Ben Sinclair built his own desktop computer when he was barely in his teens. Today, the Freeport resident, a sophomore at Greely High School, yearns for more. He has his sites set on a career in digital forensics and cybersecurity. Sinclair, 16, has a great opportunity to embark on that path, as he’s been invited […]
2015
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Don McLean’s ‘American Pie’ brings $1.2 million at auction
McLean, a longtime Maine resident, said through Christie’s that writing the song was ‘a mystical trip into his past.’
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Environmental group targets plastic bag, solar power laws
A fledgling group of Freeport residents focused on a cleaner environment urges that people show up at an April 15 meeting of the Town Council to help persuade the council to imposed a ban or fee on the use of carry-out plastic bags in Freeport businesses. The Freeport Climate Action Team (Freeport CAT), organized earlier […]
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Environmental group targets plastic bag, solar power laws
A fledgling group of Freeport residents focused on a cleaner environment urges that people show up at an April 15 meeting of the Town Council to help persuade the council to imposed a ban or fee on the use of carry-out plastic bags in Freeport businesses. The Freeport Climate Action Team (Freeport CAT), organized earlier […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Topsham rep's bill would dock legislators' pay when they skip work
AUGUSTA — State Sen. Linda Baker thinks its important to show up. Especially if you’ve been elected to serve the people of Maine and are getting paid to do so, according to the Topsham Republican and former school teacher. Baker is offering legislation that would dock lawmakers’ pay when they have poor attendance records. “If […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
RSU aims to reduce student exodus
There is more than one way to stop the student exodus in Regional School Unit 5, in which some 18 percent of students – approaching 1 in 5 – are going to public schools in other districts or to private schools. That’s 327 students going to schools elsewhere. There are 1,826 students attending classes in […]
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Faces & Places
Students from the Mast Landing School of Freeport recently served as honorary pages in the Maine Senate for the day as the guests of Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, center. The program gives students an opportunity to participate in the process and interact with legislators. The students, from left, are Lina Fazeli, ? Lillian Cameron?, ?Olivia Doran?, ?Gabe […]
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Durham fire chief to quit
Bill St. Michel had asked for a 5 percent raise, but town meeting voters OK’d a budget with a 2 percent raise. Failing to win his requested 5 percent pay raise, veteran Durham Fire Chief Bill St. Michel said he will resign. St. Michel, 59, has been fire chief for 22 years, full-time fire chief […]
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Durham fire chief to quit
Bill St. Michel had asked for a 5 percent raise, but town meeting voters OK’d a budget with a 2 percent raise. Failing to win his requested 5 percent pay raise, veteran Durham Fire Chief Bill St. Michel said he will resign. St. Michel, 59, has been fire chief for 22 years, full-time fire chief […]
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Yarmouth News
Public Works awards Jesse Moon, an eight-year veteran of the Yarmouth Public Works/Highway Department, became a “Road Scholar” on March 25. The title is earned after completing 10 training classes through the Maine Local Road Center at Maine Department of Transportation. He is the sixth member of the Public Works Department to achieve this goal. […]