Eight candidates vie for 3 Kennebunk Select Board seats
Growth, budgeting, and keeping the town s character seen as issues in race for the three-year terms.
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KENNEBUNK – Eight candidates, including two incumbents, are running to fill three, three-year terms on the select board in the June 8 election. Absentee voting is available.
Candidates are incumbent Wayne Berry, John Costin, Anthony Michaud, Kortney Nedeau, Gwen Page, Lisa Joy Pratt, Kyle Roberts and incumbent Shiloh Schulte.
• Berry was raised locally, began his education in a two-room schoolhouse in Lower Village, graduated from KHS and went on to Maine colleges. Married, he is a semi-retired builder, and has served on committees including the Zoning Board of Appeals, Board of Assessment Review, Budget Board, the Tax Study Committee, as a selectman and was a founding member of the Lower Village Committee.
Future of Kennebunk Treasure Chest in question
It has been a popular place to drop off usable items, or to find them. Closed temporarily due to the pandemic, some select board members say it might be time to close it for good.
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The Treasure Chest at Kennebunk’s Public Services facility on Sea Road has been shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some select board members are wondering, given traffic flow issues and future space limitations, if it should be closed.
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KENNEBUNK – The Treasure Chest at Public Services on Sea Road might not serve up any more treasures any time soon, if ever.
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If the nomination papers currently in circulation are any indication, several candidates are poised to throw their hats into the proverbial ring to run for office during the elections in local towns this June.
Nomination papers in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Arundel, Wells and Ogunquit became available at town clerks’ offices in late February and are due back there by Friday, April 9.
Here s a rundown of how the races are shaping up:
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In Kennebunk, Deputy Town Clerk Carrie Weeman reported Monday that six people have taken out nomination papers for the trio of three-year Select Board seats currently occupied by Wayne Berry, Edward Karytko and Shiloh Schulte.
KENNEBUNK, Maine – The town is proposing significant changes to its process and fees for beach parking permits.
Currently, residents can get their first vehicle permit for free, while second and third ones cost $5 and $10, respectively. According to Finance Director Joel Downs, the town is proposing $5 for every permit, starting with the first.
Another proposed change: license plate numbers would be printed on the permit, restricting a permit to a particular vehicle.
“That’s very much of a change,” Downs said.
Residents also would be required to present proof that they are a taxpayer in town, Downs said.
The proposed changes are consistent with what other Maine coastal communities have been doing with their beach parking permitting process, Downs noted.