PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • March 7, 2026
When Kennebunkport village center was laid out more than 300 years ago, no one anticipated the need to allow passage for large commercial vehicles. Our infrastructure cannot be expanded. The mass arrival of visitors via motorcoach is different than the ebb and flow of people who circulate to and from Dock Square via car or on foot. It is time for Kennebunk and Kennebunkport to begin a serious conversation about the capacity of our river villages to welcome hundreds of visitors at once within the boundaries of our limited business districts without destroying the qualities that make people want to come here in the first place. ~ Susan Graham, Kennebunkport