KENNEBUNKPORT — Cars and TV remote broadcast vans lined Ocean Avenue near Walker’s Point all day Wednesday, and a steady stream of visitors stopped to take photos. They were paying tribute to former first lady Barbara Bush at the site of the Bush family’s longtime summer home the day after she died at age 92. […]
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Man, woman injured in separate hunting-related shootings
UPPER CUPSUPTIC TOWNSHIP — A Penobscot man was shot early Friday night while hunting with a friend when both shot at the same partridge in northern Oxford County. Game wardens are investigating this hunting-related shooting and a second shooting involving a Kennebunkport woman who also was hunting partridge Monday in Piscataquis County. The shooting in […]
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William A. Shorey
KENNEBUNKPORT — William ‘Bill’ Arnold Shorey Sr., 80, of Kennebunkport, beloved brother of Raymond ‘Major’ Shorey of Oquossoc, died Sept. 28 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House surrounded by his loving family. To share a memory or leave a message of condolence, please visit Bill’s Book of Memories page at www.bibberfuneral.com. William A. Shorey
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G. Eunice "Noonie" Martel
HINGHAM, Mass. — G. Eunice “Noonie” (Coughlin) Martel, formerly of Lewiston, died on Thursday, Sept. 14, in Hingham, Mass., surrounded by her loving family. Noonie was a warm spirit with a ready smile and a twinkle in her eye. She deeply loved her family and her friends. She was born Aug. 27, 1931, in Wethersfield, Conn., […]
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Kennebunkport mansion built during War of 1812 for sale at $8 million
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) — A Maine mansion built during the War of 1812 has gone on the market with an asking price of nearly $8 million. The couple who owned Kennebunkport’s Captain Lord Mansion for almost four decades, Bev Davis and Rick Litchfield, is retiring to spend time with their grandchildren. The Portland Press Herald […]
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Former President George H.W. Bush celebrating 93rd birthday
KENNEBUNKPORT (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush is celebrating his 93rd birthday with family on the Maine coast. Bush was planning a low-key celebration Monday with his wife, Barbara Bush, and other family members at their summer home in Kennebunkport. She turned 92 last week. The former president was hospitalized in the spring with […]
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Doctors expect George H.W. Bush’s fracture to heal in 3-4 months
PORTLAND — Former President George H.W. Bush fractured a bone in his neck when he took a tumble at his oceanside summer home, but he suffered no neurological impairment and the injury will be allowed to heal on its own, which is expected to take three to four months, officials said Thursday. Bush, at 91 […]
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Missing boy found alive in Kennebunkport woods
The Maine Warden Service say they found 12-year-old Adam Daggett in the woods in Kennebunkport. His condition at this point isn’t clear, but he has been found alive. The Maine Warden Service said Daggett was last seen around 3 p.m. Friday. Wardens reported searchers found him in the woods at around 10:30 p.m. Friday. It’s […]
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Coast Guard cleans up oil spill in Kennebunkport
KENNEBUNKPORT — An oil spill in Kennebunkport is expected to take a couple more days to clean up. A sheen on the water off the village of Cape Porpoise was first reported Sunday night. The Coast Guard spent Monday overseeing the cleanup along a 100- to 150-yard stretch of shoreline. Coast Guard Lt. Commander Timm […]
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Coast Guard reports oil spill of unknown origin of Cape Porpoise
KENNEBUNKPORT — The Coast Guard says cleanup is underway following the discovery of an oil spill on an island that’s part of Cape Porpoise. The Coast Guard says it received the initial report of an oil sheen and oil on the coast of Bickford Island on Sunday. Clean Harbors, an environmental cleanup company, was on […]