Those involved hope the new visitor center at 188 Brown St. in Kennebunk will be a hub for local communities and visitors from afar. “It’s such a fabulous place to experience nature,” said Refuge Manager Karl Stromayer.

Two other members of RSU 21 administration, Communications Specialist David Singer and School Psychologist and 504 District Coordinator Tara Skiff, have resigned effective Feb. 9. A Consolidated School social worker is also retiring.

For a second year in a row, eighth-grade teachers Ben Fogg and Dan Sherman held a “Redcoats & Revolution” restaurant simulation, a creative way for students to practice public speaking and learn the American Revolution.

Capitalizing on a surge of interest in birding in the past couple of years, the Kennebunk Conservation Commission hosted an event Jan. 27 to teach people how to make their backyards a “haven for birds”