This week, we continue looking at the old factory complex in Ferry Village, where RiverPlace Apartments is now located. The first building was constructed in 1892 and opened as a plush factory in early 1893, only to close down almost immediately due to lack of capital. The next business to move in was the bicycle […]
Dan King
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From Augusta – Making health care accessible and affordable
In my district – and across Maine – people are struggling to get the health care they and their children need. The Legislature as a whole has been working on this, taking up bills to improve access to dental care and mental health care among other measures. I’ve been focusing on the health care needs […]
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A Voice from the Past – Capt. James Fairfield
The Brick Store Museum holds over 30,000 pieces of archival material written by historic Kennebunkers. The column shares a voice from the past from the museum’s collection. This week’s letter was written by 31-year-old James Fairfield, captain of the ship MacDonough, to his wife, Lois Walker, after his ship was captured by the British during […]
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Guest Column – The Bromley Thing
Since early morning we had been picking and navigating our way along the upslope of the Bromley Pass. Our goal was to reach the summit by nightfall and sleep there in the shelter of the ranger station. By midday, and halfway there, we could just begin to make out the tiny speck that was our […]
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Community News – Portside Rotary plans shredding event
Kennebunk Portside Rotary Club will host a new community fundraiser: a document shredding event — just in time for post-tax season. Two nationally-certified shredding services, Records Management Center and Shredding On Site, will provide the onsite shredding service. The date is Saturday, April 23 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 132 North St. in […]
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Community News – South Portland High School ensembles earn high marks
The South Portland Jazz Ensemble participated in the Maine Music Educators Association State Jazz Festival on March 20 at Hampden Academy and received a Gold rating. This marks the 17th year in a row, in a streak dating back to 2006. The group was led by soloists Howard Saffer-Meng, Alice Bonnevie-Rothrock, Max Davis, Jane Bonnevie-Rothrock […]
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Guest Column – From Russia, with shove
Russian President Vladimir Putin has committed the full force of his country’s military to subdue and possibly destroy a neighboring democracy in a murdering, vainglorious attempt to recreate a 21st century Soviet Union. Or speculate some historians, to revive a new Russian empire based on an ethno-nationalist fantasy that originated in Tsarist Russia hundreds of […]
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Obituary – Betty Phillips
Betty Phillips passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2022, at Saint Andre Health Care in Biddeford following a 12-year journey with Alzheimer’s. Born Beatrice Louise Lothrop on May 23, 1929, in Pine Point, Maine, Betty was the ninth child of the late Mel and Edith Lothrop. Betty attended Scarborough schools, graduating from Scarborough High School […]
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Guest Column – Fun, fun, fun at the hamburger stand now
Who has more fun than us? We do! That’s the motto up the road at Bentley’s Saloon, a favorite meeting place for motorcyclists from all over New England. Inside, motorcycles and bras hang from the ceiling, and outside there’s huddles of motorcycles when the weather is good, and you can get a pretty good bacon […]
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Window on the Past – War bonds and World War I
As we continue our research into the large, industrial employers who once occupied the factory complex in Ferry Village, I thought we’d take a break this week and talk about war bonds. The accompanying photographs were donated to the South Portland Historical Society a few years ago by a descendant of William Richardson. As you […]
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