Governor Janet Mills’s signature on LD 585 to legalize sports betting in Maine is a monumental event. Exclusive licensing for online betting to Maine’s tribes is a significant financial gift. Having accomplished that goal, the tribes are free to concentrate on LD 1626. The 130th legislature entered the last day of the second regular session […]
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Honor Roll – Middle School of the Kennebunks
Third quarter Honors Sixth grade Emma Bailey, Mark Bard, Abigail Barter, Kailani Bebris-Kinney, Colton Bryant, Jacob Buco, Ella Butler, Sean Clark, Laura Clukey, Arianna Cofferen, Silas Colombo, Preston Cote, Analise Deveau, Logan Dow, Acadia Dugas, Gwen Elia, Natalie Elia, Ava Foss, Eleanora French, Jacob Gibson, Rhys Grady, Cameron Hartwig, Story Hill, Jaydin Hirst, Owen Jeannette, […]
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Community News – York County Audubon to host birding program
Learning to identify birds by their songs or calls will help find more birds, and aurally read the landscape. In a Zoom program, York County Audubon will focus on the skills to identify and recognizing different vocalizations. On Tuesday, May 17, at 7 p.m., York County Audubon will host York County Audubon board member Doug […]
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Guest Column – In praise of ungainly things
At some point the world got way too slick. iPhones, flat-screen TVs, Teslas, Scandinavian furniture, glass skyscrapers, techno music. Everything is smooth, streamlined, silken to the touch and soothing to the senses. Today’s manufactured objects tend to be seamless and symmetrical, polished to a tastefully burnished sheen. And in the process, rendered soulless. Left behind […]
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From Augusta – Addressing Maine’s housing crisis
As your representative for House District 9, I believe a big part of my job in Augusta is helping hard-working people who are being turned away from, or squeezed out of, our communities due to the statewide housing crisis. They are people who work in town offices, public safety, health care, small businesses, schools, the […]
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Honor Roll – Kennebunk High School
Quarter 3 Freshmen High honors: Sasha Altschule, Max Andrews, Kendell Beckett, James Bertus-Trudo, Asher Bissonnette, Addison Carbone, Quinn Chapman, Finneas Coldreck, Olivia Cutone, Emily Dube, Philip Dyer, William Eagleson, Jacob Eon, Otto Fontaine, Anna Fox, Sonja Frederich, Taylor Giles, Mekhi Gillard, Berk Glidden, Samuel Haley, Noah Hammond, Delaney Hanson, Simone Houdlette, Camryn Houle, Virginia Howell, […]
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A Voice from the Past – Charles Barry
The Brick Store Museum holds over 30,000 pieces of archival material written by historic Kennebunkers. A Voice from the Past shares a document from the museum’s collection. Today’s entry is from Charles Dummer Barry, born in Kennebunk in 1850. Here, he writes his thoughts about money in his journal from West Newton, Massachusetts, at age […]
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Community News – Benefit supper planned in West Kennebunk
The West Kennebunk Village Committee will host a benefit spaghetti supper for the Tracy family on Saturday, May 14. All proceeds from the supper will go to Shannon Tracy and her two children, Lillian (12) and Vincent (10) in the aftermath of the sudden death of Philip Tracy, who was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung […]
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Canine search and rescue team trains at Seashore Trolley Museum
KENNEBUNKPORT – A volunteer group so committed to their mission that they haven’t even taken the time to come up with a group name for themselves has been training at Seashore Trolley Museum this winter. The group of volunteers and their dogs are all current or former members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Massachusetts […]
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Guest Column – The Hotel
In Kennebunkport, The Hotel sat on a high bluff overlooking its own heated, outdoor saltwater swimming pool, and a small, rocky, private beach near the river’s mouth. Farther on, along the coast, beyond Gooch’s Beach, Mother’s Beach and Lord’s Point, on a good day you could make out the hazy top of Mount Agamenticus. The […]