Dan King

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December 20, 2019

Kennebunk Free Library announces January exhibition

Kennebunk Free Library announced its January exhibition, Art by an 84-year-old Who Started at 74, the oil, acrylic and watercolor paintings of Gerald Blayne. The public is invited to view the exhibit during regular library hours when the gallery is not in use for library programs. “I’m 84, but as an artist I’m only 9 […]
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December 20, 2019

The Kennebunks can’t afford to ignore climate change

Last week, I was surprised to read in this very paper, a piece entitled “Global Warming Alarmists Ramp Up Rhetoric” by Mr. Jones Gallagher. While I read it carefully (two, even three times) hoping to detect the satire or find a punchline, I was disappointed to discover he believes that climate change is a hoax, […]
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December 20, 2019

Community News

Keller Williams opens Thomas Team office in Kennebunk Meet the Thomas Team of Keller Williams Realty, the “newest” kids on the block with the big red sign in downtown Kennebunk. Expanding south from Saco, the team of Michael Thomas and Executive Assistant Emma Nichols opened an office in Kennebunk. Growing up and living in Arundel […]
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December 20, 2019

Community News

Holiday mass schedules announced The Roman Catholic Communities of Cape Elizabeth, South Portland, and Scarborough announced the Christmas and New Year’s mass schedules. The Roman Catholic Communities of Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough, and South Portland invite the public to attend one of the Christmas celebrations. Christmas mass times: St. Bartholomew Church, 8 Two Lights Rd. Cape […]
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December 20, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Park lighting is a community event To the editor, The community of South Portland has once again brought Mill Creek Park to life with a beautiful holiday celebration, culminating in the lighting of the parks’ trees. We sincerely thank the partners in this much-loved annual tradition: South Portland/Cape Elizabeth Community Chamber of Commerce, City of […]
Published
December 19, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Post office helps with missing package To the editor, I recently called the Kennebunk Post Office about a missing package. I spoke with Doug and Sean who were very polite and said they would look into the matter for me. Low and behold, within two hours the postmaster, Bill Yeurich, was at my door to […]
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December 19, 2019

Window on the Past – The Prosperity Company

As we continue to research and document what happened at the South Portland shipyards after the conclusion of World War II, we pick up the story where we left off last week. Portland Machine Tool Works had taken over several of the largest buildings in the shipyard during the 1950s. After changing its name […]
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December 19, 2019

Getting those kicks on Route .66

Let me tell you a story about a friend. Not my best friend. A good one, though. Twine Mill is a little spit of a road that terminates down at the Mousam River where, back in the day, there once was a mill. From top (near Village Tavern in West Kennebunk) to bottom, the hill […]
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December 19, 2019

South Portland school news and notes

After several wonderful concerts last week (so proud of our amazing musicians) and a great start to the winter sports season, a few quick news items as we enter the last week before the December break. SoPo Unite Tip of the Month SoPo Unite – All Ages, All In is a community coalition involving school, […]
Published
December 13, 2019

Obituaries: Phyllis Feldman

Phyllis Feldman Phyllis Feldman passed away Dec. 11, 2019 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House surrounded by her loving family. She was born Feb. 27, 1929, in Tampa, Florida, to Oscar Poller and Fanney Levine Poller. Phyllis earned a degree from Ward-Belmont Junior College in Nashville, Tennessee. She worked in various retail stores throughout her life. […]

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