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PublishedJanuary 4, 2023
Age Friendly South Portland – News, notes and Happy New Year
Age Friendly South Portland needs more volunteers to help shovel walks and mailboxes of older residents who can’t do it themselves. We had a good response to our first request for volunteers, but the requests for shoveling have grown. We need more shovelers to help these people. Each helper is being asked to commit to […]
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2023
Obituary – James Frosst Alexander
Dr. James Frosst Alexander died peacefully in his home on Dec. 29, 2022, surrounded by his loving family. Jim was a Charlotte native, born April 28, 1938, the first child of James Moses and Stella Frosst Alexander. He attended Charlotte public schools, was an Eagle Scout, and he graduated from Woodberry Forest School in 1956. […]
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2023
Maine libraries collaborate to host global trade and politics program series
Camden Conference series of virtual programs runs through Feb. 8.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2022
Obituary – Ernest Lush
Ernest “Ernie” Lush, 93, of Kennebunkport, passed peacefully at his winter home in Port St. Lucie, Florida, on Nov. 19, 2022. Born on May 8, 1929, he lived in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, until 1946 when he moved to Kennebunkport, with his Uncle Jim and Aunt Flo Johnson. Ernie worked at Uncle Jim’s garage, the Texaco station, […]
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PublishedDecember 30, 2022
Obituary – Carl Perkins
Carl R. Perkins, 90, of Arundel and formerly of Wells, passed away peacefully at home on Dec. 19, 2022. Carl was born March 16, 1932, in Wells, son of the late Roy Perkins and Lucy Snow. He started Carl R. Perkins Paving and Sealcoating in 1965. He owned and operated the business until selling to […]
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PublishedDecember 29, 2022
Obituary – Kenneth Smith
Kenneth L. “Mickey” Smith, 73, passed away Dec. 13, 2022, at home in Kennebunk after a period of declining health and a yearlong battle with cancer. He was born Oct. 14, 1949, in Sanford to Lorraine M. Smith (Lizotte) and Leslie Smith, Sr. Mick grew up in Lyman and Wells, graduating from Wells High School […]
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PublishedDecember 29, 2022
Letters to the Editor
Friends of Rachel Carson calendars available To the editor, Greetings. We at the Friends of Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge have been keeping busy with various activities in supporting the refuge and its staff, and plan to have a winter 2023 newsletter edition. However, you can always keep up-to-date on Friends’ projects and activities by […]
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PublishedDecember 29, 2022
Community News – Seacoast Garden Club delivers holiday boxwoods
Each December, members of the Seacoast Garden Club hold a holiday workshop where they make boxwood Christmas trees for shut-ins and senior residents in the communities of Arundel, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells. The long-standing club holiday tradition took place on December 12, and over 60 trees were created and decorated by club members and then […]
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PublishedDecember 29, 2022
A Window on the Past – William V. Benson, a pioneer in trawling for lobsters
In last week’s column, we mentioned how George Kern had partnered up with local lobsterman William V. Benson in his seafood business in the former South Portland Shipyard. Let’s take a closer look at Benson and his company known as Benson Lobster. William Valentine Benson was born in 1917 in Southwest Harbor. His father Peter […]
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PublishedDecember 29, 2022
Our Sustainable City – South Portland Sustainability: 2022 in Review
As our second year implementing our One Climate Future plan wraps up, we’re taking the time to reflect on progress we have made toward our big climate action goals in 2022. The ambitious, overarching goals – such as reducing community-wide greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050 and running 100 percent of municipal operations on […]
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