The Kennebunkport Historical Society announced that it will host a lecture on the Great Fire of 1887, delivered by guest lecturer and local firefighter, James M. Stockman. The lecture will be held at the Town House School at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 24, and 7 p.m. Thursday, July 25. The event is free and open […]
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Band and the run
Nearly 400 participants negotiated the heat and humidity on the evening of July 12 and took part in the Kennebunk Free Library 27th Edition 5K. The race featured entrants from 12 states, British Columbia and the District of Columbia. Kennebunk resident Steve Fritzche took home first place overall with a time of 17 minutes, 19 […]
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Sirois resigns from KHS principal post
Sirois will take a position in Newfield.
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Community News – Brick Store Museum unveils public mural
Museum unveils public mural Cookie Davis, a local artist and laborer, is featured in the Brick Store Museum’s current exhibition, Bold Visions: The Folk Art of Collyer Bowen and Cookie Davis. Davis, a trans person, was well-known in the Kennebunks, and particularly Cape Porpoise, for painting murals and personal paintings of the area’s landscape. In […]
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UNE program seeks to enhance teacher workforce
Maine high school students from Kittery to Gray, and several points in between, visited the University of New England’s coastal Biddeford campus June 24-27 to participate in the School of Education’s second Future Teachers of Maine Summer Institute. This year saw 34 high schoolers participate, more than double the number of last year’s inaugural summit. […]
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Opinion – Higher electricity bills are coming; here’s what to do
Electric bills will increase again on July 1. Just when ratepayers thought they could breathe a sigh of relief based on last winter’s decrease in the Standard Offer price, here we go again with more increases. For a typical CMP residential customer (using 550 kWh per month), the monthly bill is expected to increase by […]
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Eichorn shares Maine Youth Council civic achievements
Maine student panelists and peers from Alaska and Oregon presented the Supporting Youth Leaders workshop at the 2024 League of Women Voters National Convention, held June 27-30 in Washington, D.C. Maya Eichorn, 19, Kennebunk, Alex Wu, 17, Scarborough, and Lianna Holden, 18, Lewiston, answered recruitment and retention questions, shared what Maine’s Youth Council members do, […]
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Honor Roll – Kennebunk High School
Kennebunk High School Quarter 4 Freshmen High honors: Clark Abrahamsen, Mason Alexander, Adam Alsabbagh, Zayd Alsabbagh, Alina Auriemma, Rowan Awbrey, Carys Ayers, Maya Bear, Nicholas Brackett, Aiden Buch, Maggie Canniff, Elijah Coleman, Isabella Columbus, Emily Crone, Enzo D’Elia, Luke Davis, Michael Draghetti, Lena Eid, Hana Garriepy, Sophie Garrity, Clare Haley, Teagan Hanson, Emily Hawes, Helen […]
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Community News – Rockin’ to hits from the ‘50s
The Mid-Week Music series continues Wednesday, July 17 at 7 p.m. with ’50s Rock & Roll Redux. Mark Gunter (vocal/keyboards), Ron Breton (vocal/drums), Alan Shepard (saxophone), and Dana Pearson (vocal/guitar) will play hits from the likes of Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Ray Charles, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis. For tickets: kporths.com/buy-tickets, info@kporths.com, […]