KENNEBUNK – Last week, the Animal Welfare Society accepted 15 cats from hurricane-ravished Florida. After the long journey, the cats will be assessed at the AWS Community Veterinary Clinic, receive any necessary vaccines, treatments and surgeries and go up for adoption by late October at the AWS Adoption Center, 46 Holland Road in Kennebunk. The cats […]

OGUNQUIT — It’s been a novel, a stage play, and an opera. So when movies first appeared a century ago, it was only a matter of time before they tackled ‘Faust,’ the tale of a man who consigns his soul to the devil to obtain power in the present. At the height of the silent […]

KENNEBUNKPORT — Properly Posh Pets™ is proud to announce that her book “Posh Celebrations” has been awarded a silver medal by the 2018 Living Now Book Awards, an Independent Publisher book contest. The Living Now Book Awards were created 10 years ago by Independent Publisher and the Jenkins Group to bring increased recognition to the year’s best lifestyle books and their creators. […]

WELLS  — The United States Congress created the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to lead a nationwide effort to remember America’s fallen firefighters. Since 1992, the tax-exempt, nonprofit Foundation has developed and expanded programs to honor our fallen fire heroes and assist their families and coworkers. Some 103 Fallen Firefighters will be honored during the 37th National Fallen […]

KENNEBUNK – The Animal Welfare Society is introducing a brand-new literary program for elementary school-aged children called Rescue Readers. The Rescue Readers program brings students and animals awaiting adoption at AWS in Kennebunk together for a half hour of literary-based confidence building through reading aloud. While providing enrichment and positive socialization for the animal, it boosts […]

WELLS — The Historical Society of Wells and Ogunquit celebrates 64 years of being incorporated as a cultural organization, with a month filled with fun and public programs. The organization opens its doors to the 2018 Annual Meeting and invites the community to, “A Celebration of Poetry & History,” a wonderful early evening program in […]

OGUNQUIT — Two world-acclaimed pianists will highlight the 12th Annual Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Piano Festival at Ogunquit Performing Arts this year. This year’s festival features the music of the master composers of Austria, Germany and France, as performed by two internationally renowned artists: New York’s Sachiko Kato and Boston’s Victor Rosenbaum. Champagne receptions to meet the […]

KENNEBUNK — A local resident will sign copies of his new book and greet the public during an afternoon reception at Antiques on Nine in Kennebunk. Bob Marier grew up, was educated and spent his professional life in the Kennebunks. Now he has tapped his local knowledge to write a murder-mystery set in the coastal Maine […]