FREEPORT – Sometimes it takes a while to recognize fate, but for Freeport resident Jennifer “Wren” Frost, fate smacked her right in the eye during a drive in Freeport with her husband Patrick Robinson this winter. “We were driving on the Durham Road and I saw this property for sale and went for it,” said […]
2013
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Freeport moves forward with RSU withdrawal study
FREEPORT – After Freeport town councilors said they would hire an independent consultant to study the consequences of the town withdrawing from Regional School Unit 5 during a July 9 workshop, the process was scheduled to move forward this week with the Town Council likely to approve seeking bids from prospective consultants. The council is […]
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Q&A with Caleb Rice
Caleb Rice, 14, is in the process of raising money to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum on National Security in Washington, D.C., this October. To aid his cause, he is putting on a public spaghetti supper on Saturday. Founded in 1992, the National Youth Leadership Forum helps prepare young people for their academic future […]
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Q&A with Caleb Rice
Caleb Rice, 14, is in the process of raising money to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum on National Security in Washington, D.C., this October. To aid his cause, he is putting on a public spaghetti supper on Saturday. Founded in 1992, the National Youth Leadership Forum helps prepare young people for their academic future […]
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Freeport News – 7/17
Pleased to meet you I am Andrea Rounda and this is my inaugural Freeport news column for the Tri-Town Weekly. As a resident of Freeport for the last four years, I am hardly a native, but I have gotten to know the town fairly well and plan on staying as long as they’ll have me. […]
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Freeport News – 7/17
Pleased to meet you I am Andrea Rounda and this is my inaugural Freeport news column for the Tri-Town Weekly. As a resident of Freeport for the last four years, I am hardly a native, but I have gotten to know the town fairly well and plan on staying as long as they’ll have me. […]
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Talking Politics 7.15.13
I’ve been remiss in posting these links over the last few months, but here’s the latest weekly politics discussion on WGAN 560. The focus here provides some context to the military recruiters flap, and a tease to Monday’s campaign finance reports for the 2014 governor’s race.
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster
SAD 51 board OKs new principal for Greely Middle School
CUMBERLAND — Mar-E Trebilcock, assistant principal at Greely High School for the past three years, was unanimously hired Monday by the School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors as principal at Greely Middle School. The Topsham resident replaces Kimberly Brandt, who left the job to become assistant superintendent of schools in Regional School Unit 16. […]
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Topsham to discuss 2 TIF proposals
TOPSHAM — The town will hold a public meeting Thursday, July 25, to discuss two potential tax increment financing districts. The TIFs could be voted on at a special Town Meeting in September. An affordable senior housing TIF would be created for River Landing, a proposed three-floor apartment building on the Elm Street site of […]
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Full steam ahead for Bath replica of colonial ship
BATH — Another summer of shipbuilding is underway, as the replica of a ship built more than 400 years ago on the shores of the Kennebec River coasts closer to its 2015 completion goal. The Maine’s First Ship group is replicating the Virginia, a 51-foot pinnace built in 1608 by the short-lived Popham Colony, and […]