Town office note The Pownal Town Office will be closed on Monday, Oct. 14, for Columbus Day. Pownal selectmen will meet Monday, Oct. 7 and 21, at 7 p.m., at Mallett Hall. Fuego Diablo music night Sept. 28 Fuego Diablo’s next open mic music night is Saturday, Sept. 28, from 5-9 p.m., at 52 Loring […]
September 2013
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster, Web
Freeport News – 9/25
Meet Betsy and Gar Roper Betsy and Gar Roper, residents of Freeport for 12 years, are taking over the responsibilities for the Freeport News column. Betsy is the former owner-director of a children’s residential summer camp in Poland Spring. Gar is mostly retired from a career in marketing and now devotes his time to writing. […]
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Downeaster track getting high-tech warning system
A $200,000 grant from the Federal Rail Administration will pay for a high-tech railroad trespassing deterrence system between Freeport and Brunswick. Ted Talbot, spokesman for the Maine Department of Transportation, which received the grant, the technology includes remote sensors and wireless video cameras, and will allow local law enforcement officials to warn trespassers in real […]
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Freeport Fall Festival schedule
Saturday, Sept. 28 Max Ater 11 a.m. Discovery Park Stage Serious Rooms 12 p.m. Discovery Park Stage Gunther Brown 1 p.m. Discovery Park Stage Amy Allen 2 p.m. Discovery Park Stage Maine Outdoor Film Festival Discovery Park 7 p.m. Short films from Maine and beyond featuring adventure sports, mountain culture and outdoor environments. Free. Donations […]
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Freeport Fall Festival schedule
Saturday, Sept. 28 Max Ater 11 a.m. Discovery Park Stage Serious Rooms 12 p.m. Discovery Park Stage Gunther Brown 1 p.m. Discovery Park Stage Amy Allen 2 p.m. Discovery Park Stage Maine Outdoor Film Festival Discovery Park 7 p.m. Short films from Maine and beyond featuring adventure sports, mountain culture and outdoor environments. Free. Donations […]
Posted inMaine, News
Ayla Reynolds family feud erupts outside courthouse
Trista Reynolds, the mother of the child who was reported missing in 2011, appears with her family to confront Ayla’s father and grandmother.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Three injured in Windham school van, car collision
A school van and a passenger car collided on Windham Center Road on Wednesday morning sending all three occupants to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, said Sgt. Jim Boudreau of the Windham Police Department. The accident occurred around 9:35 a.m. in front of 257 Windham Center Road. Amanda Brokos, 32, of Windham was driving the […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Three injured in Windham school van, car collision
A school van and a passenger car collided on Windham Center Road on Wednesday morning sending all three occupants to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, said Sgt. Jim Boudreau of the Windham Police Department. The accident occurred around 9:35 a.m. in front of 257 Windham Center Road. Amanda Brokos, 32, of Windham was driving the […]
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More artists mean more to celebrate
FREEPORT – For the 15th year in a row, FreeportUSA, a nonprofit member association dedicated to promoting Freeport, is bringing together more than 100 New England artists and makers of fine craft for the Freeport Fall Festival, on the L.L. Bean campus of the retailer’s flagship store on Main Street, Sept. 28 and 29, rain […]
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School bond decision faces RSU 5 directors
FREEPORT – The Regional School Unit 5 Board of Directors is poised to put two separate bond issues before the public on Nov. 5 for a $14,638,009 renovation to Freeport High School and a separate ballot question, billed as a bond upgrade, which would approve $1,718,891 for the construction of synthetic field surfaces. The 11-member […]