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Friday, September 30, 2016
Volume 12 • Issue No. 40
New Bowling Alley/Restaurant/Bar Plans are Underway By Nancye Tuttle, Staff Reporter KENNEBUNK Folks will soon be tallying their strikes and spares and chowing down on tasty gastropub fare if plans for the new Garden Street bowling alley, restaurant and recreation complex continue to progress smoothly. Jake Peterson, John Nelson and Dan Hardy, partners in Garden Street Bowl, Inc., intend to purchase the building, vacant since the old Garden Street Market closed in 2010 and then renovate it into a 10-lane bowling alley and 75-seat restaurant, bar and game area. “We have signed the purchase contract and hope to complete that and do construction and renovation this winter, then
Left to right: Mat Eddy, Kennebunk’s economic development director, John Nelson, Dan Hardy, and Jake Peterson, outside the old Garden Street Market, which Nelson, Hardy and Peterson plan to convert into a 10-lane bowling alley, restaurant and bar. Plans are underway and they hope to purchase the building and renovate it this winter, and then open it in the spring. (Nancye Tuttle photo)
open sometime in the spring,� Nelson said recently. He and his partners stood
outside the empty building that was originally built as a shoe manufacturing plant in the ‘50s.
It was a grocery store from the 1960s to 2010, when it closed after Hannaford opened its large supermarket on Rte. 1. The three have worked together for the past decade at the Village Tavern in West Kennebunk. Last Thanksgiving, they devised their plan and brought it to town officials. “A lot of people have talked about doing something with the building and we decided ‘let’s go for it.’ This is what the community wants, and we’re thankful to the town for helping us to make it happen, “said Nelson, a waiterbartender at Village Tavern. Mat Eddy, Kennebunk’s economic development director, said that he and his office have worked with the three men ever
since they presented their plan. “There have been other ideas for this building, and we’ve spent time as a staff seeking a suitable leasee or owner. But I’ve been impressed with them from the start. They are conservative, careful, thorough and move at a pace that makes sense,� said Eddy. The project will be a great addition to downtown Kennebunk, Eddy added. “It will help make Kennebunk a destination and bring life to the downtown after dark and on Saturdays. It will be a nice addition to the Waterhouse Center (the two-year-old skating rink/event center located on Main Street) See BOWLING page 8...
Senior Knitter Makes Shawls to Comfort Cancer Patients YORK On a Tuesday afternoon in the York Senior Center dining room, you’ll find a ‘close knit’ group of crafters. Recently they
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decided to laud one of their own, applauding her good works and giving her some well-deserved recognition for her hard work and heartfelt efforts. The woman is 91-year-old Helen Stewart. In July of 2013, Helen’s son, John R. Stewart, passed away just 7 weeks after having been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Originally when Helen knitted shawls she wanted them to go to pancreatic cancer patients, like John, but that is no longer the case. Now her prayer shawls go to anyone diagnosed with cancer. According to her friends, “knitting was something that she enjoyed doing for others and it helped comfort her through her own loss.� Since 2013, Helen has lovingly hand-knitted more than 40 prayer shawls to bring comfort to cancer patients. Each shawl requires roughly three skeins of homespun yarn and many compassionate hours to make. Helen buys all the yarn, knits each shawl and passes her gifts on to hospice through her friend and hairdresser, Hannah Rothermel. Helen has been a long time member of York Senior Center and has found many friends over
the years. She was the Senior Center crafter that originally started knitting squares for blankets. She knitted and brought in 10 knit squares she had made. Originally the squares were supposed to measure 7� x 9�, but she’d made 9� x 9� inch squares. She said she’d tear off the two inches, but her friends said absolutely not! The 9� x 9� See SHAWLS page 2...
Kittery Town Manager Selected KITTERY Interim Town Manager, Carol Granfield, has announced that a selection has been made by the Town Council for the next Town Manager. The appointment of Kendra Amaral was formally be made on Thursday, September 22, at a special Town Council meeting. The Town contracted with Eaton-Peabody Consultants to conduct a recruitment and selection process that yielded 31 candidates, with two finalists being interviewed by panels of citizens, department heads and the Town Council. Amaral has been the Assis-
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At 91-years-young, Helen Stewart lovingly crafts prayer shawls to be enjoyed by cancer patients.
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tant Town Manager and Director of Human Resources for the Town of Wilmington, MA since 2012 and previously held positions of Deputy Director of Planning and Development in Lowell, MA, Chief of Staff in Amesbury, MA and Director of Planning & Research of Boston Children’s Museum. She possesses a Bachelor’s Degree from Purdue University with 16 years’ experience. Amaral’s salary will be $113,000 and she will begin her duties on October 24. Kittery looks forward to having this talented new Town Manager assist the community moving forward.
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