Speaking about propaganda, John F. Kennedy, while speaking in East Boston in 1947, reportedly said, “No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as truth.” The Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk opened its new exhibition, Who Controls the Present: The Art of Propaganda, on Sept. 13. The […]
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Brick Store Museum presents original play
The Brick Store Museum announced it will host a new original play, written by the museum’s 2024 artist-in-residence Diane Lent, called Resonance of Passion: From Battlefield to the Sea. Lent used collections of letters between husbands and wives in the 19th century, now housed in the museum’s archives, to bring the play to life. The […]
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School Around Us receives support grant from national organization
Located in Arundel, School Around Us provides individualized learning to students from all over southern Maine.
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Things to Do, Sept. 12
Thursday, Sept. 12 Thursday coffee hour, 55-plus, 10 to 11 a.m. at McArthur Library, 270 Main St., Biddeford. Get to know members of your community in a casual and comfortable space. Light refreshments will be served. Performers Showcase, 8 p.m., Flourish, 140 Main St., Biddeford. Music, acting monologues/scenes, comedy, song, spoken, performance art. $5 donation. […]
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Southern Maine Steampunk Fair returns to Kennebunk
The Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk will host its 10th annual Southern Maine Steampunk Fair from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21. The event, according to a press release, explores the world of steampunk (a unique blend of history and future), through art and craft displays, activities, a world-premiere play based on […]
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Letters to the Editor
Enforcement of no-wake zone needed Saturday of Labor Day weekend, I was sitting on the jetty at Gooch’s Beach at low tide. A dolphin popped up near the edge of the wall much to the delight of a family standing near me. It swam out to the middle of the channel. A boat was in […]
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Community News – Atria craft fair benefits Alzheimer’s Association
Atria craft fair benefits Alzheimer’s Assoc. Atria Senior Living will host a craft fair on Saturday, Sept. 28. The fair is scheduled for 1 to 5 p.m. All proceeds from the event go to the Alzheimer’s Association and dementia research. The fair will feature gift basket raffles, baked goods and crafts made by Atria residents. […]
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Opinion – Greeting dance in the time of pestilence
COVID-19 came and stayed, and some of us survived by being vaccinated, some by growling at it, sweet-talking or outsmarting the virus. The pandemic came and went, and COVID-19 is now endemic to the human species. It is among us much as are measles, mumps and chicken pox. And the Monkey Pox, or m-virus, is […]
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Opinion – Library’s garden project begins with ‘Goat Day’
When you visit the Kennebunk Free Library lately, you may notice the vegetation along the back of the parking lot jumping out to meet you. In a true community effort, the overgrown piece of land spanning the edges of the library and Hope Cemetery property is about to become a pollinator garden. With The Planeteers […]
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Back-to-school symposium highlights growth and innovation
The fourth annual symposium was a ‘resounding success,’ said RSU 21 Superintendent Terri Cooper.