Last week, we talked about cutting out your convenient plastics: coffee cups, takeout containers, plastic bags, (more coffee cups). As we move forward, however, it is important to mention that reducing single-use plastic consumption is not solely an individual’s responsibility. While it is extremely important to be mindful of our consumption and learn to shift […]
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A Voice from the Past – Hattie’s diary entry from Hong Kong
The Brick Store Museum holds over 30,000 pieces of archival material written by historic Kennebunkers. A Voice from the Past shares from the museum’s collection. This week’s column is from a local woman named Hattie, who traveled with her husband, a ship captain, around the world in 1884. In this diary, she is writing from […]
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Summer tradition: Ice cream nights at Seashore Trolley Museum
Seashore Trolley Museum announced that it will host Ice Cream Night every Wednesday in July and August from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Guests are treated to an evening trolley ride on the museum’s heritage railway through its 350-acre campus and an ice cream sundae with all the fixin’s. Tickets are $10/each (children two and younger […]
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Kennebunk voters endorse federal legislation to curb climate change
By a two-to-one margin on June 14, nearly 1,500 Kennebunk voters passed a resolution to urge elected federal policymakers to enact comprehensive climate protection legislation. “Cashback Carbon Pricing,” the policy underlying the federal legislation, was endorsed in a referendum warrant article in the town’s annual election (Article 19: Referendum Question Q) and supports the distribution […]
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Community News – Maine Women in the Arts summer show is back
Maine Women in the Arts is launching its 2022 show season with the Summer Fine Art and Crafts Show. The show features fine art pieces of paintings, sculptures, pottery, and photographs from area artists. In addition to the varied fine art items, a number of artists will have fine art crafts available. The show […]
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Pet Show plans are in place at Kennebunk Free Library
Kennebunk Free Library will hold its 30th annual Pet Show on July 18 at 6 p.m. In the past, the library has been visited by a variety of animals from cows to hermit crabs – and everything in between. The library invites participants to share a pet and receive a certificate. Kennebunk Veterinary Hospital will […]
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Obituary – Thomas Bell
Thomas Stewart Bell Thomas Stewart Bell, born July 24, 1941, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, died peacefully on June 29, 2022, in his 81st year in Kennebunkport. Thomas was the beloved father to Caroline (Raymond Ritchie) and Jamie (Kristina Sumption Bell) and loved their mother Susan Cleaver Bell. He was predeceased by his parents Arthur […]
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Obituary – Edward Clark, Jr.
Edward Russell Clark, Jr. (“Russ”) passed away at home on July 2, 2022, at the age of 90. A lifelong resident of Kennebunkport, Russell was caring and fun-loving man known for his quick wit and cheerful perspective, as well as a trusted source of wisdom and diplomacy. Russell was born on Dec. 24, 1931 in […]
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Obituary – Jack Richardson
Jack Tillman Richardson, Jr., 80, of Lyman, passed away peacefully June 28, 2022. Jack was an avid ultra-marathon runner and long-distance hiker known as “Tumbleweed.” Jack is preceded in death by his parents, Jack Tillman Richardson, Sr. and Eileen McKernan Richardson as well as two brothers, Robert and Gerald, all of Florida. Jack is survived […]
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From Augusta – Enjoying Maine’s great outdoors
In “Walden” Henry David Thoreau wrote, “We can never get enough of nature.” In Maine, we are lucky that we get to enjoy all four seasons: spring, summer, fall and winter. Sometimes, we get a little of each season in a single day. Right now, though, everyone’s eager to get outside and soak up the […]
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