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  • Published
    January 27, 2022

    A Window on the Past – Bowl-A-Rama in Mill Creek

    One popular business in Mill Creek that is still missed today is the old Bowl-A-Rama. The candlepin bowling alley was a local hangout for kids and adults from 1958 until about 1980. Before the Bowl-A-Rama building was constructed at 51 Market St. (home to CVS today), the area was pretty undeveloped. The first Shaw’s supermarket […]

  • Published
    January 27, 2022

    Community News – Student art featured at Speers Gallery

    Kennebunk Free Library announced its February 2022 Speers Gallery exhibit, Through the Eyes of the Young, featuring the art work of students from The New School and the School Around Us. The show features pieces of different media, all created by students ages 5-18. The New School is a democratic high school located in Kennebunk, […]

  • Published
    January 27, 2022

    Letters to the Editor

    After snowfall, fun was had by all To the editor, We had the most lovely visit to Willard Beach on Saturday, Jan. 8. My husband and I had our 2-year-old grandson with us and after the Friday storm there was enough snow for sliding down a small hill. It was so nice to see so […]

  • Published
    January 26, 2022

    Guest Column – Island mentality

    When George, who lives in the basement apartment next door, learned that I spent several summers on an island just off the coast of Maine, he wanted to know whether island life was solitary, isolated, and lonely or more like living in a basement apartment, all quiet, dark and cuddly? And the answer is quiet […]

  • Published
    January 26, 2022

    Age Friendly South Portland – Feedback needed to award Golden Shovel to top performing business

    In our community, sidewalk care during the winter season is critical to ensure that residents of all ages can safely and confidently navigate from one business to the next while running errands. Age Friendly South Portland’s Golden Shovel Program is once again inciting lively competition among businesses routinely patronized along Ocean Street in Knightville to […]

  • Published
    January 26, 2022

    Letters to the Editor

    Thanks for the ‘delightful musings’ To the editor, So true that one only knows what one’s got when it’s gone. With today’s mail in hand, happy it’s Friday – which for me, among other good things, has come to mean, “yay! more to come from Orrin Frink.” Alas, today, having sorted through the mail quickly, […]

  • Published
    January 24, 2022

    Obituary – Mona Jerome

    Mona Olive Jerome, 83 years old, a resident of Biddeford Pool died Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, at her daughter’s home in Kennebunk after a brief illness. She was born in Biddeford on July 17, 1938, a daughter of Paul Roland and Pauline Althea (Young) Moulton and graduated from Trade Practical Arts High School in Boston, […]

  • Published
    January 21, 2022

    Our Sustainable City – Seeking two Neighborhood Champions for food waste project in West End

    History of the South Portland food waste program The mission of the South Portland Sustainability Office is to guide the development of policies and practices that simultaneously promote economic well-being, strong community connections, and a healthy environment. One of the ways South Portland is working toward this mission is through programs designed to reduce waste […]

  • Published
    January 20, 2022

    Obituary – Sherwin Day

    Sherwin Cathcart Day, 92, a well-known musician and resident of Kennebunk, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough following a period of failing health. Sherwin was born Dec. 25, 1929 in New York, New York, the son of William and Frances (Breeden) Day, and is a graduate of the […]

  • Published
    January 20, 2022

    Obituary – Virginia Reid

    After a brief illness, Virginia Franklin Reid, 97, a longtime resident of Kennebunkport, passed away Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough surrounded in love by her family. Virginia was born at home on Aug. 5, 1924, in Manasquan, New Jersey, the daughter of Samuel A. and Mildred Agnes LaChomas Franklin, […]