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Volume 18 • Issue No. 23
Maritime Festival Launches for Sixth Year THE KENNEBUNKS & ARUNDEL – Now in its sixth year, Launch! A Maritime Festival will take place June 15 to 19, helping visitors and locals start the summer in coastal Maine. Quickly becoming one of the state’s most anticipated annual events, the festival celebrates the Kennebunk region’s rich seafaring history with events for all ages at locations throughout Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, and Arundel. Launch! is adding new events this year, including Claws for a Cause on the Village Green, benefitting the Maine Lobster-
men’s Association (MLA). “For the second year in a row, we are partnering with the MLA to give them a platform to better educate the public on the challenges our lobstermen are facing,” said Laura Dolce, executive director of the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Arundel Chamber of Commerce. On Saturday, four local bands – Michael Corleto, the Dock Squares, Beau Dalleo Band, and Chris Ross Band – will perform 12 to 4 p.m. at the Village Green in Kennebunkport. There will be lobster rolls for sale, as well as hot dogs, fried dough, and snow cones. The Musette bar truck will also be serv-
ing cocktails. Games and other activities will also be held. Other festival highlights include Castaway Cove for Kids at the Waterhouse Center in Kennebunk, featuring buoy decorating, touch tanks, and bouncy obstacle courses; Relaunch with Portside, a nautical-themed cocktail party benefitting Ben’s Fight, a nonprofit organization that supports families affected by cancer; River Lights Boat Parade, where boats bedecked in lights carrying costumed passengers and accompanied by music make their way down the Kennebunk River after dark; and a traditional blessing of the fleet in beautiful Cape Por-
poise village, wishing captains and crews a safe and bountiful season. Throughout the festival, visitors can also enjoy historic walking tours with costumed interpreters, a Wednesday night After Hours at White Columns, a fabulous candle and wine event with Sea Love Candles and Maine+Vine, and costumed interpreters in Kennebunkport. For information and event details, call 207-967-0857, visit www.gokennebunks.com or w w w.launchfestme.com, or follow the event’s page at www. facebook.com/launchfestme/?fref=ts.
Eliot Presents “Safe Summer Kickoff” Event ELIOT The Eliot Police Department and the nonprof it organization Eliot Connects are excited to announce the “Safe Summer Kickoff” event on Saturday, June 11, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., at the recreation area by the police station on Dixon Road. The event celebrates the upcoming summer, as well as community and safety, and will allow residents to meet and mingle with local first-responders. The
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day’s fun will include lawn games, cornhole, face painting, bubbles, and crafts. The William Fogg Library will also hold one of its summer reading programs. Serving up some cool treats will be the Kona Ice truck, while breakfast sandwiches, French toast sticks, popcorn, and water will also be available. Additionally, a “bike rodeo” will be featured that includes a safety course and opportunities for visitors to get their bicycles and helmets inspected.
YORK On April 29, the Old York Historical Society (OYHS) purchased the property at 96 Beech Ridge Road in York, formerly an Assemblies of God church. The society plans to renovate the 15,000-square-foot building to accommodate its archival and library collections, a public reading room, and storage for object collections. The new facility will open in 2023. Since 2012, the trustees of OYHS have been looking for an appropriate building in York to house its extensive archival library and object collections. The items had been stored in several locations, including the attics of historic buildings, outbuildings, and the former York Beach Post Office (which
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First responders from the Eliot police and fire departments and Maine Wardens will be on hand to show off their emergency vehicles and boats. Visitors can also help “stuff a cruiser” with summer items, such as sunblock, bug spray, tick remover, and gas and grocery gift cards, all of which will be donated to those in need with the goal of helping everyone in the community have a great
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at 2,000 square feet was inadequate for the size of the collections). The society attempted to buy the Beech Ridge church building in 2013; but when the sale couldn’t be finalized, it purchased the former Kittery Family Prac-
tice building at 22 Shapleigh Road in Kittery, which provided desperately needed space and appropriate climate control. In late 2021, Fair Tide, a Kittery-based organization that finds long-term solutions for homeless individuals and families, submitted an offer to OYHS to purchase the Shapleigh Road property. Fortuitously, the Beech Ridge church building came on the market the next day. The society and Fair Tide coordinated efforts to secure the properties in a deal that is beneficial to both organizations. “We are delighted that these transactions were able to happen so smoothly,” said Joel Lefever, OYHS executive director, See CHURCH on page 5 . . .
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