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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.
KENNEBUNK, Maine – After filling a vacancy on the RSU 21 School Board just two weeks ago, town officials have filled that same seat yet again.
At the end of a process that drew some criticism, the Kennebunk Select Board on Tuesday appointed Gayle Asmussen Spofford to complete an unfinished term on the school board.
Spofford succeeds Josiah Currier, who resigned last Friday, citing personal reasons, without participating in a single school board meeting as a member.
Spofford will serve the remainder of the term, which ends June 30.
Spofford, who has a background in accounting, was appointed over four other candidates: salesperson Kortney Nedeau; educator and former attorney Claudia Sayre; educator David Wayne; and Peter Sentner, who has a background in social work and policy writing.