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 […]
2015
Posted inMaine, News
LePage nominates three lawyers for District Court bench
They include Cynthia Montgomery of Palermo, his chief legal counsel, as well as Charles Budd of Bangor and Thomas Nale Sr. of Waterville.
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster, Web
Friends, family, recall work of FCS ‘founding mother’
In the words of Carol Southall, who worked alongside Suzanne Harding to get Freeport’s social service agency, Freeport Community Services, off the ground, “We’ve lost a person who made such a huge difference in our community.” Harding, who was living in Lebanon, N.H., died on Dec. 5. She was born in 1925. Southall and Harding […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Accident mars rally for Freeport Flag Ladies
FREEPORT — A rally for the Freeport Flag Ladies on Tuesday morning turned somber after a pedestrian was hit by a car and injured. Almost 150 people stood on Main Street Dec. 22 in support of the Flag Ladies, who have gathered at the corner of Main and School streets to wave American flags every Tuesday […]
Posted inMaine, News
Maine gives names of Hot Lotto winners to Iowa team looking into rigging scheme
Investigators want to know if any jackpot recipients here are tied to a convicted cheater and gaming official who visited Maine in 2014.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Police seek van driver who attempted to abduct Raymond boy
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office says a man tried to abduct a Raymond boy waiting at a school bus stop Tuesday morning. Upon arrival at his school, the 12-year-old reported to school officials that an unknown man had tried to convince him to get in his vehicle. School officials immediately reported the incident to authorities. […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster, Web
Police seek van driver who attempted to abduct Raymond boy
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office says a man tried to abduct a Raymond boy waiting at a school bus stop Tuesday morning. Upon arrival at his school, the 12-year-old reported to school officials that an unknown man had tried to convince him to get in his vehicle. School officials immediately reported the incident to authorities. […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
DOWN THE ROAD APIECE: The right words for the occasion
Last year, for one reason or another, mostly another, we decided to close our camp during the coldest part of the winter. As we made up a list of all the little things to be done, I was suddenly reminded of the camp-closing rituals of my youth. Back then, we had a camp way Down […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster
Tri-Town Weekly Community Calendar
Upcoming events “Cobblers to Capitalists: Two Centuries of Freeport Shoemaking,” Freeport Historical Society exhibit, runs through Jan. 15, 2016, Harrington House, 45 Main St. $3 admission. Open Tuesday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Labor Day to Memorial Day. For more information, see www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org or call 865-3170. “East Meets Weston,” photography exhibit by Bruce Barlow of Westport Island, […]
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Bank has special interest in Freeport community involvement
Freeport Community Services (FCS) has been providing critical support to the communities of Freeport and Pownal since 1974. As we lead up to our signature White Nights celebration on Jan. 23, 2016, we have partnered with the Tri-Town Weekly for the third year in a row to “Shine the Light” on some of the friends […]