Kenneth W. Beek

Jan 9, 2024 | thebollard.com | Jessie Banhazl |Sara Hogan |Kenneth W. Beek |Zack Barowitz

photos/Jessie BanhazlThe second-most-famous* traffic stop in the history of the Kennebunks happened on a Saturday evening in July of 2014. Kennebunk resident Gavin “Scotty” Falconer, a kindly Korean War vet and former milkman who’d recently turned 84, was driving with his wife, Janet, on Fletcher Street, allegedly to get some ice cream in another town.

Nov 5, 2023 | thebollard.com | Chris Busby |Samuel James |Dan Zarin |Kenneth W. Beek

photo/Jay YorkHow Portland betrayed its poorest neighborhood “In a nominally democratic capitalist republic, the state and its planners have to perform a delicate balancing act: planners must proceed with enough openness and transparency to maintain public legitimacy, while ensuring that capital retains ultimate control over the processes’ parameters. The people must have their say, but their options must be limited.

Nov 5, 2023 | thebollard.com | Dan Zarin |Samuel James |Kenneth W. Beek |Bill Lundgren

photo/Dan ZarinBird & Co.539 Deering Ave., Portland747-4056thebirdandco.comDid you know Woodfords Corner is experiencing a cultural revival? At least, that’s what some out-of-state newspaper or glossy magazine proclaims every year or two, so it must be true, right? In reality, the development of this off-peninsula Portland neighborhood into a dining and arts destination is still very much a work in progress.

Oct 17, 2023 | thebollard.com | Kenneth W. Beek |Katy Finch |Bob Bergeron |Bill Lundgren

The author in his apartment earlier this year. photo/John DuncanThe circumstances that cause so many recently housed people to lose their housing are complex, but they often boil down to one troublesome human instinct: empathy. The first rule for the once chronically homeless is “no bringing home strays.” But that simple rule can be hard to follow when compassion strikes. I met Margarita (not her real name) in the early morning hours of Mother’s Day, May 13th.