FREEPORT – A group of Freeport residents called Yes for Freeport supports the Nov. 4 referendum to withdraw from Regional School Unit 5. Another group, RSU 5 Better Together Coalition to Oppose Freeport’s Withdrawal from RSU 5, is not convinced that the withdrawal plan will improve education for students, save money or improve the governance […]
October 2014
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Ideas for Freeport’s park spark campfire meeting
FREEPORT – At a get-together featuring a campfire and s’mores, a local landscape architect will present options Thursday for the use of Freeport’s Leon Gorman Park, based on public comments made during an onsite meeting held last spring. The session at the park, located off School Street near Bow Street Market, begins at 6:30 p.m. […]
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Uber rideshare service gets rolling in greater Portland
PORTLAND — Uber, a startup ridesharing service that has frustrated the taxi industry in other U.S. metropolitan areas, has launched its first Northern New England operation in Portland. Kaitlin Durkosh, a spokeswoman for the company, confirmed the launch on Thursday, Oct. 2. The company offers various levels of service built around its smartphone app, which […]
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Freeport News – 10/8
Yard sale to benefit chorus The Greater Freeport Community Chorus will hold a yard sale fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 11, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the yard and barn at 181 Main St., Freeport, next to the Freeport Community Library entrance. Included will be household items, collectibles, tools, furniture, antiques, clothing, baked goods and more. […]
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Tri-Town Calendar – 10/8
You Can Get There from Here – How Transportation Defined Freeport,” Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Freeport Historical Society Harrington House, 45 Main St., Freeport. $3 donation suggested. Exhibit open through Feb.1, 2015. For more information, see www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org. Art exhibit, featuring works of more than 30 painters who are students of Diana Johnson, through October, Freeport […]
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Tri-Town Calendar – 10/8
You Can Get There from Here – How Transportation Defined Freeport,” Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Freeport Historical Society Harrington House, 45 Main St., Freeport. $3 donation suggested. Exhibit open through Feb.1, 2015. For more information, see www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org. Art exhibit, featuring works of more than 30 painters who are students of Diana Johnson, through October, Freeport […]
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House District 48, Freeport, part of Pownal
Sara Gideon (D) Age: 42 Address: 37 South Freeport Road, Freeport Occupation: Representative to the Maine Legislature Political Experience: One term in the Maine House of Representatives; member of the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee; Freeport Town Council. Q: How do you plan to make a difference for your communities if elected to the Legislature? […]
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House District 48, Freeport, part of Pownal
Sara Gideon (D) Age: 42 Address: 37 South Freeport Road, Freeport Occupation: Representative to the Maine Legislature Political Experience: One term in the Maine House of Representatives; member of the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee; Freeport Town Council. Q: How do you plan to make a difference for your communities if elected to the Legislature? […]
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Q&A with Freeport artist Diana Johnson
FREEPORT – Diana Johnson, an artist and art instructor from Freeport, will lead a celebration of more than 30 of her students, whose paintings will be on exhibit throughout October at the Freeport Community Library. An exhibit reception will be held in the library’s community meeting room on Monday, Oct. 20, from 5-7 p.m. The […]
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Q&A with Freeport artist Diana Johnson
FREEPORT – Diana Johnson, an artist and art instructor from Freeport, will lead a celebration of more than 30 of her students, whose paintings will be on exhibit throughout October at the Freeport Community Library. An exhibit reception will be held in the library’s community meeting room on Monday, Oct. 20, from 5-7 p.m. The […]