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“Piers may change physically, but they’re steadfast emotionally. We all need that in an uncertain world. We need a place to tie up to keep us from going adrift. We need sturdiness and strength when…

The Kennebunkport Conservation Trust (KCT), in partnership with Flycatcher LLC, the University of New England (UNE), and Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program (MNRCP), will host a press event…

“Sam (Wildes) went to work at Cape Porpoise pier 40 years ago, and is still there today (1976). ‘When I went down to work at the pier in 1936, I worked seven days a week, 10 hours a day, for Frank…

“Remember that the earth is a gift that we must pass on, just as it came to us."  Robin Wall Kimmerer in “Braiding Sweetgrass”

“’If I had two loaves of bread, I’d sell one and buy white hyacinths,’ said Hafiz, or words to that effect. This quotation comes to mind when you meet Kennebunkport artist Edward Mayo. And his two…

"He and time were moving at about the same pace.  He was neither hurried by it nor hurrying to catch it, his thoughts coming whole as he thought them, with nothing left out or left over.  If he seemed…

“I grew up in a world in which everything was like that: shopping malls, TV dinners, TV itself, supermarkets, freeways, air conditioning, drive-in movies, 3D movies, transistor radios, backyard…

We are excited to finally share our first signature scented candle with you!  By blending Ocean Air, Earth, and Cypress this scent brings you back to your walks through the forest along the ocean in…

“People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.”  -F. M. Alexander

ScapeGoats are helping us clear invasive plants once again.

Check out page 8 for an article by our staff writer after she connected with past and current keepers.

“No, ma’am,” I said. “We live in Arundel, fifteen miles from here. ” She looked at me blankly. “In a Rundle?” she asked, saying the name of our town as I had said it. “You live in a Rundle?” Then…

All of us at the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Norine Burns. Norine was named the Trust's 2015 Volunteer of the Year in recognition of all the help she…

“Whenever I feel harried or overwhelmed in life, I compose myself by thinking about calm, beautiful and peaceful things. As often as not, my thoughts in those moments circle back to the Maine village…

Eelgrass (Zostera marina) is a marine plant critical to coastal ecosystems. It supports commercial fisheries and plays an important role in resilience to climate change. Eel grass serves as a habitat…

"By 1873, the Sea Shore Company had purchased nearly 700 acres of land along five miles of coastline, which stretched from Turbat's Creek to Lord's Point in Kennebunk. A map was drawn up for a part of…

In this article from Courthouse News Service read about how "in Maine, the state’s annual Lighthouse Day celebrates this place’s deep relationship with lighthouses."

“Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in…

The Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel Chamber of Commerce (The Chamber) held their annual dinner, meeting and awards night “DRIVE to be the Best" this evening. As always the event was full of…

So now to Goat Island Light New owners had appeared, And all the work that must be done Would be that of volunteers.   At a meeting of that local Trust Director Scott Dombrowski said, “Dick…

"The whiteness of the sky has begun to show a faint stain of pink.  The air opens and lightens around him, freshening, bearing the cold pungence of the ocean.  Seagulls, crying hungrily, circle on…

"My school at Cape Porpoise" it says on the back side of this photograph, at the head of a list of names written with a steel-nib pen. At the bottom is a notation faded to illegibility, followed by…