ALFRED — What makes an award winning chili? Corrections Officer Heath Bryant can tell you. He took first place in the York County Sheriff’s Office 2024 Chili Cook-off, held Friday, Feb. 9. “It was just a recipe I came up with a few years ago,” Bryant said, rather modestly. “It’s hamburger, sausage and seasonings.” The […]
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News from Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel from Mainely Media.
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New Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge visitor center to open in 2026
Those involved hope the new visitor center at 188 Brown St. in Kennebunk will be a hub for local communities and visitors from afar. “It’s such a fabulous place to experience nature,” said Refuge Manager Karl Stromayer.
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Letters to the Editor
Environmental assessments needed To the editor, Another significant land development project is slated for Kennebunk: the vast, magnificent wetland field on Thompson Road in West Kennebunk. It is breathtaking in size and home to countless species of plants and wildlife. The subdivision sketch plan application before the Kennebunk Planning Board this week details, for starters, […]
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Obituary – Patrick Pierce
Patrick O. Pierce, 31, of Kennebunkport, passed away suddenly Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. Patrick was born in Portland, Sept. 4, 1992, the son of Gordon and Lisa Davis Pierce, and attended Kennebunk High School. Feeling a call to serve his country, on July 17, 2015, together with his sister Chelsea, they took their oath to […]
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Obituary – Barbara Wallace
Barbara L Wallace, 81, of Saco, passed away Thursday afternoon, Feb. 8, 2024, at Southern Maine Health Center in Biddeford following a brief illness. Barbara was born Nov. 12, 1942, in Ellsworth, the daughter of Frank and Grace Sargent Seavey, and is a graduate of Ellsworth High School. Well known in the Kennebunk area for […]
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Community News – Notine selected as Kennebunk High School’s Principal’s Award recipient
Kennebunk High School senior Sophia Notine has been selected as the winner of the 2023-2024 Maine Principals’ Association Principal’s Award. The award, according to a Feb. 5 news release, is given annually to a senior from each high school who displays excellence in academic achievement and citizenship. “Sophia is a fantastic student, person, and friend […]
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Obituary – Jane Duncan
Jane Elizabeth Duncan passed into eternal life on Feb. 4, 2024, in Kennebunkport. She was born in Joliet, Illinois, on June 25, 1950. She graduated from Joliet West High School, and Wells College in Aurora, New York. She also earned a master’s degree in business administration from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. After concluding […]
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Obituary – Sharon Crippen
Sharon R. Crippen passed away peacefully at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough on Feb. 2, 2024, at the age of 73. She was born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, on June 30, 1950 to Richard and Marion Romkey. She graduated from Woburn High School in Massachusetts and had a career as a payroll specialist. […]
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RSU 21 Assistant Superintendent Anita Bernhardt to retire at the end of school year
Two other members of RSU 21 administration, Communications Specialist David Singer and School Psychologist and 504 District Coordinator Tara Skiff, have resigned effective Feb. 9. A Consolidated School social worker is also retiring.
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Obituary – Roger Camire
Roger R. Camire 92, of West Kennebunk, passed peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday evening after a brief illness. Roger was born on July 7, 1931, in Limington, Maine, to Armand and Carrie (Eastman) Camire. The family moved to Kennebunk when Roger was an infant and settled several years later in West Kennebunk where he […]
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