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Guest Column – Time to order insulating window inserts for a warmer home

Drafty windows? High heating bills? Would you like to have a warmer home and save money? Nonprofit WindowDressers can help. The organization’s insulating window inserts fit inside of your existing windows to let in all the sunlight and views while keeping more heat inside your home. The inserts are high quality and low cost because […]

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Community News – Middle School of the Kennebunks makes shelter donation

More than 2,300 essential items were recently donated to York County Shelter Programs from students at Middle School of the Kennebunks.  It was the largest single donation from a school in the nonprofit’s history, going back to 1979. Megan Gean-Gendron, executive director of York County Shelter Programs, said the number of socks donated will allow […]

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A Window on the Past – Horace Plummer, harness maker, and the blacksmiths at Cash Corner

This week, we take a look at a harness maker and three blacksmiths who all were part of the Cash Corner community in the late-1800s and early-1900s. Horace B. Plummer was the first of these men on the scene. Born in the late-1830s in Gray, he moved to South Portland (then known as Cape Elizabeth) […]

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Letters to the Editor

Looking for a doctor? To the editor, Looking for a general practitioner in Kennebunk or within a 50-mile radius? Tough luck, says the medical profession. You can just drop dead. Since one of the best family practices closed in Kennebunk, leaving hundreds of patients out to dry, it is impossible to find another doctor who […]

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Community News – South Portland Community Garden Collective plans seedling and plant sale

Garden collective plans seedling and plant sale The South Portland Community Garden Collective is hosting a Seedling and Plant Sale. The event is scheduled for Saturday, May 22 at the Hamlin School Community Garden, behind the South Portland Planning Office at 496 Ocean St. in South Portland. The organization will offer a selection of vegetable, […]

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Obituary – Judith Wilcox

Judith Ann (Root) Wilcox, 85, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, May 1, 2021. Judy was born Oct. 16, 1935, in Waterbury, Connecticut, the daughter of Charles Bertrand Root and Mildred (Granger) Root, and sister to Nancy (Root) Davis and Sandra Jean (Root) Gemmel. Judy attended Russell Elementary School and graduated from Crosby […]