The Seaside Echo was a weekly, seasonal newspaper typically published in mid-July through early to mid- September. It was founded, published, and edited by Annie J. Crediford of Kennebunk, the town’s first woman publisher and editor. As described in the publication’s September 7, 1907 issue, the Seaside Echo “is devoted to the interests of Kennebunkport, Kennebunk Beach, and Cape Porpoise. Its best efforts are always bent to advance the prosperity of those growing summer resorts by utilizing all means within its scope to place before the thousands who visit this section each summer all the advantages of a local business directory and all local news matters of interest to the general public, and to increase the number of summer visitors to these points by proclaiming their natural and artificial attractions to the world.” The Seaside Echo was first published in July 1901 and ceased publication at a currently unknown date.

Kennebunk Free Library holds Seaside Echo issues from July 1901 through September 1907 in its historic newspaper collection. KFL is pleased to have made this publication available digitally to the public having been enabled to do so with funding provided through a Maine Humanities Council Bicentennial Grant awarded in 2020, and via partnerships with Osher Map Library for digitization and with the Maine State Library for hosting.