Dan King

Managing Editor

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Published
April 6, 2021

South Portland School News – Pandemic response planning update

I am writing to provide an update on our pandemic response planning. Over the past month we have been providing updates about every two weeks. As it has been from the start, our focus has been to keep learning happening in all eight of our schools while maintaining practices that lessen the risk to students […]
Published
April 6, 2021

Canine decoys called in to drive out uninvited guests at Kennebunk High School

Canada geese have made a mess of KHS sports fields.
Published
April 5, 2021

Obituary – Bob Wellman

We celebrate the life of Bob Wellman, who passed away on March 20, 2021, in the good company of his wife Estelle, his family, and the folks at Huntington Common. Bob loved to work, and did so until age 88. Even then, he insisted that he retired too early. He began by delivering milk, throwing […]
Published
April 2, 2021

Obituary – Bobby Shrader

Bobby J. Shrader, 84, a long-time resident of Kennebunk, died Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at his residence, after a brief illness. Bobby was born Nov. 19, 1936, in Hinton, West Virginia, a son of Samuel H. and Leila D. (Ratliff) Shrader. He graduated from Hinton High School and went into the Air Force and was […]
Published
April 2, 2021

A Window on the Past – Joseph Upton, ferry captain and lighthouse keeper

Last week, we looked at the incredible story of George Upton, who survived the wreck of the Mary Lizzie in 1893. The Upton family was one of the leading families of our community at that time. We take a look this week at his younger brother, Joseph. The David and Emma Upton family moved from […]
Published
April 2, 2021

Obituary – Henry Perkins

Henry Silas Perkins, of Cape Porpoise, passed away on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at the age of 83 with Suzanne, his loving wife of 62 years, by his side. The youngest of five, Henry was born to Ruth Lake Pierce and Silas Henry Perkins on Oct. 8, 1937, Biddeford. Henry grew up in Kennebunk and […]
Published
April 1, 2021

Middle School of the Kennebunks to host virtual open house

RSU 21 event is scheduled for 6 p.m., April 8.
Published
April 1, 2021

Community News – Planeteers of Southern Maine plan climate webinars

In recognition of the recently-formalized Maine Climate Action Plan, The Planeteers of Southern Maine are planning a series of webinars for 2021. The gala event, What Would Rachel Say? Women Poets Speak, was scheduled for March 31 and featured Maine poets who have taken environmental issues to heart, and have given them voice. Kennebunk’s own […]
Published
April 1, 2021

Our Sustainable City – South Portland’s Landcare Management Ordinance

Algal blooms, which have become one of Casco Bay’s most challenging problems, are caused by excess nutrients – especially nitrogen – that flow into Portland Harbor and other densely populated coastal areas. Additionally, several South Portland streams and other water bodies do not meet water quality standards primarily due to the adverse effects of polluted […]
Published
April 1, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Urge legislators to ‘stop the madness’ To the editor, You never forget when murder at gunpoint hits close to you. It was January, 1995. I saw my friends being interviewed on the news about their beautiful, talented 18-year-old musician son Brendan. He was robbed on public transit in Chicago and shot through the eye. The […]

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