Kittery News

Two Mass. men were found guilty of prostituting minors in several states, including at Kittery, Maine's former Danish Health Club, according to federal prosecutors.

Two students from Kittery, Maine - Sammy Bradley and Maya Schwartzwalder - who won gold medals in a state-level Shaolin kung fu competition this summer are competing today at the first Shaolin Kung Fu Olympics in Danbury, Conn.

Kittery Estates will hold its second annual Jam Session from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, featuring Duke Snyder, a jazz pianist from Portsmouth, and Friends, a group of local musicians who will be jamming alongside him.

KITTERY, Maine - "We can do better." That was the message delivered again and again by Matt Jacobson on Thursday afternoon, when the Republican candidate for governor visited elderly residents of the Kittery Estates retirement community.

I confess: I am confused! I admit: I am upset! I will also share that I am currently employed by the Kittery School Department.

Although at 10:15 p.m. it's still too early to declare a statewide victor on the gay marriage law repeal effort, all of the local towns in the Herald readership area voted to keep the law on the books - by significant margins.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 KITTERY, Maine - A room full of Rotary Club members, family and friends applauded as Kittery teachers presented the RW Traip and Shapleigh School Rotary Students of the Month for September and October.

The Tim Theriault Duo, with Theriault on guitar and Jamie Decato on drums, will perform a concert of rock, blues, and folk favorites at the Kittery Art Association on Friday, Nov.

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Voters gave an overwhelming stamp of approval to five municipal referendums Tuesday night.

Frank Dennett scored a solid victory in the race for Town Council, in unofficial results.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Preident Julie Perreault applauds Barbara Fernald, center, as Service Projects Chair Ellen McClure thanks her for her support of the community.

It's come down to the wire, two days before voting in Maine, and both proponents and opponents of same-sex marriage say it's a neck-and-neck race in an off-year election that is expected to draw much higher numbers than is typical.

A dye tracing study by various environmental agencies in the Piscatqua River this week will assist the city in determining the viability and cost of a potential plan to expand the wastewater plant at Pease International Tradeport and remove the city's primary plant from Peirce Island.

Those who came striding or stumbling out of the Night Terrors Haunted Walk after its final scares had a lot to say about the experience.

The Town Council voted to delay by two weeks a bond anticipation note for a pair of the town's largest projects.

The Frisbee Elementary School building isn't going anywhere, but the effort to find a new use for the building surely is.

A woman escaped a fire Sunday evening with her cat and two dogs, but is now homeless, at least temporarily.

Who are you really thinking about? Keep in mind all children of your community. I am a parent first and a teacher second.

The ocean will become a cleaner place thanks to some local kids, who are holding a fund-raiser for Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation on Sunday, Oct.