The sharp rise in energy prices has put a strain on household budgets. We have all felt it recently. I have heard from dozens of constituents, friends and family about how difficult the rising costs of oil, propane and electricity have made it for them to pay their bills. While we don’t have any silver […]
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Community News – Historians will discuss artifacts found at ‘previously enslaved community’
Kennebunk Town Historian Kathy Ostrander Roberts and Dr. J. Leith Smith, from the Maine Historic Preservation Commission, will host a presentation at Kennebunk Free Library on Monday, March 21, where they will discuss artifacts collected during excavations at The Previously Enslaved Persons Community of Kennebunk. The session is scheduled for 6 p.m. The artifacts, uncovered […]
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Guest Column – Fix it, accept it or rename it
When asked what the problem was, my brother said he didn’t like some of what he saw in the world, and didn’t have the intelligence or power to correct it. However, he found one solution through professional counseling. It was a group counseling session with a well-trained leader, who first went around the group asking […]
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A Voice from the Past – From the journal of William Symonds
The Brick Store Museum holds over 30,000 pieces of archival material written by historic Kennebunkers. The Voice from the Past feature will share compositions from the museum’s collection. This week’s column comes from a 335-page journal by William Symonds to his daughter, Susy, which he started writing in 1866. March 1866 To Susy To pass […]
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Oldies Dance Group posts top fundraising year
The Oldies Dance Group announced posted its biggest fundraising year to date in 2021 while raising money for the Ronald McDonald House of Portland. The group made the announcement in a March 6 news release. In conducting its Rock ‘n’ Roll Oldies Benefit Dance in December after an absence of more than two years because […]
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Guest Column – Of fear and conspiracy
I’m sure you’ve seen it in documentaries of birds and animals living in the wild. The doe, the fox, rabbit or bird cautiously approaches the edge of the stream or pond, then looks all around, to the left, to the right, and only then lowers its head to drink. And then, quickly, lifts its head […]
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Community News – Bibber Memorial Chapel purchases Alfred funeral home
Bibber Memorial Chapel of Kennebunk, in a March 2 news release, announced that it purchased Autumn Green Funeral Home on Feb. 4. Bibber’s is an 84-year-old independent, family-owned business serving York County. Sixteen years ago, funeral director Tammy L. Chadbourne realized the need for the Alfred community to have its own funeral home. With the […]
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Honor Roll – Kennebunk High School
Quarter 2 Freshmen High honors: Max Andrews, James Bertus-Trudo, Addison Carbone, Quinn Chapman, Finneas Coldreck, Olivia Cutone, Gabrielle D’Orso-Palmer, Emily Dube, William Eagleson, Jacob Eon, Isabel Esch, Otto Fontaine, Anna Fox, Berk Glidden, Samuel Haley, Noah Hammond, Delaney Hanson, Skylar Holder, Simone Houdlette, Camryn Houle, Virginia Howell, Emilia Ilyas, Tru Jarvis, Isaac Jensen, Ava Kane, […]
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Guest Column – It’s hip to be Dock Square
Many ask, “Where’s Dock Square?” but nobody asks, “Where’s the dock?” because there isn’t one, as far as I can tell. Some say, in the beginning, it was called Duck Square, and you can still see a duck or two on the Kennebunk River, an occasional blue heron or even a clutch of cormorants. But […]
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Community News – Holy Spirit Parish students assemble care kits for homeless
Middle school students in faith formation classes at Holy Spirit Parish (St. Martha Church in Kennebunk and St. Mary Church in Wells) will collect and provide necessary items for a group in need. The Holy Spirit Parish Middle School Outreach Project is underway, with the students collecting items (through March 6) to assemble care kits […]
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