The first video below shows Hall’s reaction to her record; the second shows her jump in slow-motion.
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Freeport News
Pingree to lead panel on women in agriculture Wolfe’s Neck Farm will host U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden and U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree for a panel discussion celebrating Women in Agriculture, on Monday, June 29, from 1:30-3 p.m. According to Pingree’s website, panel members will include Marada Cook of Northern Girl & […]
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Falmouth police suspect spillover from Portland car break-ins
FALMOUTH — A series of car burglaries along the Portland border have police asking residents to lock their cars and report suspicious activity after dark. The break-ins, which have mostly occurred off Allen Avenue near Ledgewood Drive, have all happened late at night. Incidents have also been reported in the Hamlin Road area of West […]
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Final budget figures add $1.17 to rate
Number crunching is finally over for people who figure out budgets in Freeport, and the results look like this: A $9,352,257 municipal, or operating, budget will add 4 cents to the tax rate of $15.80 per $1,000 in assessed property value. The amount approved is $386,598, or 4.1 percent, more than this year. Freeport’s portion […]
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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. Meetings The Pownal Board of Selectmen will meet Monday, June 29, at 7 p.m., in Mallett Hall. The Planning Board Ordinance Review Workshops are Wednesday, July 8 and 22, at 8 a.m., […]
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Cumberland County district attorney wants Portland landlord to accept plea deal after fatal fire
PORTLAND — Accept a plea agreement, or possibly face prosecution. Those are the choices facing landlord Gregory Nisbet, Cumberland County District Attorney Stephanie Anderson said Monday. “We feel he is at least partially responsible for the deaths of those six young people,” Anderson said of the Nov. 1, 2014, fire in Nisbet’s apartment house at […]
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Politics And Other Mistakes: The Art of Doing Nothing
Somehow, doing nothing has gotten a bad rap. I’m puzzled by the negative reaction toward inactivity that I perceive in a majority of the population, because there’s so much to be said for dealing with many of life’s problems by not dealing with them. Unless the roof is on fire, flood waters are cresting over […]
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Portland proposals advance for minimum wage increase
PORTLAND — Efforts to enact minimum or “livable” wage ordinances in the city will progress next month and possibly Nov. 3. A bill that would have banned municipalities from setting their own minimum wages failed in the Maine House Monday by a 83-60 vote. The bill, requested by Gov. Paul LePage, passed in the state […]
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Decisions, debt: The dilemmas of higher education
Editor’s note: This article was written for the Freeport High School AP English Language and Composition class by James Saucier, Caitlin Ostlund, Kyle Rosado and Bailey Karnes. Their instructor is John Stivers. With the 2014-2015 school year concluded, seniors recently graduated from Freeport High School facing the daunting decision of choosing the next path to […]
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Some store brands of bottled water recalled at Shaw’s and Hannaford
E. Coli bacteria was detected at one of the springs from which the supplier, Niagara Bottling Co. in Pennsylvania, obtains water.