Join us Friday, Aug. 12 from 9 to 10 a.m. for this month’s Coffee & Climate featuring En-ROADS and Citizens’ Climate Lobby. This month we will be joined by Peter Dugas, En-ROADS climate ambassador and Citizens’ Climate Lobby liaison, for an introductory tour of MIT’s En-ROADS climate simulator. Join us to learn how this tool […]
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Guest Column – The complete collector and the MiniMax system
The problem comes about from encouraging young folks to take up activities new to them and about which they know nothing at all. In my case it was my mother, who said she had been talking to Allen’s mother, who lived just down the street from us, who said her Allen had started a coin […]
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Business News – Kennebunk Savings supports Families First
Kennebunk Savings recently awarded a $50,000 grant to the Families First Capital Campaign for its new Federally Qualified Health Center, now open on Lafayette Road in Portsmouth. The nonprofit purchased a building in Greenleaf Woods and retrofitted the facility, which also includes SOS Recovery Community Organization’s first outpost in Portsmouth. Federally Qualified Health Centers serve […]
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From Augusta – Celebrating 50 years of Title IX and reflecting on the past
While the Supreme Court and some states across the country are stripping away people’s rights and denying them access to opportunity, this year, our nation celebrates the 50th anniversary of Title IX being signed into law. The landmark action requires everyone, regardless of their gender, to have the same access to education and opportunity. At […]
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Letters to the Editor
Community support is appreciated To the editor, Thank you for making Kennebunk Free Library’s 25th Edition 5K one of our most successful fundraisers to date. Sixty-six area businesses sponsored the 5K and another 57 businesses and individuals provided fabulous items for our auction. This unprecedented community support, combined with our race registrations, brought in over […]
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Obituary – Mark Dufoe
Mark Dufoe, 64, of Kennebunkport, passed away suddenly on July 27, 2022, of natural causes while mowing the lawn. Mark was born on March 31, 1958, in Nashua, New Hampshire, to Charles and Betty (Daniels) Dufoe. He grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire, and went to Manchester West High School. Mark married April (Ridlon), his […]
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Obituary – Cindy Welch
Cindy Lee Welch, 61, of Kennebunk, passed away Friday evening, July 29, 2022, at York Hospital following a brief but courageous battle with cancer with her family at her side. Cindy was born in Biddeford on Oct. 1, 1960, the daughter of Elton (Skeeter) and Betty (Vinton) Welch. She attended local schools, graduating from Kennebunk […]
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Guest Column – Shopping
The grocery store is my favorite venue, because she walks on ahead and lets me follow pushing the shopping cart, while she puts things in it, and I can not only use the cart as a walker to keep from falling down, but command some respect from smaller people, and occasionally have a chance to […]
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Guest Column – Questions related to global warming
I’m a retired pastor, but my undergraduate degree was environmental science (Penn State, ’74). Back then, water vapor was considered the prominent green house gas. Several years ago, I wondered, where has it gone? I took an afternoon to read and found articles in Encyclopedia Britannica, American Chemistry Society and NASA. All said, it is […]
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A Window on the Past – Old Sparhawk Mills
Old Sparhawk Mills was a fixture in Mill Creek for over 35 years. The company was incorporated in 1922 and was originally located in Portland. After just a couple of years, however, the business moved to South Portland and it remained in operation on Cottage Road from 1925 to 1961, then moved to Yarmouth. A […]
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