KENNEBUNKPORT — The Kennebunkport Police Department has released the names of individuals arrested or cited between Sept. 8 and Sept. 24. • David Ventrillo, 49, of 19 Wild Brook Drive, Plaistow, New Hampshire, was charged with operating without a license on Pier Road on Sept. 2. Ventrillo is due to appear at the Biddeford District […]
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More than 70 acres to be conserved in Kennebunk
KENNEBUNK — Seventy-five acres of undeveloped land in Hope Woods, abutting Kennebunk’s Wiggins Pond Preserve and Hope Cemetery, will soon be under conservation, thanks to a new initiative between the Kennebunk Land Trust and Hope Cemetery and Woods. The Hope Woods Conservation Initiative will put development restrictions on the land. Additionally, a new organization, the […]
Hunter suffers wounds loading firearm
PISCATAQUIS COUNTY — A 28-year-old Kennebunkport woman is recovering from a shotgun wound to her foot she sustained while hunting partridge Monday in northern Piscataquis County. Kayla Corey was injured while she was in the process of loading her .410 bolt action shotgun with bird shot. The firearm discharged and the shot struck her in […]
Brick Store Museum online auction opens
KENNEBUNK — The Brick Store Museum is one of only 21 museums in the United States to be opened by a single woman. American artist Edith Barry (1884-1936) founded the Museum in 1936; it has since become the only privately funded museum in the State of Maine that is open regular hours, year-round. In order […]
Final baked bean, chop suey supper of season approaches
KENNEBUNKPORT — The members of the First Congregational Church of Kennebunkport wish to welcome the public to the seventh of its seasonal baked bean and American chop suey suppers. The 2017 monthly suppers will conclude from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 (or once food is sold out), in the church’s Ober Hall at […]
SBSI supports Habitat for Humanity
KENNEBUNK — Habitat for Humanity of York County has received a grant from the Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution to assist with their 28th home-building project. The $5,000 grant will help Habitat for Humanity York County build an accessible, affordable home in Wells, in partnership with the future owners, the Carter Family. The home will […]
YCCC gets digital grant
WELLS — York County Community College received a $21,000 Digital Humanities Advancement Planning Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the project, “Go Local: Building Capacity for Public History in York County, Maine.” The main goal of this planning phase project is to develop curricula, to expand expertise in technologies related to digital humanities, and to […]
Wells set to begin long-awaited drainage project
WELLS — The Town of Wells will begin drainage construction in the coming weeks on Pine Ledge Road, off of Route 9B, after the Board of Selectmen unanimously approved action on the project last Tuesday. The project is years in the making, as it was first initiated with the 2014 Town Meeting. Town officials had […]
Sunday School students to visit different churches
KENNEBUNK — It’s said that lessons learned in Sunday School by children can stick with them for a lifetime. Now in this age of religious strife and distrust, some children attending Sunday School in the area will have an opportunity to visit other churches and learn about their diverse religious practices. Under a special program […]
Kennebunkport native sails way to all-women world title
KENNEBUNKPORT — Charlotte Kinkade grew up spending many happy hours on the water, sailing first from the age of 6 with her mom and then with her fellow students every afternoon after school. These days, she dreams at least once a day about taking a break from the work world and spending all day sailing […]