January 24, 2014 RSS feed / Front Page

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Voting day

Kennebunk residents began filing into town hall at 8 a.m. Tuesday to vote on the Regional School Unit 21 renovation proposal. More...

Community

Warm up with museum’s ‘Love Stories’

First Families Kennebunkport Museum to host Valentine’s exhibition
By Alex Acquisto
Staff Writer

KENNEBUNKPORT — For those without solidified Valentine’s Day plans, the First Families Kennebunkport Museum will host “Love Stories”— a depiction of past and present love stories in Kennebunkport, including the near 70-y More...

Marijuana laws create new challenges

Educators seek avenues for providing facts about psychological, physical addiction
By Alex Acquisto
Staff Writer

KENNEBUNK — When asked if she finds marijuana usage among students a more serious risk now, health teacher Jill Lamontagne, a 2006 graduate of Kennebunk High School, said, “It’s kind of an ironic cycle that I’ve watched; It&rs More...

Library to host genealogy webinar

Kennebunk Free Library’s genealogy group will feature a live webinar by Lynn Palermo – aka the “Armchair Genealogist” – at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 1.  More...

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Things to Do

Thursday, Jan. 23

Time for 2’s and 3’s story time, 10:15 a.m., Kennebunk Free Library, Main Street, Kennebunk. Story time for toddlers. FMI, call 985-2173, ext. 5.  Apps club, 1 p.m., Graves Memorial Library, 18 Maine St., Kennebunkport. More...

Friday, Jan. 24

Story time, 10 a.m., Children’s Room, Graves Library, 18 Maine St., Kennebunkport. Yearround program includes fingerplays, songs and crafts. Designed for children 5 and younger, however, all ages welcome to attend. More...

Saturday, Jan. 25

Vigil Eucharist Service, 5 p.m., St. David’s Episcopal Church, Kennebunk. FMI, call 985- 3073.  St. Martha Church, Mass, 4 p.m., 30 Portland Road, Kennebunk. FMI, call 985-6252 or visit www.holyspirit.org.  More...

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Pavilion discussions continue

Town manager: 35 to 40 days needed to bridge funding gap
By Alex Acquisto
Staff Writer

KENNEBUNK — A second reading that outlines plans for the construction of an ice rink and pavilion was approved by the board of selectmen.  More...

Students show their art at Atria

By Alex Acquisto
Staff Writer

KENNEBUNK — Students ages 6 to 13 from School Around Us held a public art show titled “An Artistic Affair” at Atria Senior Living on Sunday, Jan. 19. More...

Columns

Politics & other Mistakes

Welfare Cadillac
By Al Diamon

We now know how often incredibly stupid people used welfare payments from the state of Maine to make purchases in bars, liquor stores, smoke shops and strip clubs.  We have yet to learn how many incompetent bureaucrats are responsible for allowi More...

Cooking on Purpose

Quiche is a meal for all reasons
By Connie Wendell
Special contributor

I love quiche. You can have it for breakfast, or for lunch with a side salad and for dinner with a side vegetable and crusty bread.  Quiche recipes are very versatile and flexible. More...

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Obituaries

Edmund Robinson Sr.

Edmund Donald “Sandy” Robinson, Sr., 76, of West Kennebunk, died Saturday afternoon, Jan. 18, 2014, at Southridge Rehabilitation and Living Center in Biddeford. More...

Jeffrey Noonan

Jeffrey A. Noonan has been taken suddenly home to be with the Lord after a very long struggle with kidney disease on Jan. 12, 2014. He was born Dec. 27, l964 in Saco and was the son of Anita Michaud of Arundel and J. More...

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