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Guest Column – Prattle and hum?
George liked my thoughts on human origins and our supposed sense of humor and asked if there were more to the tale. Of course, there is always more to the tale. You can find the traces and relics in how we speak and the words we use. The adjective “humane” implies a concern for the […]
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Community News – Graves Memorial Library schedules annual meeting
Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, at 5 p.m. via the Zoom platform. All members of the Library Association are welcome to attend. For a link to the meeting, call the library at 967-2778 or email the director (mlbgraves@gmail.com). The agenda for the meeting is […]
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From Augusta – The holidays are upon us
From my family to yours, I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season and have an opportunity to spend some quality time with friends and family. It is my granddaughter Evelyn’s first Christmas, and my family will be together to celebrate here in Maine. A white Christmas would be nice, although I’m not excited […]
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Community News – Huntington Common Charitable Fund accepts applications
The Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation’s Huntington Common Charitable Fund is seeking grant proposals from nonprofits that improve the lives of older adults in York County. The fund is on track to pay out nearly $185,000 in grants this year, and the next application deadline is Dec. 31. Applications submitted before the Dec. 31 deadline will […]
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Guest Column – Finding the humor in NAMES
When someone asked me why we called ourselves “human beings,” or “humans” for short, I felt I should explain how the naming all came about, and of course naming ourselves was one of the first things to occur to us. We didn’t name mice and wombats until later on, after we did ourselves. It went […]
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Community Outreach Services prepares food basket delivery
KENNEBUNK – An estimated 110 families in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel will enjoy a Holiday Food Basket Dec. 22, courtesy of Community Outreach Services of the Kennebunks. Volunteers with COS will pack up a chicken or turkey (depending on the family size), canned vegetables and fruit, pumpkin pie filling and pie crust mix, jello, rolls, […]
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Honor Roll – Middle School of the Kennebunks
First quarter Honors Sixth grade Anastasia Adams, Brady Andrews, Haven Awbrey, Abigail Barter, Colby Bodwell, Colton Bryant, Jacob Buco, Julian Burgess, Sean Clark, Silas Colombo, Preston Cote, Maeve Crowley, Analise Deveau, Liam Drew, Anna Dries, Gwen Elia, Jonah Fettig, Faith Flynn, Ava Foss, Jacob Gibson, James Gilliam, Rhys Grady, Christianna Grassi, Story Hill, Jack Joyce, […]
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From Augusta – Comprehensive plan committee deserves kudos – and feedback
Kennebunk’s Comprehensive Plan Committee has put together a comprehensive document about our town and its guidelines for growth over the next 10 years. This is significant. Once approved by voters, perhaps in June, what actions town committees and members of the select board take in future, if done well, should be grounded in the guidelines […]
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Guest Column – The pocketknife
Many years ago, when I was still a young man, they pressed upon us the notion that there were standards, and among them, there was a standard measure for a Gentleman. And this was, simply put, a pocketknife, a clean handkerchief and a ten-dollar bill. The pocketknife was to solve technical or physical problems as […]