WEST KENNEBUNK — The Animal Welfare Society recently took part in a transportation mission to bring 200 dogs and cats from Puerto Rico to destinations in Maine and Massachusetts. Early Thursday Oct. 12, AWS members traveled to Worcester, Massachusetts, to transport 10 dogs arriving from Puerto Rico, which is still reeling from the effects of […]
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Trolley Museum breaks ground on new expansion project
KENNEBUNKPORT — Basking under sunny skies, Thursday was a day for the history books for electric railway fans in York County. It marked a new era in Kennebunkport as a special groundbreaking ceremony was conducted for Seashore Trolley Museum’s new Fairview Carbarn Expansion Project. Members of the museum’s board of trustees and local officials wielded symbolic […]
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Kennebunkport Police Logs
KENNEBUNKPORT — The Kennebunkport Police Department has released the names of individuals arrested or cited between Sept. 8 and Sept. 24. • David Ventrillo, 49, of 19 Wild Brook Drive, Plaistow, New Hampshire, was charged with operating without a license on Pier Road on Sept. 2. Ventrillo is due to appear at the Biddeford District […]
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More than 70 acres to be conserved in Kennebunk
KENNEBUNK — Seventy-five acres of undeveloped land in Hope Woods, abutting Kennebunk’s Wiggins Pond Preserve and Hope Cemetery, will soon be under conservation, thanks to a new initiative between the Kennebunk Land Trust and Hope Cemetery and Woods. The Hope Woods Conservation Initiative will put development restrictions on the land. Additionally, a new organization, the […]
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Hunter suffers wounds loading firearm
PISCATAQUIS COUNTY — A 28-year-old Kennebunkport woman is recovering from a shotgun wound to her foot she sustained while hunting partridge Monday in northern Piscataquis County. Kayla Corey was injured while she was in the process of loading her .410 bolt action shotgun with bird shot. The firearm discharged and the shot struck her in […]
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Brick Store Museum online auction opens
KENNEBUNK — The Brick Store Museum is one of only 21 museums in the United States to be opened by a single woman. American artist Edith Barry (1884-1936) founded the Museum in 1936; it has since become the only privately funded museum in the State of Maine that is open regular hours, year-round. In order […]
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Final baked bean, chop suey supper of season approaches
KENNEBUNKPORT — The members of the First Congregational Church of Kennebunkport wish to welcome the public to the seventh of its seasonal baked bean and American chop suey suppers. The 2017 monthly suppers will conclude from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 (or once food is sold out), in the church’s Ober Hall at […]
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SBSI supports Habitat for Humanity
KENNEBUNK — Habitat for Humanity of York County has received a grant from the Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution to assist with their 28th home-building project. The $5,000 grant will help Habitat for Humanity York County build an accessible, affordable home in Wells, in partnership with the future owners, the Carter Family. The home will […]
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YCCC gets digital grant
WELLS — York County Community College received a $21,000 Digital Humanities Advancement Planning Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the project, “Go Local: Building Capacity for Public History in York County, Maine.” The main goal of this planning phase project is to develop curricula, to expand expertise in technologies related to digital humanities, and to […]
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Wells set to begin long-awaited drainage project
WELLS — The Town of Wells will begin drainage construction in the coming weeks on Pine Ledge Road, off of Route 9B, after the Board of Selectmen unanimously approved action on the project last Tuesday. The project is years in the making, as it was first initiated with the 2014 Town Meeting. Town officials had […]