FREEPORT – Two Freeport brothers are hanging their futures on a sport primarily associated with California and Hawaii. Ryan and Andy McDermott are moving ahead with plans to expand Maine’s first surfboard factory this spring on Desert Road. McDermott Shapes now is a two-man operation housed in a 1,000-square-foot workshop on a bucolic stretch of […]
2013
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Pownal news – 3/27
Selectmen’s meetings Pownal selectmen will meet Monday, April 1, 15 and 29, at 7 p.m., at Mallett Hall. Royal River Conservation notes Royal River Conservation welcomed several new members and donors, including new volunteers helping with grant writing, trail work, GIS support, and helping the group scope new public art projects that will be unveiled […]
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Q&A with Jess Day, a music teacher set to appear in Freeport
FREEPORT – Jess Day, director of the Waldoboro-based Midcoast Music Together, came to Maine in 2008. She has been involved with music since a young age, participating in musical theater, playing guitar and singing in various choirs originally in her native Quebec, and now throughout Knox County. As director of Midcoast Music Together, Day teaches […]
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Yarmouth opposition kills Chebeague Island ferry legislation
YARMOUTH — After strong opposition from the community, a bill that would have allowed the Chebeague Island ferry system to form a public transit district is dead. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Steve Moriarty, D-Cumberland, said he withdrew the bill after hearing neighbors of the ferry dock on Cousins Island speak out against the bill at […]
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Durham news – 3/27
Town office notes Regular town office hours are Monday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. It is closed for lunch Monday-Friday from noon-1 p.m. For more information, call 353-2561. The codes enforcement officer is available Wednesday, March 27, from 5-7 p.m. The Planning Board meets Wednesday, April 3, at 7 […]
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Freeport news – 3/27
Middle school boosters collecting shoes Members of the Freeport Middle School Sports Boosters are accepting donations of unwanted shoes to help provide shoes to people in third-world countries and raise money for the sports booster club. Shoes must be in wearable, good condition and in pairs. They are not accepting winter boots, Ugg boots, rubber […]
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Freeport news – 3/27
Middle school boosters collecting shoes Members of the Freeport Middle School Sports Boosters are accepting donations of unwanted shoes to help provide shoes to people in third-world countries and raise money for the sports booster club. Shoes must be in wearable, good condition and in pairs. They are not accepting winter boots, Ugg boots, rubber […]
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2 Maine men arrested in NH robbery
Isaac White of Fryeburg and Walter Peek-Antolin of Brownfield, both 20, are accused of stealing a woman’s purse at gunpoint.
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Tri-Town Weekly Community Calendar – 3/27
Upcoming events Birds & Rivers & Dams, with researcher Erynn Call, Wednesday, March 27, 7 p.m., Maine Audubon Gilsland Farm, Falmouth. Call, a UMaine researcher, will present her research on the relationship between bird species and dams, including research of birds on the Royal River. For more information, see www.maineaudubon.org. Free blood pressure clinic, Wednesday, […]
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Freeport departments make budget pitches
FREEPORT – The Freeport Town Council heard 2013-14 budget requests from the police, fire and public works departments during a capital improvements budget workshop March 19. The 15-member police force is seeking $25,000 for the purchase of new laptops for five of its eight police vehicles. The request includes the cost of mounting hardware for […]