Kennebunk’s Brick Store Museum offers extended hours on May 9.
2021
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Naples reaches a resolution in hoopla over cupola
Selectmen earlier this month unanimously agreed to transfer ownership of the historic structure that once crowned the Bay of Naples Inn to landowner Mark Copeland.
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Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
A Window on the Past – D.W. Clark and the Clark and Chaplin Ice Company
It’s fascinating to look at the ice business in the years before electric refrigeration. From the harvesting of ice from ponds and rivers, the storage of ice in large ice houses filled with sawdust, and the eventual delivery of ice blocks by the “ice man,” right into the ice boxes in people’s homes, it was […]
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine CDC director calls on young Mainers to get vaccinated
The number of walk-in clinics continues to grow as vaccine providers and state officials aim to make the process as convenient as possible.
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Kennebunk skate park due for an upgrade and expansion this year
Proposals from construction firms were due earlier this week, and after a selection is made, work is expected to commence on the long-awaited revamp.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
South Portland Food Cupboard celebrates community
A parade on April 18 celebrated South Portland neighborhoods collecting over 21,000 pounds of food this winter.
Posted inNation & World
Extremists who tried to kidnap Michigan governor also tried to buy explosives to blow up bridge
Two members of an extremist anti-government group allegedly looked for the optimal spot to blow a bridge up to stall police trying to reach the governor’s home.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
The Ecology School in Saco celebrates completion of green campus at River Bend Farm
A total of 712 solar panels placed over the south-facing leach field and throughout the orchards will produce 330,000 kWh per year, equivalent to removing 49.5 cars from the road each year, school officials say.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Resource guide aims to inform Old Orchard Beach residents
Winning art entries from Jameson School students, who drew what Old Orchard Beach means to them, are included, brightening the pages of the A-Z guide.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Saco sweets: Maine Needham Company turns ’em out in several flavors
Besides the beloved original, there’s espresso, maple, blueberry and on special occasions, peppermint stick.