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Kittery is a town in York County, Maine, United States, and the oldest incorporated town in Maine. [2] Home to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on Seavey's Island , Kittery includes Badger's Island , the seaside district of Kittery Point , and part of the Isles of Shoals .
Today the shipyard provides overhaul, refueling, and modernization work. [7] In 1965, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara ordered the closure of 95 military bases which included the Portsmouth Naval Yard, but Portsmouth received a ten-year extension before the order to close was ultimately rescinded by President Richard Nixon in 1971. [10] [11]
Portsmouth Naval Prison is a former U.S. Navy and Marine Corps prison on the grounds of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) in Kittery, Maine. The building has the appearance of a castle. The reinforced concrete naval prison was occupied from 1908 until 1974.
Christopher Mende (foreground), vice president of surveying with Civil Consultants in South Berwick, led a formal perambulation of the disputed border between Kittery and York on Monday, June 24 ...
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The updated version of the proposal going before the Kittery Planning Board this week calls for a five-story, 107-unit apartment building, a four-story 119-room hotel with an indoor pool, and a ...
From left: Averee Martel, Susan Allen and Raymond Allen stand outside of Sue's Seafood on Old Post Road in Kittery, Maine on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2024. The longtime town business will close on Sept ...
Fort McClary is a former defensive fortification of the United States military located along the southern coast at Kittery Point, Maine at the mouth of the Piscataqua River. It was used throughout the 19th century to protect approaches to the harbor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery.