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Friday, December 30, 2016
Volume 12 • Issue No. 53
Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Kennebunk KENNEBUNK The 2nd Annual New Year’s Eve Kennebunk (known as NYE KBK for short) will take place on Saturday, December 31 at various locations on Main Street in downtown Kennebunk. The free event is sponsored by Nadeau Orthodontics, Cole Harrison Insurance and Kennebunk Hannaford. Founded in 2015 by volunteers from the Town of
Kennebunk, the Brick Store Museum, and the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, this is NYE KBK’s second year creating a family-friendly event that brings the community together to celebrate the New Year. All events are open to the public free of charge. Featuring live music at the First Parish Church, free admission to the Brick Store Museum from 9-11 p.m., ice skating at the Waterhouse
Center and indoor board games and outdoor fire pits at the First Parish UU Church to spend time with friends, family and neighbors. From the bell tower of the First Parish Church, an Early Bird Ball Drop will begin at 9 p.m. and the Wild Blueberry Ball Drop will ring in the New Year at midnight. To learn more about the included events and entertainment, visit the NYEKBK website at www.nyekbk.org.
110-Acre Spiller Farm Permanently Preserved WELLS Great Works Regional Land Trust, the Town of Wells, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service announce that Bill and Anna Spiller, owners and operators of Spiller Farm in Wells, completed a conservation agreement that will permanently preserve their 110acre farm spanning both sides of Branch Road (Route 9A), protecting the property as work-
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ing farmland now and for future generations. Under the agreement, development rights are removed from the property and farm uses are encouraged. The land remains in private hands and on the tax rolls, yet is protected from threats of subdivision or development for non-farm purposes. The easement will be monitored and enforced by Great Works Regional Land Trust. “Anna and I feel lucky to have had the opportunity to run this business and provide food for the people of Wells, and we
would like others to have the same opportunity we had, to pursue life as a farmer,� says Bill Spiller. Michael Wright, President of Great Works Regional Land Trust, praises the Spillers for their dedication to land conservation and the health of their community. ‘’Bill and Anna took these steps because they love their farm and the Town of Wells. They also conveyed their conservation easement at far below market value. They See SPILLER page 3...
Year-End Holidays Bring All-Time Record for New England Travelers NEW ENGLAND More than 4.47 million New Englanders will travel this holiday season This year-end holiday travel season will set a new alltime record for the number of travelers in New England, and the U.S., according to projections from AAA. Nearly 4.47 million New England residents are expected to travel at least 50 miles away from home during the holiday period, a 2.5 percent increase compared to 2015. Eighty-eight percent of travelers, or 3.96 million New Englanders, will travel by car to their destinations – a 2.6 percent increase from last year when
3.86 million residents took cars to holiday getaways. More than 384,000 are expected to fly, which is a 3.1 percent increase over 2015’s 373,000 air travelers.
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Summer crops at Spiller Farm. (Great Works Regional Land Trust photo) Bill & Anna Spiller. (Great Works Regional Land Trust photo)
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Nationally, AAA projects 103 million travelers over the Christmas/New Year holiday, topping last year’s 101.5 million end-of-year travelers by 1.5
percent. This marks the eighth consecutive year of growth for end-of-year holiday travel. “This holiday period is the longest one of the year and the most popular one for travelers because so many make it a priority to reunite with family and friends,� said Pat Moody manager of public affairs for AAA Northern New England. The increase in holiday travel this year is being driven by additional consumer spending, a result of improvements in the labor market and rising wages. Additionally, low gas prices and increased consumer optimism See TRAVEL page 9...
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