Somebody on Tuesday, June 30, will find out that he or she has collected the one grand prize as the winner of “The Great Scavenger Hunt,” a promotional event organized by the Greater Freeport Chamber of Commerce. A total of 22 local businesses are participating in the event, which runs through Friday, June 26, and […]
2015
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In Durham, retirement ends 35-year teaching career
Let the real recess begin, says Deborah Ferrara, who has retired following a 35-year teaching career in Durham schools. Ferrara and her husband, Jim, recently sold their home in North Yarmouth. They plan to move to a home they are building in Rangeley. Travel is also in the Ferraras’ plans. “I grew up in Woburn, […]
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In Durham, retirement ends 35-year teaching career
Let the real recess begin, says Deborah Ferrara, who has retired following a 35-year teaching career in Durham schools. Ferrara and her husband, Jim, recently sold their home in North Yarmouth. They plan to move to a home they are building in Rangeley. Travel is also in the Ferraras’ plans. “I grew up in Woburn, […]
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New evidence spurs manhunt for N.Y. prison escapees
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says a discovery at a hunting camp produced ‘good evidence, DNA data.’
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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. For more information, call 353-2561. Meetings The Durham Board of Selectmen will meet Tuesday, June 30, at 6:30 p.m., in the Durham Town Office. AMVETS workday volunteers needed Durham AMVETS Post 13 has […]
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New medical building brings doctors, lab together
Freeport becomes a town with pediatricians, doctors of osteopathy, an obstetrician/gynecologist and a blood-drawing lab all under one roof on July 15, when the new Freeport Medical Center at 23 Durham Road holds its grand opening. Brian Knighton, doctor of osteopathy, will occupy the main floor of the three-level facility developed by his wife, Nicky […]
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Maine elver fishery rebounded despite weather
The 2015 harvest season, which ended May 31, recorded $11,389,864 for the season, significantly higher than 2014’s.
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Faces & Places
A mid-afternoon in mid-June at Azure Cafe was a perfect place to linger last week. Staff photo by Larry GrardA sculpture graces the grounds of the Brahms Mount store on Main Street in Freeport. Staff photo by Larry GrardThree-year-old Trent Wagner of Cumberland was prepared for a rainy day shopping in Freeport one day last […]
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Faces & Places
A mid-afternoon in mid-June at Azure Cafe was a perfect place to linger last week. Staff photo by Larry GrardA sculpture graces the grounds of the Brahms Mount store on Main Street in Freeport. Staff photo by Larry GrardThree-year-old Trent Wagner of Cumberland was prepared for a rainy day shopping in Freeport one day last […]
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Donald Featherstone, creator of pink flamingo lawn ornament, dies at 79
A trained sculptor with a classical art background, he created the flamingo in 1957 for a plastics company, modeling it after a bird he saw in National Geographic.