Museums, libraries and archives – these are my happy places. True, I love a long walk in the great outdoors, but there is something about these hallowed spaces where history, questions and curiosity combine that just makes me fundamentally happy. Casually mention John Cotton Dana or Ennigaldi-Nanna (fun research tangent for you all) to me, […]
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Community News: Graves Library hosts Portside Readers
Graves Memorial Library will host the Portside Readers at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 15 when several members of the group will read in front of a live audience. Portside Readers is usually a recorded production and is seen on social media and local TV, according to a library news release. During the March 15 event, […]
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County Report: A 1748 deed and the Siege of Louisbourg
York County’s ongoing effort to catalog and share its historical records has unearthed a remarkable document — one that offers a direct link to a dramatic chapter in North American history. Among our discoveries is a 1748 deed in which John Davis of Biddeford sold his rights to the spoils of war. Recorded in York […]
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Opinion: Conversations with Clemmy Clark
When the tide was in and the sun was shining, I was out on the river rowing up and down the Kennebunk River – from beyond Durrell’s Bridge, past Picnic Rock, along the first fairway of the Cape Arundel Golf Club, to the rapids and footbridge behind the clubhouse where the river turns southeast through […]
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Business: Norway Savings makes Spaulding Center donation
Julie Richardson, personal banker for Norway Savings Bank’s Kennebunk branch, shares a view of the Spaulding Center for Active Living that is held by many community contributors who have made the Spaulding Center an impactful reality. “I think the Spaulding Center’s mission to provide support and companionship for the community’s seniors is important to the […]
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First Parish concert features classical lineup
Maya French, violin, Nathaniel Taylor, cello, and Chris Staknys, piano, will perform Friday, March 28, at First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church in Kennebunk. The program will include selections by Brahms, Esmail, and Staknys and is scheduled for 7 p.m. A $25 donation is requested and doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Johannes Brahms’ Piano Trio […]
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Business: Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation supports York Hospital cardiac lab renovation
The Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation has donated $25,000 toward the renovation of York Hospital’s Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. According to a March 5 news release, the independent nonprofit hospital, which has been in operation for 111 years, launched its “Leading with Heart” capital campaign last year and construction is underway. “York Hospital is a true community […]
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Mainewhile: Administration has Maine in its crosshairs and it’s illegal
Our beloved state is currently embroiled in a loud and fractious feud. I wish we weren’t, but we are. A disclaimer: If you have questions, or are genuinely engaged in sorting your way through this issue, I welcome your conversation and I promise to engage in it without rancor. If, however, you are inclined to […]
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Community News: Printmaker featured at Speers Gallery
Speers Gallery at Kennebunk Free Library will present “A Career in Prints,” by Brian D. Cohen. in March. The exhibit runs through March 31. Cohen’s exhibit will feature a series of etchings spanning his 40-year career as a printmaker. “I began to make prints because I had to; a printmaking course was part of the […]
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Honor Roll: Kennebunk High School
Quarter 2 Freshmen High honors: Dante Avila, Finley Baxter, Mia Binette, Colby Bodwell, Kourtney Brask, Roxanna Brough, Julian Burgess, Chloe Chadbourne, Terra Christianson, Sean Clark, Laura Clukey, Taggart Connor, Analise Deveau, Cecilia DiGiovanni, Liam Drew, Acadia Dugas, Willow Durocher-Wentworth, Gwen Elia, Lucas Flanders, Faith Flynn, Eleanora French, Emil Fried, Bridget Gates, Samuel Good, Christianna Grassi, […]