It’s time for the faeries to return to Maine. Build a faerie house to welcome them back. Faeries love the outside, so Kennebunk Free Library encourages the use of natural materials when building a house. Materials such as bark, sticks, leaves and stones. Starting April 5, participants can pick up a grab-and-go bag with some […]

Concerns about West Kennebunk development To the editor, A massive development is in the planning stages in West Kennebunk. Kingsland Development, represented by Jason Vafiades from Atlantic Resource Consultants, is situated west of Route 35 at the north end of Thompson Road.  Land was purchased over the past two years with the intent to build […]

Jane Brown Houston passed away on April 5, 2021, at the age of 86. She was born on June 18, 1934, in Portland, to Katharine Adams Brown and Earl Stanley Brown. She grew up in Kennebunkport, with three older siblings: Virginia “Ding,” Chadbourne “Chaddy,” and Priscilla. She graduated from Kennebunk High School, class of 1952, […]

Canada geese have made a mess of KHS sports fields.

We celebrate the life of Bob Wellman, who passed away on March 20, 2021, in the good company of his wife Estelle, his family, and the folks at Huntington Common. Bob loved to work, and did so until age 88. Even then, he insisted that he retired too early. He began by delivering milk, throwing […]

Bobby J. Shrader, 84, a long-time resident of Kennebunk, died Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at his residence, after a brief illness. Bobby was born Nov. 19, 1936, in Hinton, West Virginia, a son of Samuel H. and Leila D. (Ratliff) Shrader. He graduated from Hinton High School and went into the Air Force and was […]

Henry Silas Perkins, of Cape Porpoise, passed away on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at the age of 83 with Suzanne, his loving wife of 62 years, by his side. The youngest of five, Henry was born to Ruth Lake Pierce and Silas Henry Perkins on Oct. 8, 1937, Biddeford. Henry grew up in Kennebunk and […]