Library to host Arctic climate specialist The Camden Conference and Kennebunk Free Library present Dr. Susana Hancock at the Kennebunk Free Library on Wednesday, Dec. 15 at 6 p.m. Hancock’s discussion is titled Climate Politics in Contemporary Europe. Hancock is a specialist in Arctic climate geopolitics. With a background ranging from astrophysics to linguistics, she […]
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Honor Roll – Kennebunk High School
Quarter 1 FRESHMEN HIGH HONORS: Sasha Altschule, Max Andrews, Emilie Barter, Ella Beals, Kendell Beckett, James Bertus-Trudo, Mason Binette, Addison Carbone, Quinn Chapman, Finneas Coldreck, Olivia Cutone, Anthony D’Elia, Gabrielle D’Orso-Palmer, Isabella Donnery, Emily Dube, Philip Dyer, William Eagleson, Jacob Eon, Isabel Esch, Kelsey Ewing, Otto Fontaine, Anna Fox, Taylor Giles, Quinlen Gleason, Berk Glidden, […]
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Obituary – Richard Stevens
Richard “Deke” Stevens, 87, went to be with the Lord on Nov. 26, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born Feb. 25, 1934, in Kennebunk, son of Norman and Elizabeth (Clough) Stevens, a 1953 graduate of Kennebunk High School. Richard was a member of the Kennebunk Baptist Church since the age […]
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Obituary – Joan Goodwin
On Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, Joan Mary Goodwin of Wells Branch, loving wife and mother of seven, passed away at the age of 89 at Huntington Common in Kennebunk. Joan was born in Kennebunk on June 27, 1932, to parents Granville Everett Nadeau and Mary (White) Nadeau. Joan grew up on Hall Street in Kennebunk […]
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Guest Column – It’s a dog-eat-dog world
I recently read about a research study that suggested every time you eat a hot dog you shorten your lifespan by 36 minutes. That’s a disturbing figure for a hot dog lover like myself. I mean, it’s conceivable a person could eat 1,000 hot dogs in his or her life, especially if that person is […]
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Guest Column – The cherry tree
Social and political historians, looking back on our time, will struggle to understand the verbal chaos and nonsense produced by such concepts as fake news, alternate truth and virtual reality. And they’ll have it, because it’s all being recorded on silicon chips, magnetic tapes, CD-ROMs and digital matrices for their convenience – our political speeches […]
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Letters to the Editor
Veterans shouldn’t face homelessness To the editor, Not one veteran should face homelessness. That 500,000 suffering souls linger on the streets is hard to stomach. We lack neither the resources – financial or material – nor the expertise to house, clothe and feed each one, so what gives? In place of an honest, humble accounting […]
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It’s a very Mid-Week Music Christmas
Concert series continues Dec. 8 at Town House School in Kennebunkport.
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Obituary – Andrew Smith, Jr.
Andrew J. Smith, Jr., 89, of Arundel, passed away peacefully on Nov. 15, 2021, at Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford. Andrew was born Jan. 23, 1932, to Andrew J. and Marguerite (Brown) Smith, Sr. in Kennebunkport, where he grew up and attended school. Andrew spent four years in the U.S Army where he was […]
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A Window on the Past – The life of the tug Pejepscot
We’ve previously written about the history of the Portland Shipbuilding shipyard that was run by the Dyer family in Ferry Village. I thought it might be interesting to follow the life of one of the ships built there, the tug Pejepscot. We have a particular interest in the Pejepscot, as its half hull model, still […]
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