Keep motorized boards and bikes off Greenbelt To the editor, As an almost daily user of the Greenbelt for jogging, walking or bicycling, I am concerned about the unsafe operation of motorized skateboards and bicycles on the path. These boards and bikes are operated at speeds too fast for a path that is often crowded […]
Dan King
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Letters to the Editor
Thanks for the crosswalk help To the editor, I am a disabled senior who hobbles along Main Street in Kennebunk and most people know me because I have a little black cart, which I push because it not only holds all my stuff, but it also keeps me from falling down because I have TBI […]
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Community News – Cape Elizabeth, South Portland residents named ecomaine ‘Recycling is a Work of Art’ winners
Cape Elizabeth resident Kavya Seshachar and Tricia Boyle, of South Portland, were among the winners of ecomaine’s Recycling is a Work of Art contest. The entrants designed paint schemes for the company’s silver bullet single-sort recycling containers. The contest attracted entries from all around Maine. The winners will receive a $500 stipend plus to up […]
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Community News – Dumas named a National Merit semifinalist
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation recently announced that Kennebunk High School senior Sofie Dumas is among the National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist students in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program. Over 1.5 million juniors in about 21,000 high schools entered the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2020 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship qualifying test, […]
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Pandemic Reflections – Gardens revisited, a year later
Just before the first frost is when Mainers ask each other, “How were your gardens this year?” The response always has to be weighed, whether you’re going to tell the truth, stretch it, or outright lie. Last year, our first COVID summer, was a drought year which hammered lawns and gardens. The flowers said their […]
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Obituary – Robert Pearce
Robert Henry Pearce, 89, of Juno Beach, Florida, formerly of Lincroft, New Jersey, entered eternal life on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. Bob was predeceased by his beloved wife of 34 years, Dolores Mullin Pearce. He is survived by his four children, Bill and his wife Suzie (Goodman) of Dickson, Tennessee, Mike and his wife Wendy […]
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A Window on the Past – The Connolly/O’Neill dairy and the Fickett farm
We are so grateful to Amanda Fickett, granddaughter of councilman Robert W. Fickett, Jr., who reached out and put us in touch with her dad, Bob Fickett III. Bob has been a wealth of information for us as we’ve started the process of documenting the Fickett family and their farms in South Portland. We’ve known […]
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Community News – Fundraisers support awareness for learning disabilities, mental health
Members of the Aucocisco School community met and talked to the media at Oxbow Blending and Bottling in Portland on Sept. 22 after a five-mile run led by Erica Richards, parent of an Aucocisco student, to support awareness of learning disabilities. The team will go on to run in the Maine Marathon on Oct. 3, […]
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Letters to the Editor
Thank you for pickleball push To the editor, Thank you Bill Case for your persistence in pushing for pickleball courts in Kennebunkport. Thank you also to the town for providing funds to resurface and line the Beachwood Avenue Rotary Park tennis courts to accommodate both tennis and pickleball and for providing nets for both sports. […]
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Pandemic Reflections – A dog’s life, revisited
We first met back in May, 2020, 16 months ago. A family friend gave a dog, me, the opportunity to describe what a dog’s life was like during this pandemic’s first two months. Your four-legged friends share your daily moods and stress. All of our lives —two- and four-legged, continue to change. Two years ago, […]
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