Dan King

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Published
August 25, 2021

Guest Column – Revisiting Pandemic Reflections

Searching for the COVID-19 exit ramp.
Published
August 25, 2021

Community News – Annual library association meeting scheduled

Kennebunk Free Library last week announced the date for its annual meeting of the Kennebunk Free Library Association. Pursuant to Kennebunk Free Library Association by-laws, the annual meeting of the association will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021at 4:30 p.m. via Zoom. Boards of trustees’ meetings are typically held on the last Tuesday of […]
Published
August 24, 2021

From Augusta – Fighting for better health care for all Mainers

I recently attended an event at Portland City Hall for a nonprofit organization called Protect Our Care. The group’s mission is to spread the word about the importance of improving our health care system and making sure all people have access to the quality care they need. Its current campaign started in Maine, which, I […]
Published
August 24, 2021

Summer exhibit enters final weeks

The Art of Mending runs through Sept. 5 at Kennebunk’s Brick Store Museum.
Published
August 23, 2021

Obituary – Catherine McBride

Catherine Gardner McBride, 59, a resident of Kennebunk, died Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, at Maine Medical Center in Portland following a long illness. Catherine was born on May 28, 1962, in Pittsburgh, the daughter of James William and Joan Virginia (Earle) Gardner. The Gardner family moved to Kennebunk shortly thereafter. Cathy was a graduate of […]
Published
August 23, 2021

Obituary – Hazel Austin

Hazel Kimball Austin, 92, a longtime resident of Cat Mousam Road, Kennebunk, died on Aug. 20, 2021, at Avita of Wells following a period of declining health. She was born in Kennebunk on Nov. 2, 1928, a daughter of Ernest L. and Jessie (MacQuarrie) Kimball. She lived in Kennebunk her entire life, graduating from Kennebunk […]
Published
August 23, 2021

Obituary – June Fernie

June Etta Fernie July 2, 1927 – Aug. 19, 2021 A Life Well Lived A child of the depression and the Second World War, June was the eldest daughter in a family of seven children. She left her home in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, aged 17 for Toronto where she found work as a secretary at […]
Published
August 19, 2021

Guest Column – Things can’t get any worse

Dad, Dad, my termite collection got loose in the basement and I can’t find any of them! “Duces tecum” means bring your financial records for our accountants to look over. Captain, tacion shields are down, warp drive is off line; we’ll not survive another attack! Stop! You’re too close to the edge and it’s steep. […]
Published
August 18, 2021

Caleb Cole featured at Brick Store Museum

The exhibit runs through Sept. 17 and focuses on connection, community and memory.
Published
August 18, 2021

A Window on the Past – The ‘George W. Wells,’ first six-master ever built

Following is a column that appeared in the South Portland – Cape Elizabeth Sentry on Dec. 1, 2017. As we continue looking at the workhorses of Portland Harbor in the early-1900s, we look to the very first of the six-masted schooners, the “George W. Wells. “As with the other six-masters, the “Wells” was built to […]

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