The Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk will host its 10th annual Southern Maine Steampunk Fair from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21. The event, according to a press release, explores the world of steampunk (a unique blend of history and future), through art and craft displays, activities, a world-premiere play based on […]
Dan King
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Letters to the Editor
Enforcement of no-wake zone needed Saturday of Labor Day weekend, I was sitting on the jetty at Gooch’s Beach at low tide. A dolphin popped up near the edge of the wall much to the delight of a family standing near me. It swam out to the middle of the channel. A boat was in […]
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Community News – Atria craft fair benefits Alzheimer’s Association
Atria craft fair benefits Alzheimer’s Assoc. Atria Senior Living will host a craft fair on Saturday, Sept. 28. The fair is scheduled for 1 to 5 p.m. All proceeds from the event go to the Alzheimer’s Association and dementia research. The fair will feature gift basket raffles, baked goods and crafts made by Atria residents. […]
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Opinion – Greeting dance in the time of pestilence
COVID-19 came and stayed, and some of us survived by being vaccinated, some by growling at it, sweet-talking or outsmarting the virus. The pandemic came and went, and COVID-19 is now endemic to the human species. It is among us much as are measles, mumps and chicken pox. And the Monkey Pox, or m-virus, is […]
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Opinion – Library’s garden project begins with ‘Goat Day’
When you visit the Kennebunk Free Library lately, you may notice the vegetation along the back of the parking lot jumping out to meet you. In a true community effort, the overgrown piece of land spanning the edges of the library and Hope Cemetery property is about to become a pollinator garden. With The Planeteers […]
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Obituary – June Barrier
June Barrier June Barrier, 87, of Summer Street, passed away peacefully on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center in Biddeford. Born on May 13, 1937, in Millis, Massachusetts, June was the beloved daughter of George and Josephine P. (Thrasher) Barrier. She was affectionately known as “Junie” and “June Bug” to her family […]
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Obituary – Richard O. Domingue
Richard O. Domingue Richard O. Domingue, 92, of Ocean Park, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, at the Maine Veterans’ Homes in South Paris. He was born in Lewiston on March 22, 1932, a son of Henri and Angelina (Lepage) Domingue. Richard went to St. Peter’s School and graduated from St. Dominic’s High School, […]
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Obituary – John Christiansen
John Christiansen John Christiansen, of Boston, Massachusetts, passed away suddenly at his home in Kennebunk, at the age of 83 on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. John was born May 15, 1941, in Aurora, Nebraska, to parents Meinhardt and Avis Christiansen. After graduation from the local high school, where he played basketball and track and field, […]
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Obituary – Rachel Auger
Rachel A. (Folland) Auger, 84, passed away peacefully after last goodbyes from family and friends at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough, on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. Born on Sept. 5, 1939, in Portland, to Pauline (West) Folland and William Henry Folland, Rachel was the oldest of four children. On what would have been her […]
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Mainewhile: Why must Halloween infringe on summer?
Happy Labor Day! By the time you are reading this, the holiday will have come and gone. How was it? I would love to spend some time talking about the holiday origins and labor unions, but I am here right now to talk about Labor Day as a marker, a line to be crossed on […]
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