Over the past few months, I have heard from many of you about the rising costs we have all been facing, and just how much it’s affected you. It’s no secret that inflation is taking a toll on nearly every industry, and American consumers are hurting. Groceries, utilities, lodging and more have seen some of […]

I suppose I should have said, right there in the guest column, “Reviving the USSR,” (Kennebunk Post, May 17, 2022), that Ukraine is a country and a people worth stealing, if that is how you see the world. For hundreds of years Ukraine was known as the breadbasket of Russia, being somewhat further south, warmer […]

I saw Elvis Presley perform live twice in Las Vegas, the town where I grew up. I was in high school, and his first performance at the International Hotel had a profound impact on me. So when I saw the movie trailer for “Elvis,” I was excited. It looked good. Then I learned it was […]

This April, Gov. Janet Mills signed the supplemental budget into law, just one day after both chambers of the Legislature voted to enact it. This budget contains many measures that will do a lot of good for Maine people. As a former educator and current chair of the Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, I […]

A written ballot question that will be decided by Kennebunkport voters in June would permit the town to place internally lit signs on town-owned properties. Fred: Hey, Doug, have you heard about the Town wanting to put up electronic signs? Doug: Well no, but why? Fred: I don’t know. Doug: How much will they cost? […]

I read somewhere that men compartmentalize better than women. How they determine such things, I have no idea. But in plain speak, that means we guys are better at putting some things in boxes we want to open and putting other things in boxes we don’t want to open. It makes sense, I guess, when […]

Three concepts may help in understanding why and how President Putin is trying to revive, bring back the Soviet Union and the political, economic, and military power it once afforded the Russians in charge, and through it, owned a fifth of the land area of the world. In the first place, almost exactly a hundred […]

Telling the tale of the telephone game reminded me of the rhythm problem I encountered in elementary school. Teacher was trying to introduce the concept of rhythm and music so we could learn to sing the national anthem when the occasion arose, which wasn’t very often in first grade, however, we were all expected to […]

The Brick Store Museum holds over 30,000 pieces of archival material written by historic Kennebunkers. This column shares a voice from the past from the museum’s collection. This entry is from Thankful Lasdiel of Arundel, writing to her husband Elison on June 18, 1759. Elison Lasdiel was a soldier at Camp Breton, Nova Scotia, during […]