10 years ago From the Journal Tribune: “Maine lobstermen and lobster dealers want to make sure people shelling out big bucks for ‘Maine lobster’ in restaurants across the country are not getting ‘impostor lobsters’ from other states or from Canada. Starting Monday, the Maine Lobster Promotion Council will began distributing tags that will be affixed […]

In 1907, the U.S. Army Signal Corps established an aeronautical division, the forerunner of the U.S. Air Force. In 1913, the Joyce Kilmer poem “Trees” was first published in “Poetry: A Magazine of Verse.” In 1936, the Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler. In 1944, an uprising broke out […]

In 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman, 25, an engineering student at the University of Texas in Austin, went on an armed rampage that killed 14 people, most of whom were shot by Whitman while he was perched in the clock tower of the main campus building. Whitman, who had also slain his wife and mother hours […]

The Kennebunk Police Department will host their first National Night Out at the Waterhouse Pavilion from 5-8 p.m. There will be music, giveaways, refreshments, safety displays, kids activities, raffles and a children’s poster contest. The goal of this event is to raise awareness of drug and crime prevention efforts and strengthen police/community partnerships. Wednesday, August […]