Despite a tabled water extraction deal between Poland Spring and the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District, area residents are pressing forward with a movement to preserve and protect water as a natural resource.

WELLS — The Wells Charter Commission will hold its final public hearing on the proposed new town charter at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21.

If you've ever walked the Marginal Way in Ogunquit, you understand how special it is.

OGUNQUIT — Independent U.S. Senate candidate Herbert Hoffman is fighting to replace his name on the November ballot, filing a motion for a stay of a Maine Supreme Judicial Court decision that ruled his candidacy invalid July 28.

Thursday, Aug. 21
YCCA fuel assistance, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Town Hall
Public hearing on proposed charter, 7 p.m., Town Hall
Monday, Aug. 25
Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall
Tuesday, Aug. 26

OGUNQUIT — A 56-mile run to honor soldiers from Maine who have been killed in Iraq will kick off at 8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, in Ogunquit.

OGUNQUIT — Stuart Nudelman of Ogunquit and Blake Baldwin of Kennebunk are recipients of this year's Dance Inspiration Award.

Thursday, Aug. 21
Zoning Board, 7 p.m., Dunaway Center
Monday, Aug. 25
Marginal Way Committee, 6 p.m., Dunaway Center
Planning Board, 7 p.m., Dunaway Center

KENNEBUNK — Goodall Hospital and The Medical Group on Tuesday announced a partnership that will result in expanded outpatient services in starting this September.

KENNEBUNK — A motion to place Selectman Bob Higgins back on four municipal committees from which he was removed last month failed for lack of a second at a Board of Selectmen meeting Aug. 12.

KENNEBUNKPORT — The RSU 57 Planning Committee on Tuesday voted 11-3 to approve a single cost-sharing option to be included in a final school consolidation plan for Arundel, Kennebunk and Kennebunkport.

KENNEBUNK — The Kennebunk Shoppers Village is currently getting a new look and some local shop owners are welcoming the changes.

Receiving a national honor was a walk in the park for the Seacoast Garden Club.

Wednesday, Aug. 27
Planning Board, 7 p.m., Village Fire Station
Thursday, Aug. 28
Selectmen, 7 p.m., Village Fire Station

KENNEBUNKPORT — Many people will cast a fishing line into the ocean just as a way to relax, but for Major (Ret.) John "Doc" Nelson, a few hours of fishing off the coast recently was a way to feel like he was understood.

WELLS — It all started with this spring's Wells Rotary Club television auction. Among the items that Rotarian John Kreie had obtained for the auction were copies of Doro Bush Koch's book "My Father, My President," about her father, former...

WELLS — It's the kind of community service project the staff at Veritas Academy, the 2-year-old private Christian high school in Wells, relishes for its students. The academy's students worked with the Child Abuse Prevention Council of...

ARUNDEL — Paul Shuffleburg is passionate about maintaining his 1985 blue Ford F250 pickup truck, so naturally, his part-time job at an auto body shop is a solid learning experience.

KENNEBUNK —— Kathy Ostrander was appointed the new town historian July 8 by recommendation of former Town Historian Joyce Butler, who served in the position for 15 years.

KENNEBUNKPORT — At 80 years of age, Kennebunkport artist and weight throw competitor Val McGann shows little signs of slowing down, either with his brush and canvas or with his impact in the realm of track and field.

KENNEBUNK — It has not taken long for the Kennebunk Fireman Sprint Triathlon and Duathlon to become one of the top draws of the summer and race organizers on a national level are now eying the event as a possible site for a future championship...

Arundel's Daniel Murphy turned in a solid performance at last Sunday's Timberman Half Ironman Triathlon at Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire.

There were nearly 50 competitors who showed up for Sunday's Toyota Tundra 250 at Wiscasset Raceway, but when it came down to claiming the winner's purse of $30,000, nobody had anything for two-time PASS North champion Johnny Clark.

It's that time of year again. High school sports teams throughout the state of Maine began their fall pre-season practices on Monday.

The Webhannet Golf Club men's team recovered from setbacks on the first day of the annual Cross-River Challenge against the Cape Arundel Golf Club to once again capture the event, 38 1/2 to 26 1/2.

