The Kennebunk Free Library has newspapers on microfilm back to about the 1870s. The newspaper was called The Eastern Star. Every week there was a column for happenings in Kennebunk. Most weeks had a Kennebunkport column as well. Occasionally, you will find Cape Porpoise as a separate column but most of the time it is included with Kennebunkport. The town columns are on page 3. The Eastern Star ultimately became The York County Coast Star. Another wonderful resource for earlier information is the Andrew Walker Diaries. There are hard bound copies of all ten volumes and an index, in the research room at the library. Andrew wrote about every person and event in Kennebunk and Kennebunkport, every day mid-19th century to late 19th century. Arundel was still part of Kennebunkport until 1917, at which time it was called North Kennebunkport. It did not get the name Arundel until the 1950s. The entire area, (Kennebunkport, Cape Porpoise and Arundel) was called Cape Porpoise from 1653 to 1719; Arundel from 1719 to 1820; and finally Kennebunkport from 1820 on. If someone is listed as having come from Arundel, one must look at the date to understand where they really came from. The library has had some of the films walk away recently so they are very cautious about showing them to people. If you are persistent I am sure you will prevail. If not, try the Brickstore Museum across the street (rte 1) from the Library. They have the microfilms too. They are open Tuesday and Thursday for research. As they are a non-profit, they have to charge a fee. I think it is $25 but I'm not sure about that. I work at the Kennebunkport Historical Society. We have summer newspapers that go back to around 1920 or so. These don't contain much hard news though. More tourist information and social stuff. We do have transcripts of births, marriages and deaths as well as cemetery inscriptions. We also must charge a fee of $10 for research for non-members, as we are non-profit. If you are looking for information about a Kennebunkport person or event, we may have something in our archives. Let me know if I can be of any help. Sharon Cummins