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PublishedJuly 21, 2022
Our Sustainable City – Plastic Free July: Cultivating a reuse economy and community
At our July Coffee and Climate session, Dr. Cindy Isenhour of the University of Maine described New England as the attic of the United States, and Maine “the attic of that attic.” This was in reference to our region’s engrained tradition of reuse, full of antique shops, thrift stores, and garage sales. Maine’s reuse economy […]
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PublishedJuly 21, 2022
A Window on the Past – Seaboard Packing Company
This week, we finish looking at the two sardine factories that existed in South Portland in the 1900s. The two canneries were both on the waterfront in Ferry Village. The E.W. Brown cannery was located farthest east, at the end of a dirt driveway that led from Front Street to the start of the breakwater […]
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PublishedJuly 21, 2022
Community News – SoPo Dog Owners plan workshop
As part of an ongoing effort to promote responsible dog ownership, the South Portland Dog Owners Group (SoPoDog) will host another in its series of SoPo Dog Ambassador workshops on Thursday, July 28, at 8 a.m. at Willard Beach. Additional Ambassador training workshops will be held next month. According to a July 15 press release […]
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PublishedJuly 21, 2022
Letters to the Editor
What’s going on? Is this unethical? City councilor Jocelyn Leighton ran in District 1 in November and has since moved to District 3. The city clerk, attorney and council have decided she can remain in her city council seat despite the language of the city charter. In fact, the charter does not permit more than […]
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PublishedJuly 20, 2022
Community News – Blueberry Festival is Saturday, July 23
Pirate presentation planned at Kennebunk Free Library Author James Nelson will visit Kennebunk Free Library on Wednesday, Aug. 10 at 6:30 p.m. to talk about all things pirate. Nelson was born and raised in Maine, and for six years worked on-board traditional sailing ships before launching a writing career in 1994. He has since written […]
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PublishedJuly 20, 2022
A Voice from the Past – Andrew Walker’s detailed diary
The Brick Store Museum holds more than 30,000 pieces of archival material written by historic Kennebunkers. A Voice from the Past shares from the collection. Cynthia Walker, executive director This week’s entry is from historic Town Clerk Andrew Walker, who kept a detailed diary for decades about his observations of people in town. The original […]
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PublishedJuly 20, 2022
Guest Column – I, Robot. You, Human. Let’s be friends.
My wife and I recently purchased one of those robot vacuum cleaners. The kind that scuttles around the floor like a mechanical crab. We named it Klara, for the “artificial friend” in Kazuo Ishiguro’s thought-provoking, poignant and disturbing new novel “Klara and the Sun.” Artificial friends are companion robots for lonely, alienated children of the […]
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PublishedJuly 20, 2022
Letters to the Editor
Secret Gardens tour a ‘rousing success’ To the editor, On behalf of the board of Kennebunkport’s Graves Memorial Library, thanks are due to everyone who helped make the Secret Gardens of Kennebunkport tour a rousing success on Saturday, July 16. More than 400 attendees, six gracious and talented gardeners, dozens of willing volunteers, coordination with […]
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PublishedJuly 19, 2022
From Augusta – Fifty years of Title IX and the pursuit of equal play
As many of you know, I’ve been coaching football at Kennebunk High School for a long time now. In fact, 1978 was my first year coaching, just six years after Title IX took effect. I have had the privilege of working with hundreds of student-athletes and seen many of them grow over the years, even […]
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PublishedJuly 18, 2022
Brick Store Museum introduces inaugural artist-in-residence
KENNEBUNK – The Brick Store Museum announced the appointment of its inaugural artist-in-residence, Beth Crowe. The Artist-in-Residence Program has been funded by a grant from the Bauman Family Foundation, inviting artists to create new works with the museum to deliver new perspectives and develop discussions based on local history and art. In a July 12 […]
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