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Friday, December 27, 2019
Volume 15 • Issue No. 52
Celebrate New Year’s Eve with the Blueberry Ball Drop! KENNEBUNK The 5th Annual New Year’s Eve Kennebunk (known as NYE KBK) will take place on Tuesday, December 31 at various locations on Main Street in downtown Kennebunk. The events culminate in the Wild Blueberry Ball Drop from the Bell Tower of the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church at midnight! Founded in 2015 by volunteers from the Town of Kennebunk, the Brick Store Museum, and the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church,
this is NYE KBK’s fifth year creating a family-friendly event that brings the community to-
gether to celebrate the New Year. All events are open to the public free of charge. Events
are as follows: 2nd Annual New Year’s Corn Hole Tournament, beginning at 1:30 p.m., at the Town Hall Auditorium. Teams can register online at www.nyekbk. org. Cost per team is $40, with all funds going to Kennebunk General Assistance to help local families in need. First Parish Church: starting at 7 p.m., mini-NYE family carnival games (with prizes!) and hot chocolate inside; outdoor fire pits to enjoy the celebrations! Brick Store Museum:
local musician Ray Calabro will be hosting an evening of live music 7-8:45 p.m.; free admission to the galleries and exhibitions 7-11 p.m. Waterhouse Center: ice skating throughout the evening! From the bell tower of the First Parish Church, an Early Bird Ball Drop will begin at 9 p.m. and the Wild Blueberry Ball Drop will ring in the New Year at midnight. To learn more, visit www. nyekbk.org and www.facebook. com/NYEKBK.
Bill to Crack Down on Illegal Robocalls Headed to Law WASHINGTON, D.C. Amidst ever-increasing numbers of robocall scams, the U.S. Senate voted unanimously to pass legislation co-sponsored by Senators Susan Collins and Angus King to increase federal law enforcement’s authority to put a stop to these illegal calls. The Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act makes it easier for regulators to find scammers, increases civil forfeiture penalties for those who are caught, promotes call authentication and blocking adoption,
and brings relevant federal agencies and state attorneys general together to address impediments to criminal prosecution of robocallers who intentionally flout laws. The bill now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law. “Americans are being inundated with illegal robocalls that are not only a major nuisance, but also a tool that is often used by con artists to
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KITTERY Portsmouth Naval Shipyard held a ceremonial groundbreaking on Friday, December 20 to commemorate the new Dry Dock #1 super flood basin and portal crane rail extension. Honored guests participating in the ceremony include Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Michael Gilday; U.S. Senators Angus King, Jeanne Shaheen, and Maggie Hassan; Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, Vice Admiral Thomas Moore; Chief of Legislative Affairs for the Secretary of the Navy, Rear Admiral Charles Cooper II; and Commander, Undersea Warfighting Development Center, Rear Admiral
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perpetrate crimes,” said Senator Collins, the Chairman of the Aging Committee. “Over the course of the two dozen hearings I have held to expose and examine scams, it is clear that a coordinated approach is necessary to put a stop to these illegal calls. The TRACED Act is a significant step forward that will help prevent fraudulent calls and put criminals on notice that they will be caught and brought to
justice. I am pleased that the final version of the legislation was improved by including an extension of the statute of limitations for caller-ID ‘spoofing’ violations, which I advocated for.” “At best, illegal robocalls are a major annoyance – at worst, they’re scams that target our most vulnerable citizens,” See CALLS page 4...
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Leonard Dallaga. “The super flood basin and portal crane extension, are essential to ensuring we have the right long-term capabilities to support the successful execution
of our mission in support of the submarine fleet,” said Shipyard Commander, Captain Daniel Ettlich. “These efforts directly support the Navy’s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program
(SIOP) designed to improve the efficiency of our naval shipyards so we can better execute our maintenance and modernization See DOCK page 2...
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard held a groundbreaking ceremony to commemorate the new Dry Dock #1 super flood basin and portal crane rail extension.(U.S. Navy photo by Jim Cleveland/Released)
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