Summer, that teasing season of long, languid days and sultry nights. The world comes alive with crackling fireworks in the (Thursday) night sky, the cacophony of Palace Playland down at the beach, and the general hustle and bustle of our town filled with its annual influx of seasonal visitors. Here at the library we are […]
Dan King
Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Letters to the Editor
Abortion is health care? To the editor, The heading of a column in the last edition caught my eye: “Abortion is health care.” Really? For who? It’s certainly not health care for the babies. It’s not even health care for the vast majority of the mothers – less than 1 percent of whom have a […]
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Letters to the Editor
Candidate has ‘commitment to excellence’ To the editor, I am writing to express my support for Tim Spang in his campaign for the RSU 21 school board seat. I have known Tim Spang for nearly 40 years. We both have spent our entire adult lives in the construction industry in Kennebunkport. Tim has demonstrated a […]
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Motorland and Maine Classic Car Museum bring back swap meet
Event is scheduled for June 3.
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Community News – The Prince Project visits Kennebunk Free Library
Vana Carmona, founder of The Prince Project, will visit Kennebunk Free Library on Tuesday, June 6 at 6 p.m. to discuss her research. According to press release from the library, Carmona discovered the gravestone of a man named Prince near several of her family’s plots nine years ago. Learning he had been enslaved by her […]
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Our Sustainable City – Reflecting on climate change work in South Portland
With so much change happening in the environment, it can be important to take a step back and look at how we discuss a fundamental aspect of our work – climate change. Our responsibility as a sustainability department is to effectively convey the meaning of climate change and to support education and introspective behavior change […]
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
A Window on the Past – Eben and Henry Nutter of the upper Pleasantdale neighborhood
The Nutter family is one that left its mark on South Portland. We still have a Nutter Road (named for the family and the “Nutter Mansion” they built there). The Nutter family owned and farmed much of the land on which our high school and Community Center sit, and where Allen and Williston Roads are […]
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Obituary – Gloria Nadeau
Gloria Nadeau passed away after a lifetime of love on May 23, 2023. Gloria Eleanor was born June 18, 1937, to Peggy (Lesuer) and Elton Welch of Kennebunk. Gloria attended Kennebunk school systems and excelled in her classes. She played the clarinet and was a cheerleader. She then met her husband Fredrick “Buck” Nadeau. They […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Beyond the Headlines – Your mental health matters
As the adage goes, it’s important to stop and smell the roses. Meaning, in our daily hustle and bustle, we all must find ways of taking a reset moment and appreciate all life has to offer. It’s easier said than done, as I’m writing this column in the car on our way to Bar Harbor […]
Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Scarborough Rotary installs interpretative signs along marsh nature trail
Work on the project was completed two weeks ago.