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Friday, September 29, 2023
Volume 19 • Issue No. 39
Grandmother to Walk Marathon in Honor of Granddaughter KITTERY Kittery resident, Kathryn Davis-Varney, recently registered for the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk in support of her three-year-old granddaughter, Emme, who is currently undergoing cancer treatment at Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Kathryn, along with the rest of her family, joined this year’s walk to support Emme in her fight against cancer and to help raise funds for further research around childhood cancer. The family participates under their banner, “Emme Rae
of Hope,” and have a goal of raising $10,000 this year. So far, the team has raised over $7,000
towards that goal. Kathryn also plans to take on a personal goal in Emme’s
honor by walk ing the f ull marathon length, something she views as a unique and fun experience, as well as a challenge. “If my granddaughter can spend countless days and her entire almost three years in the hospital with four major surgeries, I can surely tackle 26 miles thinking of her and others that are going through this on a daily basis,” she writes. “I’m excited for the walk. I hear it is a beautiful sight to see everyone together for such a wonderful cause. The power in people and knowing Emme and others are
not alone in this battle is so important!” Kathryn notes her ongoing training partnership with Janey Morse and Danielle Simpson, fellow members of the “Emme Rae of Hope” team. She has been diligently training for the upcoming event, currently clocking in around 13 miles per week. Kathryn’s unwavering determination underscores her belief that come Sunday’s event, she will not only meet but exceed the distance required. See WALK on page 12 . . .
First Annual Antique Fire Apparatus Show in Wells WELLS The Wells Fire Department is excited to announce its First Annual Antique Fire Apparatus Show and Open House on Saturday, October 7, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Wells Fire Department, at 1563 Post Road. The day’s initiative aims to provide the public with a unique window into the work carried out by the fire department, offering a day filled with engaging activities, informative tours, captivating demonstrations, and family-friendly fun. Antique fire apparatus from both Southern Maine and New
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Hampshire will be on display, with owners and crew on hand to answer questions and relay details about the vehicles. The public will get a chance to tour the Fire Department facilities with staff member, and learn more about the inner workings of the department. Additionally, Fire Department staff will host demos throughout the day, including donning full turnout gear, forcible entry demonstrations, displaying a hydraulic extraction “Jaws of Life” tool, and fire extinguisher demonstrations. The department is also excited to
show off their new Tower Truck. The family fun continues with door prizes, “Toucha-Truck” demonstrations, and food, with The Maine Diner, Fred’s Fried Dough and Plot Twist Pretzels on hand. All participants will have a chance to enter their names to win one of several door prizes throughout the day. “The event is new to Wells, and it is a chance to showcase our new fire station, equipment and our capabilities to the residents,” says Wells Fire Chief Mark Dupuis. “We are excited to show-
case our commitment to the town with an open house and a nostalgic look back into the history of fire apparatus in the region, and we hope to see the town come out to enjoy the day with us.”
The Wells Fire Department hopes to see everybody out for a day of family, fun and fire trucks! For more information, please reach out to the Wells Fire Department at 207-646-7912.
Dr. McGrath & Galaxy Exploration in Kennebunk KENNEBUNK Following the Astronomical Society of Northern New England’s (ASNNE’s) threeday Starfest in mid-September, ASNNE will return to its monthly meetings, always held on the first Friday of each month. The next meeting will be on Friday, October 6 at 7:30 p.m. at The New School, 38 York Street, in Kennebunk. The business meeting, also open to the public, commences at 7 p.m. ASNNE is proud and honored to host a presentation by Dr. Elizabeth McGrath at the
October meeting. Her topic, “Exploring the Growth of Galaxies in the Early Universe with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).” The James Webb
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Space Telescope is a space telescope launched in 2021, and was specifically designed to conduct infrared astronomy. Its high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments allow it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope. This enables investigations across many fields of astronomy and cosmology, such as observation of the first stars and the formation of the first galaxies, and detailed atmospheric characterization of potentially habitable exoplanets. The JWST is already revealing important new insights
into the formation and growth of the earliest galaxies, the early structure of these galaxies, and the nature of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) seeds within in these early galaxies. She will present results from the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) survey, which confirmed one of the first distant galaxies detected by JWST. The survey found early evidence of growing SMBHs, and contributed to the growing evidence that disk-like, or spiral, galaxies
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