On Aug. 2, the White House signed a Proclamation on National Health Center Week 2024. This was mirrored by Gov. Janet Mills’ own proclamation declaring the week of Aug. 4 through Aug. 10 as Community Health Center Week in Maine. National Health Center Week is sponsored by the National Association of Community Health Centers, which […]
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‘Messy Art’ featured at Kennebunk Free Library
Speers Gallery at Kennebunk Free Library will present the exhibit, Kid Creations, featuring art made by children during the library’s Messy Art program. The exhibit will be shown during the months of September and October. According to a press release, the Messy Art program invited kids to get dirty while creating art. More than 30 […]
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Community News – Summer Music Series continues at Graves Library
Summer Music Series at Graves Library Graves Library’s Summer Music Series continues Aug. 28 at 6 p.m. when the library will host live music in the garden. The concert will feature Mark Gunter and Janet Wentworth. Patrons are invited to bring friends and chairs to the event. According to a press release, Gunter and Wentworth […]
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Community News – Chili Fest set for Aug. 24
Chili Fest set for Aug. 24 The Wells Chamber of Commerce will host the 23rd annual Chili Fest from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24, at Wells Junior High School campus. The junior high is located on Route 1 in Wells. Kennebunk Savings is the Primary Event Sponsor and DF Richard Energy […]
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Community News – Brick Store Museum seeks community collections
Museum seeks community collections The Brick Store Museum announced that it would mount an exhibit this fall that will showcase the varied collections of community members. Those interested in loaning a portion of their collection to the museum’s September exhibition is invited to contact museum staff at [email protected] or call 207-985-4802. According to a museum […]
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Community News – Graves Library event honors Thomas Staley
Graves Library event honors Thomas Staley Vermont-based author, and Dartmouth professor, Peter Orner will visit Graves Memorial Library on Thursday, Aug. 8 at 6 p.m. Orner will take part in a tribute to Dr. Thomas Staley, who died in 2022. According to a press release, Staley, the director of the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, […]
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Blues and books
The corner of Fletcher and Main was busy on July 27 with Kennebunk’s annual Blueberry Festival and book sale taking up residence for the day. Patrons were able to browse original crafts in the many tents set up on the lawn between First Parish Church and Kennebunk Free Library. The festival also included blueberry pie, […]
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Opinion – Bumper cars as early driver training?
Ferris Wheel? OK. Merry-Go-Round? Sure. Throw-the-ball-and-dunk-the-lady? Well, I suppose. But bumper cars as early driver training for your young and impressionable kids, or mine? I don’t think so. Uh-uh! Absolutely not! No way and never! When I was 7, or thereabouts, my father took me along from Pennsylvania, where we were living at the time, […]
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Community News – Registration open for Arundel Fall Trail Fest
Fall Trail Fest registration open Registration for the fourth annual Arundel Conservation Trust Fall Trail Fest is open. The event features a 5K, 10K, and half marathon trail run or walk and is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 21. The half marathon race starts at 9 a.m., the10K at 10 a.m. and the 5K at 10:30 […]
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