Just like the other business owners in Freeport village, Luke Davidson and business partner Fred Farber have endured the slow times of early and midwinter. Now, only two weeks from March, the owners of Maine Craft Distilling on Mill Street are ready to welcome more customers. FreeportUSA’s Flavors of Freeport couldn’t have come at a […]
February 2015
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Freeport liquor tastemakers debuting products
Just like the other business owners in Freeport village, Luke Davidson and business partner Fred Farber have endured the slow times of early and midwinter. Now, only two weeks from March, the owners of Maine Craft Distilling on Mill Street are ready to welcome more customers. FreeportUSA’s Flavors of Freeport couldn’t have come at a […]
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Freeport weekend puts the focus on food
Chefs competition, tastings and more highlight events at several locations. Highlighted by the Flavors of Freeport Chef’s Signature Series & Ice Bar, FreeportUSA has attractions in store for foodies throughout this weekend during its annual Flavors of Freeport celebration. Local chefs and other purveyors of fine food and drink – 27 in all – will […]
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Freeport weekend puts the focus on food
Chefs competition, tastings and more highlight events at several locations. Highlighted by the Flavors of Freeport Chef’s Signature Series & Ice Bar, FreeportUSA has attractions in store for foodies throughout this weekend during its annual Flavors of Freeport celebration. Local chefs and other purveyors of fine food and drink – 27 in all – will […]
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Freeport: New school vocabulary = Proficiency
Starting next year at the high school, letter grades will be eliminated and students will not progress until they have demonstrated mastery in subject areas. A one-year extension to begin a proficiency-based education curriculum at Freeport High School has come and gone. Incoming freshmen next fall must be instructed accordingly, so that they can receive […]
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American lobster: The new Chinese New Year delicacy
Exports of U.S. lobster to China have rocketed in the past few years, largely to satisfy the appetites of the communist country’s growing middle class.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland fire safety proposals face budget constraints
PORTLAND — The city’s Fire Safety Task Force has finished its work, but officials are wary of the cost of implementing some recommendations. “I am going to sit down with department heads and review the affected departments,” acting City Manager Sheila Hill-Christian said Feb. 12, two days after the report was presented to the City […]
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Pownal News: 2/18/15
Meetings The Planning Board will meet Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m., at Mallett Hall. Pownal selectmen will meet Monday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m., in Mallett Hall. A Planning Board workshop has been scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 8 a.m., in Mallett Hall. The board will continue its ongoing ordinance review/updating. Supper to […]
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Fire rages on after West Virginia oil train derailment
Trains hauling Bakken-region oil have been involved in major accidents in four other states and Canada, where 47 people died in 2013 in Lac-Megantic, Quebec.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster
Yarmouth News: 2/18/15
One-Act Festival performance March 4 The Yarmouth High School Playmakers will present a public performance of their Maine One-Act Festival entry, “Epic Proportions,” a comedy set in the 1930s, Wednesday, March 4. The 8 p.m. performance at the Yarmouth Performing Arts Center, 286 West Elm St., will be preceded by a free cake and tea […]