KENNEBUNK – The Education Foundation of the Kennebunks & Arundel will host its “Catch The Wave” fundraiser on Friday, May 5. This year marks the 11th anniversary of the EFKA and it is hoped that families of the RSU21 community will participate in celebrating the work that we being done and will continue to […]
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Wells student receives President’s Volunteer Service Award
WELLS – Wells High School Principal Eileen Sheehy has announced that Emma Clarrage, a senior at WHS, has been honored for her exemplary volunteer service with the President’s Volunteer Service Award. She received this recognition for 197 hours of volunteer community service. As of mid-March 2017, she had reached 223 hours of service. Clarrage was […]
Wells Police Log
WELLS — The Wells Police Department has released the names of individuals arrested or cited between April 13 and April 16. • Roxana Hagemeyer, 45, of 4 Malden Ave., Sanford, was summonsed for failure to register a vehicle for more than 150 days following a traffic stop on Sanford Road at 5:36 p.m. April 13. […]
Remembering Iwo Jima
OGUNQUIT — It was a somber moment as a crew of six men, donned in military uniforms, marched across Marginal Way from the lawn of the Beachmere Inn to the beach cliffs in Ogunquit on Sunday morning. The men assembled to reenact the flag raising atop Mount Suribachi depicted in the iconic Feb. 23, 1945, […]
St. David’s to offer End of Life series
KENNEBUNK — Saint David’s Episcopal Church at 138 York Street (Route 1 South) in Kennebunk will be offering a six-week series on End of Life Issues beginning on Sunday, April 23 following the 10:30 worship hour (start time approximately 11:45 a,m.). The first topic will be Living on Hospice, presented by Ed Bellegarde, who has […]
Lawyers offer free consultations at Kennebunk Library
KENNEBUNK — Visit the Kennebunk Free Library for Lawyers in Libraries: Law Day 2017 on Monday, May 1 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. An introduction to Lawyers in Libraries will begin at 5:30 and 15-minute consultations will begin at 5:45 p.m. During these consultations participants will have an opportunity to meet with a local lawyer and receive information […]
Wells student receives Maine Principal’s Award
WELLS — Alyssa Loukola, a senior at Wells High School, has been selected to receive the 2017 Principal’s Award, Principal Eileen Sheehy announced recently. This award, sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship. Annually, one senior from each Maine high school in the […]
Unbridled enthusiasm
WEST KENNEBUNK — Native Americans believe that until a person has cared for an animal, their soul remains unawakened. Gabriela Quinn is certainly someone who is attuned to the plight of God’s creatures and is striving to make a difference by educating the public about homeless horses. This weekend, Quinn will welcome the public to […]
Wells $25.7 million school budget proposed
WELLS —Administrators of the Wells and Ogunquit Community School District have hashed out their budget for the 2017-18 school year with a proposed figure of about $25.7 million. The amount is a 2.83 percent increase — $708,870 — over last year’s budget, according to the WOCSD website. Under the new budget several capital improvement […]
Black bear dies in Wells collision
WELLS — A Maine black bear was killed when it was struck by a vehicle in Wells on Saturday evening. According to Wells Police, a male bear weighing 250 pounds was crossing Sanford Road in the area of Highpine Loop Road when it was hit. Police say no one in the vehicle was hurt, but […]