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July 8, 2021

Obituary – William Morgan

William John Morgan, 76, of Kennebunk, formerly of Reading and Winchester, Massachusetts, passed Saturday, July 3, 2021, unexpectedly, but peacefully in his home during sleep. He was born on Sept. 1, 1944, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of the late George W. and Mary G (Noonan) Morgan. Bill (The Pirate, The Captain) just celebrated 50 […]
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July 8, 2021

Obituary – Lloyd Robinson

Lloyd W. Robinson, 88, a lifelong resident of Kennebunk and well- known real estate developer, passed away Monday, July 5, 2021, in Kennebunk. Lloyd was born March 12, 1933, in Kennebunk, the son of Charles W. and Mildred Irene Shackford Robinson, and is a 1951 graduate of Kennebunk High School. It was in high school […]
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July 8, 2021

A Window on the Past – The Thompson family of Willard

In June, we looked at the Charles W. Thompson family of Ferry Village, including his sons Benjamin and Charles. We turn this week to the grocer Howard S. Thompson and his family of the Willard neighborhood. Howard Thompson was born in South Portland (then known as Cape Elizabeth) in 1875. His father Nathaniel was a […]
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July 8, 2021

Community News – South Portland Land Trust awards scholarship

South Portland High School graduating senior, Courtney Lee, is the recipient of the 2021 South Portland Land Trust scholarship. Lee exhibited a passion for sustainability through participation in the Beekeeping, Environmental and Outing clubs at the high school. She plans to major in environmental science. South Portland Land Trust offers a $500 scholarship every year […]
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July 7, 2021

Guest Column – Our backyard wrental – Part II

I had a life. I had interests and passions and purpose. I had responsibilities. I had dreams. Then a pair of wrens (Harold and Pauline) took up residence in our backyard and my normal life suddenly came to an end. I became a voyeur. A Peeping Tom. Not unlike the neighbor-obsessed Jimmy Stewart character in […]
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July 7, 2021

Blueberry Festival is back, live and in person

Savor the flavor of summer at the 45th annual Blueberry Festival and Craft Fair. The festival is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday July 24 at First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church in Kennebunk. Kennebunk’s oldest continuous fair, the Blueberry Festival is back live and in person after a COVID-19 year of Zooming on-line. […]
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July 6, 2021

Obituary – Shirley Coppola

Shirley Coppola died June 25, 2021, at her home on Goose Rocks Beach, surrounded by her loving children after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Born on Oct. 27, 1936, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, Shirley was the daughter of the late Melvin French and Katherine Bailey Whiffen. She grew up in Haverhill and graduated from Haverhill […]
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July 6, 2021

Obituary – Gretchen Erb

Gretchen A. (Nunan) Erb, 76, of Texas and Cape Porpoise, died peacefully Wednesday evening, June 30, 2021, at her son’s home following a battle with cancer. Gretchen was born March 21, 1945, in Biddeford, the daughter of Raymond and Ardelle (Eaton) Nunan. She is a 1963 graduate of Kennebunk High School and further attended Holy […]
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July 5, 2021

Community News – The New School welcomes new students

All the world is a classroom — especially during a pandemic when a virus changed education as we know it — and The New School has been able to adapt, react and continue its curriculum while helping students find their voice. “Our doors stayed open all during Covid,” said The New School Board member Sharon […]
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July 2, 2021

Obituary – Norma Little

Norma E. Little, 77, of Kennebunkport, born June 12, 1943, in West Baldwin, Maine, passed away on May 28, 2021, after a brief illness, and is now reunited with her heavenly father. Known to all as Nanny, Norma welcomed everyone into her life. Over the years she took special joy in organizing gatherings and serving […]

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