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 Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. through Labor Day; 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. “The Full Monty,” […]

In less than five years, we, the 1.3 million citizens of Maine, will be celebrating our state’s 200th birthday. I know the date sounds a long way off but take my word, it’ll be here before we know it. Knowing my fellow Mainers, I assume most, when they finally get down to business, will want […]

In less than five years, we, the 1.3 million citizens of Maine, will be celebrating our state’s 200th birthday. I know the date sounds a long way off but take my word, it’ll be here before we know it. Knowing my fellow Mainers, I assume most, when they finally get down to business, will want […]

There was a time when daily newspapers in Maine wielded enormous political influence. Then, the Ice Age came to an end. People crawled out of their caves and discovered somebody had invented Wi-Fi. So powerful were the print media in bygone eras that a late endorsement by the Bangor Daily News in 1974 is generally […]

There was a time when daily newspapers in Maine wielded enormous political influence. Then, the Ice Age came to an end. People crawled out of their caves and discovered somebody had invented Wi-Fi. So powerful were the print media in bygone eras that a late endorsement by the Bangor Daily News in 1974 is generally […]

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. Morris retains selectman’s seat Jonathan Morris has retained his seat on the Pownal Board of […]

Freeport residents on June 9 presented a united front on a Regional School Unit 5 budget referendum, voting 917-378 in favor of a $29,407,304 budget for 2015-2016, once again outweighing no votes in Durham and Pownal. Durham voted against the budget, which carries with it a 7.77 percent overall spending increase, by a 142-376 vote. […]