Auditions Monda for ‘WFCP Telethon’ Freeport Players will hold auditions Monday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m., at Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St., Freeport, for the upcoming production, “WFCP Telethon.” Freeport Players will be seeking actors to portray a wide variety of characters using character voices, accents and celebrity impressions. To audition, show up […]
October 2014
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Chance we don’t have to take
Editor’s note: The Tri-Town Weekly asked each side of the withdrawal debate to provide an explanation of its position. This represents the anti-withdrawal point of view. It will cost the taxpayers of Freeport more to run a Freeport-only school system. The stand-alone budget for Freeport, based upon the 2014-15 operating budget, and using the same […]
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Northern Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, Web
Topsham woman named Durham administrator
The Durham Board of Selectmen has chosen Ruth Glaeser of Topsham as the new administrative assistant for the town, succeeding Janet Smith. Jeff Wakeman, board chairman, said Wednesday morning that Glaeser, the deputy town clerk in Gardiner, will begin her new job on Nov. 6, pending a signed contract he expects Thursday or Friday. The […]
Posted inCurrent, Forecaster Opinion, Southern Forecaster
POLITICS & OTHER MISTAKES: Reason hidden
Here’s the brutal truth. If Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud loses the gubernatorial election on Nov. 4, it won’t be because of his congressional record (or lack thereof). It won’t be because of the policies he’s proposed (or not) to fix the state’s problems. It won’t even be because one or the other of his […]
Posted inCurrent, Forecaster Opinion, Southern Forecaster
POLITICS & OTHER MISTAKES: Reason hidden
Here’s the brutal truth. If Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud loses the gubernatorial election on Nov. 4, it won’t be because of his congressional record (or lack thereof). It won’t be because of the policies he’s proposed (or not) to fix the state’s problems. It won’t even be because one or the other of his […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Northern Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, Web
Bring back our local schools
Editor’s note: The Tri-Town Weekly asked each side of the withdrawal debate to provide an explanation of its position. This represents the pro-withdrawal point of view. On Election Day, Nov. 4, we have the opportunity to bring back local schools for Freeport. We believe this decision has advantages for students, teachers, parents and taxpayers. With […]
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Withdrawal debate down to wire
FREEPORT – The public forums are history, and a decision in Freeport, where the question of withdrawal from Regional School Unit 5 is dominating the election conversation, is less than two weeks off. It’s been an issue that has divided Freeport from its RSU 5 partners in Durham and Pownal since last winter, when the […]
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Withdrawal debate down to wire
FREEPORT – The public forums are history, and a decision in Freeport, where the question of withdrawal from Regional School Unit 5 is dominating the election conversation, is less than two weeks off. It’s been an issue that has divided Freeport from its RSU 5 partners in Durham and Pownal since last winter, when the […]
Posted inBill Nemitz, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: LePage’s ‘not that rich’ quip not that close to most Mainers’ reality
The governor says during a debate that those who earn $100,000 or more are ‘not that rich.’
Posted inCops & Courts, News
Nomad to stay in Maine longer, even with decrepit bus towed after standoff
Corbin Pratt drove cross country from California and had been parking in Maine for awhile until his luck ran out Monday night.