Protect Maine elections To the editor, I hope you will join me in urging our Kennebunk state legislators to support a bill to protect Maine elections that is now before the Maine Legislature. The bill would prohibit foreign governments from spending money in Maine referendum campaigns. Given the widespread, bipartisan support for this issue, the […]
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News from Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel from Mainely Media.
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Guest Column – History repeats?
History Repeats? Repeats what? Well, it repeats patterns, but not the details. The city of Moscow is a good example. First written mention is in year 1147 as a small village situated on the Moscow River, which flows into the much larger Volga River. About 300 years after Kiyiv is first noted in The Russian […]
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Guest Column – Chatterbox vs. Chatbot: May the best man/machine win
You could call me a chatterbox. Not in the traditional sense, like a blabbermouth (or a quidnunc, one of my favorite words). More in the sense that I write a lot. At one point in my life I was writing so many newspaper columns that a friend of mine suggested I was the human equivalent […]
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Community News – Kennebunk Land Trust Earth Day Online Auction is April 21-28
The Kennebunk Land Trust is holding its 23rd annual Earth Day Auction fundraiser, online from April 21-28. The event brings together hundreds of bidders, donors, and local items from restaurants, clothiers, jewelers, artists, experiences, and more. Kennebunk Land Trust is a nonprofit in Kennebunk conserving and stewarding land for public use and environmental benefit. Participation […]
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From Augusta – Maine Legislature passes a responsible budget of needs, not wants
The Maine Legislature has been working hard. We recently passed a continuing services budget, which is a baseline budget that funds all services currently enacted in law. That means that most of the initiatives being funded by this budget are measures that passed in the 130th Legislature or earlier, often with strong, bipartisan support. It […]
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Deadline for election nomination papers looms
Nominations end 5:30 p.m., April 13, in Arundel, 4:30 p.m., April 14, in Kennebunk and Kennebunkport.
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Boat launch proposal to go to Kennebunkport voters June 13
The town is proposing a plan to purchase property on the east side of Langsford Road that has been used an an informal launch for decades.
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Kennebunk and Wells strike deal on used ladder truck
Kennebunk’s new ladder truck will take18-24 months to build. Wells’ new truck has arrived and its 2000 model is for sale.
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Second hearing for proposed municipal budget is scheduled
Kennebunk’s municipal budget is proposed at $15.4 million, up 23 percent, about $2.9 million, from the current year.
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Obituary – Verne Bodwell, Jr.
Verne E. “Woody” Bodwell, Jr., 77 years, a resident of Kennebunkport, died Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at his residence after a brief illness. Woody was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on March 30, 1945, and was the son of Verne E. and M. Alberta (Snow) Bodwell, Sr. He was a graduate of Kennebunk High School, […]
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