Graves Memorial Library will host the Portside Readers at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 15 when several members of the group will read in front of a live audience. Portside Readers is usually a recorded production and is seen on social media and local TV, according to a library news release. During the March 15 event, […]
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Opinion: Conversations with Clemmy Clark
When the tide was in and the sun was shining, I was out on the river rowing up and down the Kennebunk River – from beyond Durrell’s Bridge, past Picnic Rock, along the first fairway of the Cape Arundel Golf Club, to the rapids and footbridge behind the clubhouse where the river turns southeast through […]
Business: Norway Savings makes Spaulding Center donation
Julie Richardson, personal banker for Norway Savings Bank’s Kennebunk branch, shares a view of the Spaulding Center for Active Living that is held by many community contributors who have made the Spaulding Center an impactful reality. “I think the Spaulding Center’s mission to provide support and companionship for the community’s seniors is important to the […]
Business: Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation supports York Hospital cardiac lab renovation
The Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation has donated $25,000 toward the renovation of York Hospital’s Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. According to a March 5 news release, the independent nonprofit hospital, which has been in operation for 111 years, launched its “Leading with Heart” capital campaign last year and construction is underway. “York Hospital is a true community […]
Kennebunkport weighs future of houseboats
The Kennebunk River Commission is calling for the removal of houseboats from the river.
Rafferty: ‘No matter what, we need to be there for every kid’
The RSU 21 School Board confirmed its support for transgender athletes at a meeting last week.
Community News: Printmaker featured at Speers Gallery
Speers Gallery at Kennebunk Free Library will present “A Career in Prints,” by Brian D. Cohen. in March. The exhibit runs through March 31. Cohen’s exhibit will feature a series of etchings spanning his 40-year career as a printmaker. “I began to make prints because I had to; a printmaking course was part of the […]
Honor Roll: Kennebunk High School
Quarter 2 Freshmen High honors: Dante Avila, Finley Baxter, Mia Binette, Colby Bodwell, Kourtney Brask, Roxanna Brough, Julian Burgess, Chloe Chadbourne, Terra Christianson, Sean Clark, Laura Clukey, Taggart Connor, Analise Deveau, Cecilia DiGiovanni, Liam Drew, Acadia Dugas, Willow Durocher-Wentworth, Gwen Elia, Lucas Flanders, Faith Flynn, Eleanora French, Emil Fried, Bridget Gates, Samuel Good, Christianna Grassi, […]
Audubon presentation focuses on adolescent birds
York County Audubon will host Dr. Liam Taylor for a presentation titled, “Behavior, Society and Sex in Adolescent Birds.” The program is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, in the Mather Auditorium at Wells Reserve at Laudholm. According to a news release, most birds have some growing up to do before they start to […]
Brick Store Museum launches Just History Project
The Just History Project website, an initiative aimed at uncovering and documenting the often-overlooked histories of Black, Indigenous, and people of color in Kennebunk and the surrounding towns of Wells, Kennebunkport and Arundel, has been launched by the Brick Store Museum. The resulting Just History database can be found on the museum’s website at www.brickstoremuseum.org/justhistory. […]