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Floods cause major damage in Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood Storms brought heavy rainfall, strong winds through Metro Detroit Tags:  Floods cause major damage in Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood Read: Residents spent much of Saturday cleaning up what they could from the devastating floods. “I just couldn’t believe my eyes, when I came out and see all of the cars submerged throughout the whole neighborhood. I started videotaping it,” said Dwayne Berry. Dwayne Berr...

increase font size Election 2021: Kennebunk results are in Four elected to the select board. Voters cast ballots for RSU 21 trustees and approved both municipal and RSU 21 budgets. Share Voters elected four select board members, two RSU 21 board members, returned two unopposed sewer district trustees to office, elected a Kenenbunk Light & Power District trustee, approved all town meeting referendum questions and ratified the RSU 21 budget on Tuesday, June 8. KENNEBUNK – Voters elected three...

The Kennebunk Select Boards vote to turn to a consultant for help was a split one, with Selectperson Edward Karytko a vocal dissenter.

The election to fill four seats on the Kennebunk Select Board will be held on Tuesday, June 8.

Eight candidates vie for 3 Kennebunk Select Board seats Growth, budgeting, and keeping the towns character seen as issues in race for the three-year terms. Share KENNEBUNK – Eight candidates, including two incumbents, are running to fill three, three-year terms on the select board in the June 8 election. Absentee voting is available. Candidates are incumbent Wayne Berry, John Costin, Anthony Michaud, Kortney Nedeau, Gwen Page, Lisa Joy Pratt, Kyle Roberts and incumbent Shiloh Schulte. • Be...

Future of Kennebunk Treasure Chest in question It has been a popular place to drop off usable items, or to find them. Closed temporarily due to the pandemic, some select board members say it might be time to close it for good. Share The Treasure Chest at Kennebunk’s Public Services facility on Sea Road has been shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some select board members are wondering, given traffic flow issues and future space limitations, if it should be closed. Dan King photo KENNE...

If the nomination papers currently in circulation are any indication, several candidates are poised to throw their hats into the proverbial ring to run for office during the elections in local towns this June. Nomination papers in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Arundel, Wells and Ogunquit became available at town clerks’ offices in late February and are due back there by Friday, April 9. Heres a rundown of how the races are shaping up: Kennebunk In Kennebunk, Deputy Town Clerk Carrie Weeman report...

KENNEBUNK, Maine – The town is proposing significant changes to its process and fees for beach parking permits. Currently, residents can get their first vehicle permit for free, while second and third ones cost $5 and $10, respectively. According to Finance Director Joel Downs, the town is proposing $5 for every permit, starting with the first. Another proposed change: license plate numbers would be printed on the permit, restricting a permit to a particular vehicle. “That’s very much o...

KENNEBUNK, Maine – The select board has authorized town administrators and officials to meet with representatives of the Kennebunk Light and Power District to resolve what Chair Blake Baldwin described as an impasse regarding streetlights. At issue is the town’s LED lighting project and its recent discovery that KLPD – not the town – owns the 800-plus streetlights that would be involved. Central Maine Power owns the other streetlights in the community. Town Manager Michael Pardue said T...

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