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PublishedDecember 29, 2022
Community News – Genealogical group offers Zoom seminar
The Greater Portland Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society is offering a free online (Zoom) meeting on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 1 p.m. The guest speaker will be Roberta Ransley-Matteau of the Osher Map Library who will present “Getting By: The Immigrant Working Class on Main Street in Biddeford, 1880-1932.” The program is about immigrant […]
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PublishedDecember 28, 2022
Obituary – Brian McBride
Brian McBride 80, of Kennebunk, beloved husband of Gloria McBride, passed away peacefully with his wife and family by his side on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. Born on a Monday, Jan. 12 1942, to Rodney and Lucille ( Dresser) McBride, Brian grew up on High Street in Kennebunk and graduated from Kennebunk High School in […]
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PublishedDecember 28, 2022
Guest Column – Acts of God (and other inconveniences)
Hurricanes. Earthquakes. Forest fires. Volcano eruptions. In the parlance of lawyers and claims adjusters, these inconvenient events are commonly referred to as Acts of God. To this list I’d add Christmas holiday storms, though it strikes me as odd that God would act so cruelly on the cusp of one His most cherished celebrations This […]
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PublishedDecember 26, 2022
Obituary – George Falconer
G. Gavin “Scotty” Falconer, 92 years, a resident of Kennebunk, died peacefully Wednesday night, Dec. 21, 2022 at Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford, Maine with his family by his side. He was born July 15, 1930 in Los Angeles, a son of George Gavin and Margaret Falconer. At age 2, he and his family […]
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PublishedDecember 22, 2022
A Window on the Past – George J. Kern, processor, wholesaler and retailer of seafood
As we continue our research into some of the seafood processing companies that were located in the post-war West Yard of South Portland’s former shipyards, let’s take a look at George Kern and his connection with South Portland. George J. Kern was born in 1923 and led a rather interesting life. He was the grandson […]
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PublishedDecember 22, 2022
Community News – South Portland, Standish Boy Scouts complete railroading badge
Boy Scout Troop 23 of South Portland and Troop 874 of Standish recently completed the Railroading Merit Badge taught by Dan Pugatch, member of the Southern Maine Model Railroading Club. The scouts experienced a full railroading adventure including a month-long clinic where they built dioramas consisting of a museum quality craftsman laser cut wood kit, […]
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PublishedDecember 21, 2022
Obituary – Roberta Simonton
Roberta Simonton, 88, of Kennebunk, passed away Tuesday morning, Nov. 29, 2022, at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough following a period of failing health. Roberta was born Dec. 12, 1933, in Kennebunk, the daughter of Clement and Mamie E. Wakefield Simonton, and attended Kennebunk schools. Always a hard worker, she began her working career […]
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PublishedDecember 21, 2022
Guest Column – The MiniMax Diet*
It’s a well-known fact that Americans are overweight, too heavy, or verging on obese. What’s the first thing they do when you visit your doctor for your periodic checkup? They weigh you and measure your height to see how much damage your mouth and gravity have done to you since your last visit. And why […]
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PublishedDecember 21, 2022
Letters to the Editor
Generosity of community is ‘amazing’ To the editor, In 2014, the Waterhouse Center opened to welcome skaters for the first time. When Merton Brown and I heard there were concerns about children not having skates, or having skates too small, we decided to ask the community for skate donations to see if a swap or […]
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PublishedDecember 21, 2022
Community News – Camden Conference to host immigration session
The Camden Conference and Kennebunk Free Library will host John Sutherland on Monday, Jan. 30 at 6 p.m. at Kennebunk Free Library. Sutherland will discuss Immigration to America During the Industrial Age: 1800-1924. A direct cause of modern immigration to the U.S. is the Industrial Revolution and the mass-manufacturing of products, the need to get […]
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