portage Lake was demolished by a Thursday afternoon fire.
PORTAGE LAKE, Maine A house at 12 Cottage Road in Portage Lake was demolished by a Thursday afternoon fire.
Firefighters from Portage Lake were called to the residence around 1 p.m. and received mutual aid assistance from the Ashland Fire Department. The State Fire Marshal was called as well.
Chris Walker, lieutenant with the Portage Lake Fire Department, said that the owner of the Cottage Road residence and his son escaped without injuries, along with the family dog. A Dodge Dakota pickup truck, detached garage and two sheds were also destroyed in the fire.
Skip the traditional sticky yoga mat in favor of a beach towel this summer.
Beach yoga – doing a yoga flow with the sand under your toes and the soothing sight and sound of ocean waves nearby – is a Jersey shore mainstay for locals and vacationers alike.
Last year, yoga studios spaced out their towels and increased safety measures to make sure their outdoor classes were COVID safe. This year, many are still requiring registration to make sure classes don t get overcrowded.
But if we ve learned anything last year, it s that being outside with a gentle breeze is one of the safest ways to exercise during a pandemic – and that there s no such thing as too much self-care.
Community theaters are getting ready to return with smaller casts and audiences
They re returning to in-person shows this summer and fall, but not the typical big musicals. The changes made out of necessity are giving theaters a chance to tackle different types of material.
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Jackie Grigg of Portland auditions at Biddeford s City Theater on May 11 for The Marvelous Wonderettes. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
Here’s another way the pandemic is reshaping our lives: It’s probably going to be a while before we will sit through “Annie” again.
At least for now, many community theaters – long the domain of the big-cast, Broadway-style musicals that involve everyone from the kids to the grandparents and sometimes the family dog – are going small, producing non-musical plays and musicals with small casts, some of which are being trimmed to 90 minutes or less. Although the changes were made out of necessity, theaters are welcoming the opportunity to tack
CBRM votes to allow medical clinics in residential zones
Cape Breton regional councillors have approved a request by Dr. Margaret Fraser, who wants to relocate her family practice to a home on Cottage Road in Sydney, but that required a change to all residential zones under the municipal planning strategy.
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