One of the most spectacular experiences a saltwater angler can have is to witness the vicious slashing of baitfish in a blitz of frenzy feeding. The surface of the water is churned in complete chaos and one cannot help feeling a sense of awe —...

WASHINGTON D.C. — The Village Cove Inn has been selected for the 2008 Best of Kennebunkport Award in the "Hotels" category by the U.S. Local Business Association.

YORK - “We wanted to bring more of the outside experience inside, “ says Donna Lewis, general manager of the Clay Hill Farm Restaurant. Also the owner of the Sea Bell Gallery on Shore Road in Ogunquit, Lewis commissioned Carla Abbott Kiernan of...

PORTSMOUTH — Each year Piscataqua Savings Bank honors four local high school seniors with a $1,500 college scholarship. The students selected have shown a commitment to community service and demonstrated qualities of high character during their high...

OGUNQUIT — The Barn Gallery will host its Fall Exhibitions from Sept. 4 through Sept. 28. "200 for $200" will give art lovers a chance to buy a great work of art by an Ogunquit Art Association artist for a small price.

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. — Elizabeth Shannon Thompson of Kennebunkport received her bachelor of arts degree (magna cum laude) with honor from Mount Holyoke College on May 25.

KENNEBUNKPORT — With the opening lines, "I came here at the age of six weeks in a laundry basket, so you see, with the exception of a few summers, I have been coming here a long time," Beatrice vom Baur Madeira Edmands, known as "Bea" to her...

2 T. extra-virgin olive oil

With all the rainy weather this summer, your local library is a good place to visit.

Just a short ride from beautiful beaches and the hustle and bustle of Dock Square is Kennebunk's Main Street. While it has less of a touristy feel than its Kennebunkport counterpart, Main Street in Kennebunk has a charm and appeal all its own.

KENNEBUNKPORT — The Art Guild of the Kennebunks August Annual Awards Exhibition will be held Friday through Sunday, Aug. 22-24, at the Community House across from the Kennebunkport Post Office on Temple Street.

If you've ever walked the Marginal Way in Ogunquit, you understand how special it is.

Ogunquit's Perkins Cove, one of the most photogenic spots on the Maine Coast, has not always looked as it does today. When Charles H. Woodbury opened his art school on the banks of the Josias River in 1898 there was no boat basin, just a stream that...

SANFORD — The Energy Services Program of York County Community Action has begun accepting LIHEAP applications for York County households in which there are elderly or disabled persons, or children 24 months or younger.

Right off the bat it should be noted that "Always ... Patsy Cline" at Arundel Barn Playhouse is a true story. There's no plot, per se. It is, instead, the remembrances of a deeply devoted fan and friend to one of America's truly great country and...

"I'll make a queen of that barbarous wretch."

The Ogunquit Chamber takes to the streets for the 35th annual Sidewalk Art Show and Sale today, Aug. 21. The show is an Ogunquit tradition, this year with more than 70 artists, and this year it has expanded down Beach Street, and into the parking...

OGUNQUIT — Ogunquit Performing Arts announces another fun-and-action-filled Capriccio Sept. 1 through 14, the 18th year for this fabulous townwide Festival of the Arts that signals the end of the summer season in Ogunquit.

OGUNQUIT — Ogunquit Performing Arts and Ogunquit Arts Collaborative continue the "Art Videos at the Gallery" series with the ninth film presentation: "Andy Goldsworthy — Rivers and Tides, Working with Time." It will begin at 7:30 p.m.

The calendar is a compilation of events by local organizations, businesses or individuals. To add your event or activity, contact Living section editor Laura Snyder Smith by e-mail at lsnyder@seacoastonline.com or by phone at 985-2961.

SPRINGVALE — Inflation gets the best of us. The cost of everything from postage stamps, electricity and gas continues to rise. We gripe, groan and moan as we lament how much cheaper everything was "in the good old days." Now, contemplate how...

You've been waiting and now the Seacoast Cutest Pet entries are ready for your votes!

Seven years ago, we created the "Warm Home Fund" with an modest goal of raising $10,000. With the support of our readers, the fund has collected and dispersed nearly $29,000 since that first year.