Letters to the Editor

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Published
March 16, 2022

Letters to the Editor

Chance to change the narrative To the editor, Teachers, hailed as heroes not even a year ago, are now facing a barrage of complaints and new laws. The national news brings stories of parents accusing teachers of indoctrination, of school boards calling for the burning of books as they did in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and […]
Published
March 10, 2022

Obituary – Robert Desrosiers

Robert Henry Desrosiers passed peacefully surrounded by family on Sunday, March 6, 2022. He was born Sept. 19, 1940, in Biddeford, the son of Marie Amanda (Bouffard) and Alfred Joseph Desrosiers. He was educated in Biddeford schools, later obtaining his GED from Wells Adult Education in 1986, his graduation occurring at the same time as […]
Published
March 10, 2022

A Window on the Past – Knightville’s Capt. Horace F. Davis

One of our seemingly never-ending projects at the historical society is to document the lives of the many sea captains who made South Portland their home. We take a look this week at Capt. Horace F. Davis, who lived with his family at 131 Ocean St. in Knightville. Horace F. Davis was born circa 1840 […]
Published
March 10, 2022

Community News – Southern Maine Community College plans in-person open house

Southern Maine Community is hosting an in-person open house on Saturday, April 9 where students and their families can learn about academic programs, meet faculty and staff, and tour the college’s ocean-side South Portland campus. The event provides prospective students and those who have already been accepted an opportunity to learn more about the college […]
Published
March 9, 2022

Letters to the Editor

Keeping the community safe To the editor, Our school board and administration are being bullied by a handful of anti-maskers. The anti-maskers are angry that their kids and their kids’ teachers and staff (and therefore to a degree, our whole community) have been kept safe in this ever changing, never-been-here-before pandemic environment. I don’t have […]
Published
March 8, 2022

Our Sustainable City – Heat pumps are the home heating (and cooling) solution

Last week, we discussed the importance of beneficial electrification, which is the transition from fossil fuel-based home appliances to more efficient electric equivalents. Today we are discussing a key component of beneficial electrification: heat pumps. Modern heat pumps provide homes with reliable and renewable heating, cooling and dehumidifying. Heat pumps use approximately 50 percent less […]
Published
March 8, 2022

Oldies Dance Group posts top fundraising year

The Oldies Dance Group announced posted its biggest fundraising year to date in 2021 while raising money for the Ronald McDonald House of Portland. The group made the announcement in a March 6 news release. In conducting its Rock ‘n’ Roll Oldies Benefit Dance in December after an absence of more than two years because […]
Published
March 8, 2022

Guest Column – Of fear and conspiracy

I’m sure you’ve seen it in documentaries of birds and animals living in the wild. The doe, the fox, rabbit or bird cautiously approaches the edge of the stream or pond, then looks all around, to the left, to the right, and only then lowers its head to drink. And then, quickly, lifts its head […]
Published
March 8, 2022

Community News – Bibber Memorial Chapel purchases Alfred funeral home

Bibber Memorial Chapel of Kennebunk, in a March 2 news release, announced that it purchased Autumn Green Funeral Home on Feb. 4. Bibber’s is an 84-year-old independent, family-owned business serving York County. Sixteen years ago, funeral director Tammy L. Chadbourne realized the need for the Alfred community to have its own funeral home. With the […]
Published
March 7, 2022

Honor Roll – Kennebunk High School

Quarter 2 Freshmen High honors: Max Andrews, James Bertus-Trudo, Addison Carbone, Quinn Chapman, Finneas Coldreck, Olivia Cutone, Gabrielle D’Orso-Palmer, Emily Dube, William Eagleson, Jacob Eon, Isabel Esch, Otto Fontaine, Anna Fox, Berk Glidden, Samuel Haley, Noah Hammond, Delaney Hanson, Skylar Holder, Simone Houdlette, Camryn Houle, Virginia Howell, Emilia Ilyas, Tru Jarvis, Isaac Jensen, Ava Kane, […]

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