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"He is, in his mind, still a young man, sometimes still a boy, repeatedly surprised to find himself with the knowledge and the aches of a man going on fifty-three." Wendell Berry in "A Place in Time:…

Colby MacDormand is a senior Business major at the University of New England. His internship work includes connecting local businesses with KCT to help establish long-term working relationships. “I…

Caitlin LaVallee is a junior at the University of New England, double majoring in Marine and Environmental Sciences. She currently manages the KCT Instagram account and helps with organizing and…

"The planning board completed its work on the town's comprehensive plan in time for the 1962 annual meeting, and Article Fifty-eight of the warrant asked, "Shall an ordinance entitled 'Zoning…

“It’s amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.” Jerry Seinfeld

Six coastal land protection projects advance Maine’s efforts to reduce flooding, storm impacts and habitat loss

The snow removal appropriation in 1934 was $5000. During the winter only $3,229.84 was spent, and in the spring of 1935 the approximately $1,700 balance was used to buy three plows that would be…

“It had been a snowy winter, and the annual appropriation of $1200 for snow removal had been exceeded by almost $2250. At the town meeting the snow budget was increased to $2500. The voters also…

“Winter changes into stone the water of heaven and the heart of man.”  Victor Hugo

“When I started in the field of preservation, a mentor told me: ‘I’m a preservationist not because I’m interested in the past but because I care about the future,’ and that quote has stuck with me…

“You do not find the happy life. You make it.” Benjamin Franklin HAPPY NEW YEAR!

"The beauty of a simply and tastefully decorated Christmas tree is very like unto the haunting beauty of the distant horizon at sunset. Insignificant details take on new dimensions as we see them…

"We did not have a Christmas tree until we were pretty grown up. Few people in the Cape did. The night before Christmas we each chose a special chair or stool in the living room over which we hung one…

"Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men."  Kin Hubbard

"Only one major road wound its way through the village of Cape Porpoise.  Thus, motorists traveling on U.S. Route 9 invariably found themselves in the heart of the community at what we called the…

A Prayer of Thanksgiving by Howard Thurman Today, I make my Sacrament of Thanksgiving.I begin with the simple things of my days:Fresh air to breathe, Cool water to drink, The taste of food,The…

“Gladys says, ‘Your education is never complete ‘til you’ve spent a season at the Shawmut Inn.’ Graduates of Shawmut Inn reciprocate Gladys’ enthusiasm and affection. Kirk Damborg who worked there…

“Stilly Griffin finishes off one of his yarns with a laugh and a sly nod as he stands in the bait shed of Government Wharf in Kennebunkport. Before he goes on to the next story, Stilly sizes up his…

"How many choices, how much chance, how much error, how much hope have made that place and people that, in turn, made him?  He does not know.  He knows that some who might have left chose to stay, and…

“Some people gave out fruit on Halloween, apples mostly.  Though most of these parents said they were doing it to promote our good health, we knew better and shunned them.  On the other side of the…

“Although during the 1870’s no less than three shipyards on the Kennebunk River were building three-masted schooners, square-riggers or both, by 1880 only one yard building anything larger than…

“On October 26 (1929) at 1:00 p.m. Kennebunkport’s Masons had held a ceremony to lay the cornerstone of their new temple. The slab of redstone procured by Brother D. L. Ward from a quarry in Red…

“At the end of April 1929 the Arundel Lodge of Masons filed a plan at the Registry of Deeds in Alfred for what was to be the site on Temple Street beside the millpond where their new temple was to be…

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