Dan King

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February 15, 2022

First Parish responds to vandalism

Kennebunk church dedicates new Black Lives Matter banner.
Published
February 15, 2022

From Augusta – Ensuring access to prescription drugs and protecting Mainers

In our community, I know that many of us have concerns about the cost of health insurance and the availability of life-improving or live-saving medications. Just this year, drug companies have raised the wholesale retail prices on 450 medications. As for medication availability, recent surveys have revealed doctors and physicians struggling with burdensome prior authorization […]
Published
February 14, 2022

Obituary – Jessie Leach

Jessie Moody Leach, 87, of Kennebunk, passed away on Feb. 8, 2022. She was born on Sept. 24, 1934, in Rockland, Maine, to Jesse and Edna (Page) Moody. She spent her childhood in Newcastle, Maine, moving to Kennebunk in 1947. After graduating from Kennebunk High School in 1952, she attended the Golden School of Beauty […]
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February 14, 2022

Obituary – Catherine Pierce

Catherine (“Cathy”) Louise Pierce passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Feb. 9, at the Sussman House in Rockport, Maine. Cathy was one of the Wild Women and could always be found surrounded by her loving family. Born into the lively Fitzpatrick family of Brewer, Maine, Cathy was the third of eight children in the household of […]
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February 13, 2022

Obituary – Jordan Hanscom

Jordan William Hanscom, a native and resident of Kennebunk, passed away unexpectedly on Jan. 30, 2022. He was 33. Born May 17, 1988, to parents William R. Hanscom and Andra-Lee Black Hanscom, he attended Kennebunk High School and later received his GED in 2006. He went on to enroll in York County Community College in […]
Published
February 10, 2022

Guest Column – Right or wrength, our language is lumpy

Our language, as we speak it, is very powerful, but it’s lumpy and unbalanced. Now why would that be? I think we like it that way, because it reflects who we are. If something is long, we say it has length. If it’s very long, we say it has great length. Beyond that, you can […]
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February 10, 2022

A Window on the Past – Sawyer Street Garage in Ferry Village

We took a look at the Ferry Village grocer Arthur Lailer last week, which led us to his brother Thomas and the history of a building on Sawyer Street. The building on the site today is now addressed as 131 Sawyer St. and is home to the Sawyer Street Studios. The building that preceded it […]
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February 10, 2022

Opinion – Decisions will have an impact on future of education

Lately, I keep reliving the events of Feb. 25, 2019, in our town. That evening, I sat in a folding chair in the Kennebunk Elementary School gym with a hundred fellow residents and listened in shock and disbelief as the RSU 21 School Board finally addressed the racial harassment and retaliation against Black KHS social […]
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February 10, 2022

Our Sustainable City – Climate action, passive houses

Last week, we talked about South Portland’s newly adopted energy stretch code, IECC 2021, which will increase the efficiency of South Portland’s commercial and residential buildings. In addition to state or city mandated codes, there are several alternate third-party standards developers can comply with to reduce a building’s greenhouse gas emissions, increase energy efficiency and […]
Published
February 10, 2022

Community News – ecomaine challenges Maine students

Sustainable waste management firm ecomaine, in a Jan. 31 news release, announced the launch of its school-based Upcycle Challenge, that will award $500 to a participating student’s school. The Upcycle Challenge asks students in ecomaine’s communities to use items that ordinarily would have been disposed of, to make all-new, functional ones and submit them by […]

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