I hate brewery tours. They’re all the same (“this mixture is called wort, and blah, blah, blah”). They take too long (“now, we just have to wait a few weeks for the beer to age properly”). The jokes are always the same – and always lame (I’ve toured breweries in countries where I didn’t speak […]
2013
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AL DIAMON: In Freeport, a brewery tour for people who can’t stand brewery tours
I hate brewery tours. They’re all the same (“this mixture is called wort, and blah, blah, blah”). They take too long (“now, we just have to wait a few weeks for the beer to age properly”). The jokes are always the same – and always lame (I’ve toured breweries in countries where I didn’t speak […]
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Pownal News – 7/2
Upcoming meetings Pownal selectmen will meet on Mondays, July 15 and 29, at 7 p.m., at Mallett Hall. The Solid Waste Committee will meet Monday, July 8, at 6 p.m., at Mallett Hall. Church hosting bean, spaghetti supper The North Pownal United Methodist Church, 851 Lawrence Road, will be holding a public baked bean and […]
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Pownal News – 7/2
Upcoming meetings Pownal selectmen will meet on Mondays, July 15 and 29, at 7 p.m., at Mallett Hall. The Solid Waste Committee will meet Monday, July 8, at 6 p.m., at Mallett Hall. Church hosting bean, spaghetti supper The North Pownal United Methodist Church, 851 Lawrence Road, will be holding a public baked bean and […]
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LePage boosts funding to help victims of domestic violence
Gov. LePage directs $100,000 from state’s emergency contingency fund to Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence.
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Organic, chem-free day care sprouts in Freeport
FREEPORT — Sometimes motherhood is the mother of invention. A few years ago, Angela Garrison was a new mother searching unsuccessfully for an all-organic, chemical-free day-care center for her children. Rather than settle for something less, Garrison decided to create a center of her own. “I’m one of those people who say, ‘Why can’t I […]
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Freeport News – 7/2
‘The 39 Steps’ coming soon The Freeport Players will present “The 39 Steps,” with Chris Holt, Chelsea Cook, Bill McDonough and Eric Worthley, and directed by Dan Burson. The production will run from July 18-Aug. 4 at the Freeport Performing Arts Center. Tickets are available online at www.fcponline.org and cash sales are available at the […]
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Murder-suicide claims two lives
FREEPORT – Maine State Police say the deaths of a father and son inside a Durham Road home in Freeport June 25 were a result of murder-suicide. Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, identified the victims as John Dorrington, 66, and his son, Nicholas Dorrington, 32. “We believe it was a […]
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Community cookout, Skyline fundraiser on tap in N. Yarmouth
NORTH YARMOUTH — The town welcomes summer next week with a community concert and cookout on Thursday, July 11, and Skyline Farm’s 11th annual summer celebration fundraiser two days later. The free concert and dinner takes place at the Village Green bandstand on Route 115 at 5:30 p.m. The event includes North Yarmouth’s third annual […]
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Elders group shopping for new bus
FREEPORT – The Freeport Elders will ride again, as the 325-member senior association has reached its fundraising goal of $65,000 to purchase a 2014 mini-bus. The bus will replace a prior 14-passenger vehicle that was taken out of service on July 19, 2012, after failing a yearly state inspection. A $15,000 grant from the Community […]