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  • At 35-year mark, COS provides food and dignity to neighbors in need

    KENNEBUNK – Former real estate broker George Ford enjoyed serving as a greeter at the Kennebunk Bible Church. After a stroke two years ago, his ability to work and socialize grew more limited due to mobility and memory issues. “I used to be great at remembering names,” Ford says. “That’s why they picked me to…

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  • Arundel Heritage Cane presented to Victorine Cote

    ARUNDEL – Victorine Cote, 93, was presented the Arundel Heritage Cane on June 29 in the Arundel Town Hall Meeting Room. The cane is given as an honor to the oldest resident in Arundel. Cote accepted the cane, saying, “I would like to extend my appreciation and gratitude to the Arundel Historical Society for acknowledging…

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  • The Local News: A status update and a big thank you

    The Local News has been publishing for two months now and we are thrilled with all the positive feedback we have gotten. Many thanks to all of you who have made a donation. We just got word from the IRS that we are now officially a 501(c)(3) organization, so all donations made after January 15,…

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  • Arundel intersection improvements on the horizon

    ARUNDEL – Traffic movement and safety at two intersections in Arundel are likely to be improved in the next year. The frequency of accidents at the intersection of Limerick Road and Alfred Road (Route 111) has spurred the Maine Department of Transportation to find a remedy for that troubled intersection. The other intersection, the Brimstone…

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  • June 2026 Real Estate Sales

    A monthly listing of real estate sales in Arundel, Kennebunk and Kennebunkport.

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  • KHS alternative education is changing students’ lives

    Doug Doane’s shyness made it hard for him to fit in with his peers. Even in middle school, Novalee Page-Auger struggled with attending classes. Kodi Leach thought about dropping out of school.  As graduates of the alternative education program at Kennebunk High School, these young people turned their life around. The program’s focus on hands-on…

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  • An oasis in our ‘news desert’

    I wake up every morning in a town of 3,700 people, a village really, that harbors many of the people I know and love and most of the places…

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  • Latest Study Confirms Kennebunk River Water Quality Challenge

    Fewer than 5% of Maine’s rivers and streams are classified by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection as impaired. The Kennebunk River is one of them. A March 2026 study prepared by FB Environmental Associates confirmed the results of over 15 years of data collection. The study was grant funded and prepared on behalf of…

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  • Neighborhood Housing Trust completes new neighborhood in Kennebunkport

    (Charlie Kennedy contributed to this article) Nancy Hayes, a retired school social worker, moved into her new Landon Woods home on May 10.  She said she had been searching for a home in Kennebunkport for the past three years, having just missed out on the resale of a Neighborhood Housing Trust property in Heritage Woods…

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