Kennebunk News

In response to Elizabeth Posts' letter: "Ode to Lower Village" in your Jan. 26th issue, may I say "Right On!" There also was a quaint little near the sea town called Kennebunk, "the only town so named," until the powers that be saw fit to IMPROVE it, and RE-vitalize it!! Now, we can hardly step into the "Disneyland East" town that remains, , post ... (more)

On Jan. 31 the Town of Kennebunk held a special Town Meeting to consider amendments to current designated TFI areas that are currently within the town and to consider adding a TIF tool known as credit enhancements to the mix of economic development tools used by selectmen to grow and improve our community.

After watching what I believe was the 20th Republican debate, I decided it was time for the Democrats to start having some fun.

The York County Democratic Committee has scheduled a meeting for Feb. 16 at Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk.

Courtesy Photo Philip Bundy of Kennebunk is charged with running over his ex-wife in the parking lot at MSK Friday night.

Sweeping education legislation proposed by the governor and education commissioner on Wednesday would allow public funding of religious schools, change how teachers are evaluated, provide students with more school choice and expand technical education.

The clock has passed midnight and the RSU coach is looking more and more like a pumpkin in some parts of Maine.

A 5-year-old Kennebunk girl was taken to Maine Medical Center this morning after being hit by a car as she was trying to get on a school bus.

A Kennebunk man pleaded not guilty to charges of reckless conduct with a weapon and aggravated driving in York County Superior Court in connection with an incident in which he allegedly ran over his ex-wife with a pickup truck.

SOUTH BERWICK, Maine - On Wednesday morning, Kennebunk Savings Bank donated $10,000 to the Friends of the South Berwick Library for its continued fundraising efforts toward construction on the town's new library.

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LINCOLN, Maine - Town native Brandon Wardwell is among the actors featured in the independent feature film "Bluebird," which will start production in Lincoln this weekend, town officials said Friday.

Alexander B. Brook, who was known as Sandy, died at home in Newcastle, Me., on Jan.

He was born May 15, 1933, in Boston, the son of Westcott Brooks Merrow and Catherine Meeker Merrow.

His name is Darwin, meaning "dear one" in Great Britain, and when you meet him you know right away that this name is a perfect fit.

COLCHESTER, Vt. - The following local residents were named to the fall 2011 dean's list at Saint Michael's College: Kristin King, daughter of Kevin and Susan King of Kennebunk, a December 2011 graduate and political science major.

Roughly 1 percent of the town's registered voters narrowly passed amendments to three Tax Increment Financing districts during a Special Town Meeting on Tuesday night.

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David Simpson, 40, of 29 Laudholm Farm Road, Wells was charged with attaching false plates while driving his 1997 Tan Chevy Malibu on Mile Road in Wells.

Two Kennebunkport juveniles were charged with possession of a usable amount of marijuana and sale/use of drug paraphernalia pursuant to a motor vehicle stop on Fletcher Street for a traffic infraction.