KENNEBUNKPORT — The First Congregational Church of Kennebunkport, 141 North St., invites the public to attend a Hymn Sing and Hymn Preludes Concert on Sun., Nov. 5 at 3 p.m. Joyce Painter Rice, Music Director at First Church, will accompany the hymns and play hymn arrangements on the organ and piano. The Hymn Sing is […]
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KFL Genealogy group to meet
KENNEBUNK — The Kennebunk Free Library Genealogy Group will host Paul Klebauer atthe Kennebunk Free Library at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4. Klebauer will discuss how digital records can be accessed now that FamilySearch has ended its microfilm program. FamilySearch ended preserving records through microfilm this September after doing so since 1938. Their goal is to have all […]
Kennebunkport extends absentee voting, registration hours
KENNEBUNKPORT — The Kennebunkport Town Clerk/Registrar of Voters will hold extra hours at the Kennebunkport Town Hall from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28 and Wednesday Nov. 1 to conduct absentee voting, to register any person eligible to vote and to accept any enrollment/address changes.
17th Annual Classic Film Series features ‘The Jazz Singer’
OGUNQUIT — The Ogunquit Performing Arts begins its 2017-2018 Classic Film Series with a screening of The Jazz Singer at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5 at the Dunaway Center, 23 School St. in Ogunquit. Films are shown on a wall-sized screen; admission, parking and popcorn are free. The Jazz Singer is a 1980 American musical […]
UNH students to help address road drainage in Wells
WELLS — Road drainage on Webhannet Road has long been an issue for city management in Wells. Now, UNH students will try mitigating the problem. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the University of New Hampshire Engineering School have paired up on a project to help the Town of Wells with issues regarding […]
Support the troops
I have never been to war. I wasn’t alive in the 1960s. But last month, I watched every minute of Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s “The Vietnam War” on PBS to try to understand what it was like. So many helicopters, I marveled, flying low over that emerald landscape. Those soft rice paddies, that lush […]
Graves Library in Kport opens new wing
KENNEBUNKPORT — The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library has opened its new Mothers Wing, providing the library with a multitude of new functions available to the public. Dozens of locals dropped by the library at 18 Maine St. on Friday for the grand opening and tours of the library’s new wing. The new 5,000-square-foot […]
Seacoast Garden Club to host annual open meeting
KENNEBUNKPORT — The Seacoast Garden Club extends an invitation to men and women in the community to attend its annual open meeting on Monday, Nov. 13 in the Community House, 8 Temple St. (across from the Post Office) in Kennebunkport. Parking is available in the town parking lot behind Alisson’s Restaurant and the Community House. […]
Halloween Benefit supports Wells Public Library
WELLS — The Wells Public Library is pleased to announce their second Halloween Benefit to support the Wells Public Library Growing Again Campaign. The benefit will start at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27 at Jonathan’s in Ogunquit. There will be a three-course meal and dancing all night with the Blue Note Big Band. Costumes are […]
WJHS students present ‘The Redemption of Gertie Greene’
WELLS — This month, Wells Junior High School students will perform the play, “The Redemption of Gertie Greene,” a drama mixed with comedy written by Taryn Temple. The curtain will open to three performances, Thursday, Oct. 26 and Friday, Oct. 27 both at 7 p.m., and on Saturday Oct. 28, a matinee at 2 p.m. […]