Hometown Holidays activities wind down A coalition of local businesses, churches and community organizations has launched a new holiday initiative – Yarmouth Hometown Holidays. The community-wide partnership was created to highlight the holiday events and charitable activities that take place in Yarmouth during the holiday season. The final event is the West Side Trail fourth […]
2015
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Pownal News
Office hours The Town Office, at Mallett Hall, is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday 8:30 a.m.-6:30 and closed Friday. The office will close at noon on Thursday, Dec. 24, and at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 31. Meetings The Pownal Board of Selectmen will meet Monday, Dec. 28, at 7 p.m., […]
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Pownal News
Office hours The Town Office, at Mallett Hall, is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday 8:30 a.m.-6:30 and closed Friday. The office will close at noon on Thursday, Dec. 24, and at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 31. Meetings The Pownal Board of Selectmen will meet Monday, Dec. 28, at 7 p.m., […]
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Durham News
Office hours The Durham Town Office hours are Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8: 30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; closed Wednesday; and Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. The office will be closed Thursday, Dec. 24. It will close at noon on Thursday, Dec. 31. For more information, call 353-2561. Meetings The Durham Board of Selectmen will meet Tuesday, Dec. […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES: Eat a peach
Let’s discuss impeachment. First, a little background: According to historians I haven’t bothered to consult, impeachment was invented in colonial Georgia, when irate citizens, fed up with corruption, pelted misbehaving government bureaucrats with peaches. So successful was this approach in punishing official malfeasance that the practice quickly spread to other colonies, although the lack of […]
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Saco council allocates money to restore historic Stackpole Bridge
The bridge on Simpson Road has been closed to traffic for two years.
Posted inBusiness, News
Maine home sales rose 22.7 percent in November
Mild weather and pent-up demand drive sales growth much higher than in the surrounding region.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster, Web
Firing up for Freeport’s festive finale to 2015
Juggling and magic acts are new this year to Freeport’s New Year’s Eve Celebration, an occasion with children in mind that concludes with fireworks at 6 p.m. on the L.L. Bean campus. What Bean is calling “KidNight” starts well prior to the beginning of the new year, with a magic show at Discovery Park from […]
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Freeport News
Free film The Freeport Community Library will screen the classic 1940 film, “The Shop Around the Corner,” on Thursday, Jan. 7, at 1 p.m. The film stars James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan, who play employees at a leathergoods shop in Budapest who can’t stand each other, but in fact are falling in love through their […]
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The heat is on at some local bakeries
The holidays are all about tradition, and while some prefer to whip up old-time family recipes at home, hundreds turn to local neighborhood bakeries to supply their favorite treats. For the bakeries, often with limited staff, it adds up to crushing work hours at this time of year to ensure that they meet all the […]