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    March 1, 2023

    Community News – Kennebunkport Resort Collection initiatives assist community

    For the second year in a row, Kennebunkport Resort Collection participated in Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build Sponsorship Day. According to a news release, “This year’s event was held on Jan. 17 and provided the opportunity for women to take a proactive step in serving their communities, resort collection volunteers worked under construction professionals’ guidance […]

  • Published
    March 1, 2023

    A Window on the Past – The Lamport family and City Ice & Coal Company

    When we wrote about Joseph Lamport last week, we mentioned his grandfather, George Lamport. The Lamport family were Orthodox Jews – George and Ida Lamport and their children belonged to the Bas HaKnesses Anshe Sfard synagogue at 216 Cumberland Ave. in Portland. According to Jay Lamport, “My father’s grandfather George was president of that congregation […]

  • Published
    February 28, 2023

    Community News – Light Up The Sky Fireworks Show scheduled for March 4

    The annual Light Up The Sky Fireworks Show is scheduled for 5:45 p.m. Saturday, March 4 at Fort Williams in Cape Elizabeth. The event is held as a kickoff to SpringFest 2023 hosted by South Portland-Cape Elizabeth Rotary. It is the second annual fireworks display presented by the club. A donation by Port Harbor Marine […]

  • Published
    February 27, 2023

    Obituary – Florence Damon

    Florence Drake Damon, 93, of Kennebunk, passed away on Jan. 28, 2023, with her two daughters by her side. She will be remembered with great love. Florence’s greatest joy was her family. She loved being a mother and provided her daughters a rich and happy childhood with summers at Kennebunk Beach, nature expeditions, educational trips […]

  • Published
    February 27, 2023

    Obituary – Daniel Webster

    Daniel C. Webster, 84 years, a resident of Hall Street in Kennebunk, died at his home on Feb. 12, 2023. Mr. Webster was born on June 6, 1938 in Malden, Massachusetts, a son of Francis Champlin Webster, Jr. and Bertha M. (Bacon) Webster. He was a graduate of Malden High School and Chicago School of […]

  • Published
    February 24, 2023

    Obituary – Mary-Ann Taylor

    Mary-Ann Taylor, 83, a resident of Kennebunk, formerly of Old Town, passed away Monday evening, Feb. 20, 2023, at home with her loving family at her side following a long illness. Mary-Ann was born Jan. 3, 1940, in Old Town, the daughter of Alvin “Jack” and Gladys (Dow) Strout, and is a graduate of Old […]

  • Published
    February 23, 2023

    Obituary – Sylvia Nott

    Sylvia G. Nott, 95 years young, a resident of Naples, Florida, and most recently, Kennebunk, died peacefully on Feb. 14, 2023, at Atria in Kennebunk. Sylvia was born July 19, 1927, in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, Canada, a daughter of Ralph D. and Beatrice (Gibson) Nott. She graduated from Windsor Academy in Windsor, Nova Scotia, and […]

  • Published
    February 23, 2023

    Our Sustainable City – Announcing the launch of 100 Resilient Yards

    We’re revitalizing South Portland, one yard at a time. The Sustainability Department is excited to announce the launch of our 100 Resilient Yards program, a collaboration that will help our city protect the health of our community and its unique ecosystems, and promote a transition to more sustainable land care practices community-wide. The 100 Resilient […]

  • Published
    February 22, 2023

    Community News – Archaeology series offered at Brick Store Museum

    The Cape Porpoise Archaeological Alliance is hosting a free Winter Series exploring Visual Anthropology and Archaeology. The alliance is a partnership between the Brick Store Museum and Kennebunkport Conservation Trust supporting archaeological research in Cape Porpoise and the surrounding areas. The five-week series will take place at the Brick Store Museum’s Program Center and will […]

  • Published
    February 22, 2023

    A Window on the Past – Joseph Lamport, entrepreneur and family man

    The Lamport family has long been associated with South Portland. The patriarch and matriarch of the family, George and Ida Lamport, were Russian immigrants who lived on Walnut Street. Even today, one of the ponds at Hinckley Park is known by locals as “Jake’s Pond,” named for George’s son, Jacob “Jake” Lamport. We’ve written previously […]

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