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  • Kennebunk’s Site Plan Review Board faces concerned and impassioned residents

    An unapologetic site plan review board kept residents waiting for nearly 45 minutes past their meeting’s regular start time, unable to seat more than two board members. Present were Chair Gary Dugas and Vice Chair Jeanne Dunn. George Burr arrived at 7:40 p.m., finally making a quorum, the minimum number of members who must be…

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  • The Landing School potentially forestalls need for closure

    ARUNDEL – In an unexpected reversal, the trustees of The Landing School of Boat Building & Design announced today that steps are being taken to ensure the iconic school can remain open. Last week, the announcement that the school would close immediately shocked and saddened many Mainers, for whom the school’s international reputation and success…

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  • $64.8 million school budget to face voters June 9

    One year after two failed budget proposals and the resignation of the district’s superintendent, RSU 21’s proposed $64.8 million budget for fiscal year 2027 passed its first public vote at a meeting on May 4. Voters in Arundel, Kennebunk and Kennebunkport will vote to ratify that budget on June 9, deciding whether to increase local…

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  • Graves Library brings ‘master storyteller’ Ken Burns to KHS for sold out event

    Award-winning documentarian Ken Burns is coming to Kennebunk July 30 as part of the Graves Library speaker series to commemorate America’s 250th birthday. Longtime Maine journalist Rob Caldwell will interview Burns at a sold-out Kennebunk High School auditorium about his documentary series on the American Revolution, his passion for history, and five decades of telling…

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  • Major retail space pitched amid concerns of increased traffic and congestion

    KENNEBUNK – A major commercial center that could house fast food restaurants, a bank, coffee shop, and other retail establishments is proposed for the heavily traveled corner of Ross Road and Portland Road (Route 1). The development proposed by the Charles River Realty Group of Norwood, Mass. would be built in two phases. The first…

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  • Kennebunk Candidate Information: June 9 Election

    Information on the candidates running in the June 9th election in Kennebunk.

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  • KHS Drama Department’s bold decision pays off

    KENNEBUNK – A Kennebunk High School play lasting only 40 minutes and focused on the White Rose Society, a resistance group persecuted by the Nazis in 1940s Germany, won first place in the Maine One-Act Drama Festival Class A Regionals in March. The choice of play was lauded as “bold” by judges and others at…

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  • Kennebunk Police/EMS/Fire Stats: March-April 2026

    A MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FROM THE TOWN OF KENNEBUNK.

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  • April 2026 Real Estate Sales

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

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A sweet moment at the St. Anthony’s Monastery, Kennebunk. 5/21. (Photo by Karen Suhrhoff)

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