York County Coast Star

12/30/2025

Kennebunk High School has announced its first quarter honor roll for 2025-26 school year.

12/30/2025

The Ogunquit Museum of American Art recently announced its 2026 exhibition season. Here's what's planned.

12/30/2025

A UMaine researcher is working to build AI that doesn’t just make decisions—but shows its work.

12/30/2025

The Middle School of the Kennebunks has announced its honor roll for the first quarter for the 2025-26 school year.

12/30/2025

The alternative health care model continues to expand as health insurance premiums skyrocket.

12/29/2025

York weighs turning free spots into paid parking to bring in hundreds of thousands in new revenue.

12/27/2025

Average electric bills increased nearly 30% between 2021 and 2025, climbing from $121 to $156 per month.

12/26/2025

Kennebunk rings in 2026 with Wild Blueberry Ball Drop

KENNEBUNK — Downtown Kennebunk will host its annual New Year’s Eve celebration, known as NYE KBK, on Wednesday, Dec. 31.

Festivities will take place along Main Street and culminate in the Wild Blueberry Ball Drop from the Bell Tower of the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church at midnight. The free event is presented by the First Parish Church, the Town of Kennebunk, and the Brick Store Museum.

Founded in 2015 by local volunteers, the celebration marks its 11th year as a family-friendly tradition that brings the community together to welcome the New Year.

Activities include ice skating at the Waterhouse Center, free admission to the Brick Store Museum from 5 to 9 p.m., and an Early Bird Blueberry Drop at 9 p.m. before the midnight countdown. The best viewing spots for the ball drop are on the lawn of the First Parish Church or across the street in front of the Brick Store Museum.

For more information about the evening’s events, visit the NYE KBK page at www.facebook.com/NYEKBK.

The town of Kennebunk is celebrating New Year's Eve with a Wild Blueberry Drop!

12/24/2025

A York man is helping kids with cancer forget the fight by turning their wildest ideas into joyful videos.

12/23/2025

Kennebunk Free Library will begin scheduling appointments on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026.

12/23/2025

This is Sanford’s second time hosting the All-Star festivities, with the previous iteration coming in 2015.

12/22/2025

'Homage to Home' exhibit coming to Kennebunk Library

KENNEBUNK — The Speers Gallery at the Kennebunk Free Library will host “Homage to Home” through Dec. 31, an exhibit by local photographer Alissa Kruszenski.

Kruszenski is a self-taught photographer specializing in landscape and nature photography of southern Maine. Her passion began at age 12, when she borrowed her mom’s camera to photograph the USS George H.W. Bush from Walker’s Point. That moment sparked her interest, and she began noticing blooming flowers, sparkling water— and the beauty all around her.

“Life is made up of so many moments that we tend to overlook,” Kruszenski said. “I use nature and landscape photography to capture the magic in the mundane— moments in time that we tend to take for granted or miss entirely.”

Kruszenski’s photographs have been featured in Town & Tourist and in the Friends of Rachel Carson 2023 and 2024 calendars.