Town says goodbye to VIP visitor

In a Boston Globe story about what was probably the last visit to Kennebunkport by a “Bush who is a sitting president,” reporter Matt Viser interviewed self-described “little guy” Steve Kingston ’88, owner of The Clam Shack. During the George W. Bush presidency, Kingston has provided lobster for international dignitaries and once was interviewed by the Arabic news channel Al Jazeera. “It’s bittersweet,” he says of the end of the presidential Bush visits to the town. “It’s put Kennebunkport on the map.” [More…]