KENNEBUNK — Maine Department of Transportation officials are looking for input from area residents about an upcoming project to rehabilitate a portion of Summer Street in Kennebunk. The town of Kennebunk has received a $500,000 Municipal Partnership Initiative grant for the rehabilitation of Summer Street between Sea Road and Heath Road. In October, the Kennebunk […]
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Longtime MSK principal announces retirement
KENNEBUNK — Jeff Rodman, the current principal at the Middle School of the Kennebunks, has been in the educational system for 41 years and has announced his retirement at the end of the current school year. Rodman has spent 24 years of his career in education of in administration, and 23 of those as a […]
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KFL hosts ‘Make and Take Scrub and Soak’ class
KENNEBUNK — Learn about the healing properties of essential oils with Cindy Simon at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26 at the Kennebunk Free Library. Participants will create and take home three types of aromatherapy products; a foot soak, a sugar exfoliator, and a salt scrub. Oils include a wide variety to calm, heal, energize, de-stress, help with chronic pain, uplift […]
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Wells Police Log
WELLS — The following individuals were arrested or issued a summons by Wells Police from Jan. 23 to Jan. 29, 2018: • Sarah McGrath, 37, of Springvale, was issued a summons for failure to tegister a motor vehicle greater than 150 days following a traffic stop on Sanford Road. • Elise Minkler, 24, of South Portland, was […]
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Art contest recognizes 11 from Wells High School
WELLS — Administrators at Wells High School have recently learned that 11 local students have placed in various categories in this year’s Regional Scholastic Art and Writing Awards competition sponsored in state by the Maine College of Art in Portland. Five of the 11 received Gold Key awards qualifying them to advance to compete at […]
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Free February at Brick Store Museum
KENNEBUNK — The Brick Store Museum is showing its love for the Kennebunks by presenting the Free February program, to coincide with the Kennebunk-Kennebunkport-Arundel Chamber of Commerce’s Paint the Town Red initiative. The Museum’s program opens the museum to regional residents and guests alike, with free admission to the Museum for the entire month of […]
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Wells color guard participates in Citrus Bowl halftime show
WELLS — On New Year’s Day 2018, Wells High School senior Samantha Chase found herself in what must have been a surreal, yet certainly memorable place and time, performing as a color guard before thousands in the All American Halftime Show™ in the Citrus Bowl at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. This show is […]
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Brick Store Museum hosts new exhibition
KENNEBUNK — The Brick Store Museum is proud to announce its newest exhibition has been curated by guest curator Michael Fillyaw, a Kennebunk-based nature and landscape photographer. The exhibition, titled “The Way Life Is,” officially opened on Wednesday, Jan. 31, displaying Fillyaw’s modern photographs of the state of Maine and its surroundings. “My representational and […]
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There’s no such thing as a free sample
If I just tallied the birds at the feeder outside my kitchen window, I might come to believe that the only bird in Maine is a rather fat and feisty cardinal. Surely, there must be other birds around, but it seems like he’s the only one I ever see. I find it fun to observe […]
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Cupid cooks up romance in Kennebunkport in February
KENNEBUNKPORT — This February, Kennebunkport rolls out the red carpet inviting couples to rendezvous in “New England’s Most Romantic Town” during the month-long Paint the Town Red event. The festivities officially began Saturday with the annual “Frosted! A Freezing Good Time” Ice Bar celebration at The Boathouse Waterfront Hotel. The Love KPT lodging package starts at $459 at The […]