KENNEBUNK — Shay Stewart-Bouley will be the keynote speaker for Kennebunk’s 15th Annual Breakfast in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 114 Main St., Kennebunk. Warren McPherson will provide vocal and keyboard music. Stewart-Bouley’s fame is spreading fast through her blog […]
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New location, dates for local string ensemble
KENNEBUNK — Community string ensemble “No Strings Attached” has announced its new location and dates for the first half of 2018. “No Strings Attached” is moving to Christ Church, 6 Dane St. in Kennebunk for its winter session, beginning Thursday, Jan. 18, and its spring session beginning May 3. It is a community string group for […]
KFL sponsors Art Auction in January
KENNEBUNK — The Kennebunk Free Library has received wonderful donations of art from the community in 2017 and will put them to good use next month. Paintings and prints, both large and small will be part of the offerings at Kennebunk Free Library’s fourth annual silent art auction that will be held Jan. 5 to Jan. 20, […]
Wells resident participates in WPI intensive research project
WORCESTER, Mass. — Jasmine Loukola of Wells, a member of the class of 2018 majoring in civil engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, was a member of a student team that recently completed an intense, hands-on research project in Panama City, Panama. The project was titled Analyzing Projects of the Panama Canal Expansion Program. In their […]
Wrapper’s Delight
“How’d you do it?” asked the elfin young nurse as she wrapped my son’s foot in bandages and plaster. “Jumped off an eight-foot boulder wall at the rock gym,” he mumbled. The decorative green and blue cocoon grew around his foot, quickly resembling one of those fabled stockings “hung by the chimney with care.” With […]
Plans for Kennebunk train station may be derailed
KENNEBUNK — In 2014, Kennebunk voters approved spending town funds to build a seasonal train platform to be a stop on the Amtrak Downeaster line, which travels from Boston to Maine. But that proposal has gone off the tracks, after a proposal to consider a larger, more expensive year-round station was voted down by the […]
Kennebunkport Police Log
KENNEBUNKPORT — The Kennebunkport Police Department has released the names of individuals arrested or cited between Nov. 6 and Nov. 24: • David Thibeault, 32, of Alfred, was charged with Passing a School Bus with Red Lights Flashing on Goose Rocks Road. Thibeault is scheduled to appear at the Biddeford District Court on Dec. 20. • […]
Christmas jazz concert returns to Kennebunkport
KENNEBUNKPORT — For the 12th year in a row, Chris Humphrey brings together some of the finest musicians in the New England area for a spectacular concert of jazz Christmas music, “Joyful Noise 12 – A Jazz Christmas in Kennebunk,” at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22. The Church On The Cape will host the concert. […]
Teacher charged with sex crimes pleads not guilty
ALFRED — The attorney for a former Kennebunk High School teacher charged with 14 counts of sexual misconduct involving a student during her tenure as a teacher said he is confident she will be exonerated at trial. Jill Lamontagne, 29, indicted in October on six counts of gross sexual assault, six counts of sex abuse […]
Police promote proper parking at Prelude
KENNEBUNKPORT — Police are reminding Christmas Prelude goers to heed parking regulations. Kennebunkport’s 36th annual Christmas Prelude, sponsored by the Kennebunkport Business Association, begins Nov. 30 and runs through Dec. 10. Some of the festival’s highlights include a tree lighting ceremony in Dock Square at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1; the hat parade, a crowd favorite, that […]