Thanks for lobster trap compost bins I would like to thank the town of Kennebunk’s Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Committee for the lobster trap compost bins they gave out to the community last fall. In the spring of 2024, members of the committee, in conjunction with town staff, applied for and received a Maine DEP […]
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Community News – Snow Stroll scheduled at Mousam River Wildlife Sanctuary
Snow Stroll Nature Walk Kennebunk Land Trust announced that it will host the fourth annual Snow Stroll Nature Walk on Saturday, Feb. 8. The event, according to a news release, will be held in partnership with The Boulangerie as part of the Paint the Town Red February festivities. The trust invites nature enthusiasts of all […]
County Report – Officials: Training center may be finished by end of year
The water line has been brought over from York County Jail to the building site, the foundation for the First Responder Training Center has been poured, sewer piping is complete, and soon, installation of structural steel for the training center will commence. York County Commissioners learned during a mid-January site tour that if all continues […]
School Around Us utilizes STEAM power
The School Around Us is announced that it is partnering with Mill Studio Arts in Biddeford to share a STEAM learning experience for its 17 full-time learners in the upper learning spirals. The partnership, according to a news release, integrates science and math with the arts highlighting the importance of each of the disciplines through […]
Coastal communities prepare for winter storms
A series of winter storms bashed the southern Maine coastline last January. This year, coastal towns hope to be prepared.
School board approves superintendent bonus
Dr. Terri Cooper will receive a bonus of $9,690.
L.L.Bean outlet a sign of continued growth
L.L.Bean will open a Biddeford location this spring.
Community News – York County Audubon announces bird studies for teens scholarship
York County Audubon offers bird studies scholarship The Maine Young Birders Club, in partnership with York County Audubon and Friends of Hog Island, announced a scholarship opportunity for a young birder to attend the Coastal Maine Bird Studies for Teens program on Hog Island in June. According to a news release, the scholarship will cover […]
Letters to the Editor
Library is link to past, connection to future This past Tuesday, members of the Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library Association held their annual meeting in the Community Room. How often we walk through the old brick library taking only a passing interest in the portrait of Abbott Graves, who, along with his wife, Montie, […]
Opinion – The Hydro-Surge Inversion Principle explained
It all began when we had to replace our washing machine and clothes dryer with a new set that came big and bold and red and all covered with shiny rows of lights and buttons to select washing with water that was anywhere between frigid to steaming hot and any degree in between the two; […]