Graves Library event honors Thomas Staley Vermont-based author, and Dartmouth professor, Peter Orner will visit Graves Memorial Library on Thursday, Aug. 8 at 6 p.m. Orner will take part in a tribute to Dr. Thomas Staley, who died in 2022. According to a press release, Staley, the director of the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, […]
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Mainewhile: Campaign season a good time to remember shared humanity
What a crazy couple of days it has been in the news cycle, eh? I was sitting with my thoughts, sifting through how things “felt” and – stick with me here – I kept thinking about choosing a lunch spot with co-workers. OK, I am betting that might make literally no sense to some of […]
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Business News – Camden National Bank names reinvestment officer
Camden National Bank announced July 23 that Kim Vieira, commercial banking market manager, has been named the bank’s community reinvestment act officer. According to a news release, she will be responsible for expanding community outreach and enhancing strategies to increase residential, community development, and small business loan originations and investments to strengthen low- to moderate-income […]
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Blues and books
The corner of Fletcher and Main was busy on July 27 with Kennebunk’s annual Blueberry Festival and book sale taking up residence for the day. Patrons were able to browse original crafts in the many tents set up on the lawn between First Parish Church and Kennebunk Free Library. The festival also included blueberry pie, […]
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Obituary – Paul Potvin
Paul Potvin Paul Conrad Potvin, 91, passed away Saturday July 20, 2024, having recently taken hospice care due to declining health. Paul was a resident of Huntington Common Assisted Living. He previously resided at the Overlook Health & Rehabilitation Center in Charlton, Massachusetts, for one year, leaving Brandon, Vermont, after the passing of his beloved […]
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Opinion – Bumper cars as early driver training?
Ferris Wheel? OK. Merry-Go-Round? Sure. Throw-the-ball-and-dunk-the-lady? Well, I suppose. But bumper cars as early driver training for your young and impressionable kids, or mine? I don’t think so. Uh-uh! Absolutely not! No way and never! When I was 7, or thereabouts, my father took me along from Pennsylvania, where we were living at the time, […]
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Obituary – Glen Slowik
Glen Michael Slowik, 61 years, a resident of Standish, formerly of Kennebunk, died suddenly on July 17, 2024, at their family camp on Sebago Lake in Standish. Glen was born in Biddeford on Sept. 19, 1962, a son of Robert J. and Renee M. (Luiggi) Slowik and graduated from Kennebunk High School, class of 1980. […]
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Obituary – Virginia Gup Sharpe
Virginia Gup Sharpe (Mom, Grandma, GeeGee) took her final journey on July 7, 2024, at the age of 96. Born in Canton, Ohio, to parents Samuel and Minna Stone on June 24, 1928, she was a worldwide adventurer and will be sorely missed as beloved mother, wife and friend to many. Virginia attended Canton schools, […]
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Mainewhile: What we choose to emphasize determines our lives
Upon occasion, I have been accused of being “a Pollyanna.” Which, by the way, is an insult. I could get into the oddness of how being compared to a character who tries to spread joy is an insult, but meh, I get it. Relentless cheerfulness in the face of real stressors is annoying. It would […]
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Opinion – Machines and people: A rule of thumb
It has been awhile since my opinion or guest column has appeared in the Kennebunk Post, and I want you to know that the reason for this is not any decision or oversight on the part of the editorial or other staff of the newspaper, but because of a situation of my own that is […]
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