Freeport Players sets annual meeting All interested Freeport residents are invited to attend the Freeport Players’ annual meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 13, at 6:30 p.m., at the Freeport Community Library. It’s a costume party and potluck supper. Those who arrive in costume will be eligible for a door prize. Extra costumes from the Players’ costume collection […]
2015
Two arrested in wounding of 2 NYPD officers
The officers were coming off their shift when they and three other plainclothes officers responded to a report of a grocery store robbery.
Farm making plans for organic dairy program
A milking apparatus that would be unique to American farms might be utilized to help Wolfe’s Neck Farm of Freeport get its Organic Farmer Training Program started next summer. Rick Kersbergen, a professor of sustainable dairy and forage systems for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, has been taking advantage of his time on sabbatical […]
Farm making plans for organic dairy program
A milking apparatus that would be unique to American farms might be utilized to help Wolfe’s Neck Farm of Freeport get its Organic Farmer Training Program started next summer. Rick Kersbergen, a professor of sustainable dairy and forage systems for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, has been taking advantage of his time on sabbatical […]
Rocket problem postpones SpaceX launch to space station
The countdown was halted just over a minute before launch when a steering mechanism in the rocket malfunctioned.
Music and treats warm Friday nights in Freeport
Sixty or so people filled the cozy Freeport Community Center meeting room last Friday night, listening to the music of Crabapple Jam, eating homemade desserts and chatting with friends at the event known as Freeport First Friday’s Just Desserts – held, of course, on the first Friday of the month from January through June. The […]
Skowhegan and its bread fest make list of quirkiest places
Also on CNN’s list is a spot in Austin, Texas, where you can play bingo with a chicken on a piece of plywood with numbered boxes.
A good year for retailers
According to an informal survey, Greater Freeport businesses are reporting a strong 2014. All of the 20-25 retailers contacted last week by the Greater Freeport Chamber of Commerce reported an increase in business last year. “Business of all varieties all say they had a better year than in 2013,” said Sande Updegraph, the chamber’s executive […]
Fournier leaves job at restoration company
Darrel Fournier, who has resigned his part-time position from Paul Davis Restoration, said Monday that the position posed no conflict of interest with his duties as Freeport fire chief. Paul Davis Restoration, a national franchise with an office in Portland, provides emergency services and restoration work on properties damaged by fire and other disasters. Fournier […]
Dry Flow Brings More Cold, But No Snow
If you watched the temperatures Monday or had to work outside, you likely noticed them falling fairly quickly in the afternoon as the arctic air moved across the region. This isn’t the coldest piece of air we’ll experience this week, as we will have to wait until Wednesday night and Thursday morning for that to […]
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