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PublishedJuly 14, 2022
Guest Column – Refugee golf
If there’s anything a golf ball, just out of the shiny new factory package, longs and lusts for, it’s to be sitting on the highly manicured and tickly surface of a golf green, waiting for a gentle nudge or bump, to send it skimming over the roller-coaster surface toward the hole, and jump in, just […]
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PublishedJuly 14, 2022
From Augusta – Expanding access to health care, making it affordable for Maine families
As a lawmaker, I have two major priorities: Responding to any crisis that arises, and addressing the challenges people in our community and state face on a daily basis. The cost of health care can fall into both categories, but especially the second one. Health care is often expensive – and can dramatically impact a […]
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PublishedJuly 14, 2022
A Window on the Past – Sardines and beans at the Portland Products Company
In previous columns, we’ve discussed a number of sardine canneries including two from Portland with ties to South Portland – the Brawn Company on Deake’s Wharf, owned by the Brawn family of Cushing’s Point, and the R.J. Peacock Company on Brown’s Wharf, run by John Toft who also owned a home at Cushing’s Point. We’ve […]
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PublishedJuly 14, 2022
Letters to the Editor
Reality check in Kennebunk To the editor, Residents of Kennebunk, we should be very concerned. I attended Kennebunk’s June 21 special select board meeting at which Police Chief Mackenzie and Fire Chief Rowe discussed the daunting challenges they’re facing to recruit and retain police officers and firefighter/EMS personnel. The number of vacancies is alarming – […]
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PublishedJuly 14, 2022
Our Sustainable City – Plastic Free July: Putting your plastic consumption into perspective
Last week, we talked about cutting out your convenient plastics: coffee cups, takeout containers, plastic bags, (more coffee cups). As we move forward, however, it is important to mention that reducing single-use plastic consumption is not solely an individual’s responsibility. While it is extremely important to be mindful of our consumption and learn to shift […]
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PublishedJuly 13, 2022
A Voice from the Past – Hattie’s diary entry from Hong Kong
The Brick Store Museum holds over 30,000 pieces of archival material written by historic Kennebunkers. A Voice from the Past shares from the museum’s collection. This week’s column is from a local woman named Hattie, who traveled with her husband, a ship captain, around the world in 1884. In this diary, she is writing from […]
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PublishedJuly 13, 2022
Summer tradition: Ice cream nights at Seashore Trolley Museum
Seashore Trolley Museum announced that it will host Ice Cream Night every Wednesday in July and August from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Guests are treated to an evening trolley ride on the museum’s heritage railway through its 350-acre campus and an ice cream sundae with all the fixin’s. Tickets are $10/each (children two and younger […]
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PublishedJuly 13, 2022
Kennebunk voters endorse federal legislation to curb climate change
By a two-to-one margin on June 14, nearly 1,500 Kennebunk voters passed a resolution to urge elected federal policymakers to enact comprehensive climate protection legislation. “Cashback Carbon Pricing,” the policy underlying the federal legislation, was endorsed in a referendum warrant article in the town’s annual election (Article 19: Referendum Question Q) and supports the distribution […]
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PublishedJuly 13, 2022
Community News – Maine Women in the Arts summer show is back
Maine Women in the Arts is launching its 2022 show season with the Summer Fine Art and Crafts Show. The show features fine art pieces of paintings, sculptures, pottery, and photographs from area artists. In addition to the varied fine art items, a number of artists will have fine art crafts available. The show […]
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PublishedJuly 11, 2022
Pet Show plans are in place at Kennebunk Free Library
Kennebunk Free Library will hold its 30th annual Pet Show on July 18 at 6 p.m. In the past, the library has been visited by a variety of animals from cows to hermit crabs – and everything in between. The library invites participants to share a pet and receive a certificate. Kennebunk Veterinary Hospital will […]
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