A Southern Maine Publication Since 1958
Current Issue
August 13, 2026
On cue: New Creative Haven in Dock Square: Welcome The River House, Alfred's New Town Square Painting, Kitchen Talk, It's Like This, Saltwater Fishing Report, Fire Up the Grill and Smoker for a Good Cause, News Briefs, Good Things Going On, Live Music, Tide Chart, Calendar
Cover Artist: Barbara Berry
Summer, 2026
Our Publications, Team T&T, Through the Lens, Editor's Note, Local Heroes, Local Arts, The House of Living Art: Inside the Creative Oasis of Kelly Jo Shows, Local Finds, Local Treasures, Local Fare, Macaroni & Cheese: The All-American Food, Summer Cocktails, All Featuring Cointreau, Local History, 90 Years Ago, Edith Barry Founded Kennebunk's Brick Store Museum, Leanne Stowe Makes History at the Brick Store Museum, Field Notes of a Maine Birdwatcher, It's Like This
Cover Photo by Karl Ramsdell
Christmas Prelude Guide for 2025
Read the official Guide of the 44th annual Christmas Prelude in Kennebunkport, Maine.
Cover art by Piper Castles | Prelude photography by Bob Dennis
Our Local Reach
Tourist & Town is proud to offer the highest and widest circulation of any newspaper in York County, distributed to several hundred locations from Kittery to Portland. Looking for a particular issue? We've got you covered with our archive!
Looking for a particular issue? We've got you covered with our archive!
Who We Are
Founded in 1958, Tourist & Town (formerly Tourist News) is currently owned by Kingsley Gallup, who operates the business out of the old train depot in Kennebunk. Tourist & Town is an independent publication and is not affiliated with any other newspaper or media group.
Tourist & Town is a good will publication dedicated to informing and entertaining its online and in-print readers, supporting local businesses, and telling the stories of the people who live, work and visit here. We strive to capture the essence of this unique part of the world that has attracted visitors for 200+ years.
Our Coverage
Whether you live in southern Maine year-round, spend part of the year here in your seasonal home, vacation here regularly or are about to make your first visit, Tourist & Town is your indispensable guide to places to visit and things to do.
The coastal communities of Kittery, York, Ogunquit, Wells, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Cape Porpoise, Goose Rocks, Biddeford Pool, Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard Beach are covered in this lively arts and entertainment newspaper, as are the inland towns of the Berwicks, Eliot, Lyman, Alfred and Sanford and other small towns that comprise rural York County.
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