COP talk on Thursday COP is an acronym for Citizens on Patrol, where residents help make sure the community is a safe place to live, work and play. Police officers rely on others to be witnesses to help them do their job and also encourage conversations between residents and the police. The public is welcome […]
August 2016
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Faces and Places
Members of the Cumberland County 4-H Swiners Club gathered outside Shaw’s in Freeport recently for a bake sale, taking donations for the 4-H auction at the Cumberland Fair in September. Animals at the auction are donated to the community food pantry in Cumberland. From left are Gavin Trafford of New Gloucester and Amelia and Ella […]
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Faces and Places
Members of the Cumberland County 4-H Swiners Club gathered outside Shaw’s in Freeport recently for a bake sale, taking donations for the 4-H auction at the Cumberland Fair in September. Animals at the auction are donated to the community food pantry in Cumberland. From left are Gavin Trafford of New Gloucester and Amelia and Ella […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Northern Forecaster, Southern Forecaster
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. ATV registration stickers are available at the town office. Tax time Tax bills have been mailed to residents and are due Aug. 8. The assessor will be in […]
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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 Board of Selectmen will meet on Monday, Aug. 15, and Monday, Aug. 29. All meetings start at 7 p.m. and are held at Mallett Hall in the Dewitt Meeting Room. […]
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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 Board of Selectmen will meet on Monday, Aug. 15, and Monday, Aug. 29. All meetings start at 7 p.m. and are held at Mallett Hall in the Dewitt Meeting Room. […]
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Steamed about aquaculture
A far-improved harvest convinces some that any clam-farming proposal is unnecessary and unfair. The wild clam population in Freeport is undergoing an impressive recovery this year, and those proposing to lease town clam flats to individuals for clam farming pose a threat to the wild harvest industry, some clam harvesters now say. Dale “Chopper” Sawyer, […]
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Sketching things out with other artists: Q&A with Sebastian Meade
Sebastian Meade of Freeport helped organize the Freeport Creative Arts Urban Sketchers Group. The Freeport Creative Arts Urban Sketchers Group, organized by Freeport artist Sebastian Meade, meets every week at L.L. Bean’s Coffee by Design. The Freeport members get comfortable at the coffee shop, pull out their sketch books, pens, pencils, watercolors and crayons and […]
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Plagiarism has long history
Lucy Clausewitz was upset. Her friend Ann Calhoun accused her of plagiarizing an expression that Ann had used in one of their conversations. The excerpt: “As boring as a foul ball out of play,” was used in a speech that Lucy gave to the YMCA administration in the town of Simplex Pond. She wanted to […]
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Cumberland Police Beat: Aug. 4
Arrests 7/15 at 11:30 a.m. Michelle Maloney, 50, of Race Horse Lane, was arrested by Officer John Dalbec on Race Horse Lane and charged with domestic violence assault and criminal mischief. 7/22 at 11:13 p.m. Daryan Saunders, 40, of Gillander Avenue, Auburn, was arrested by Officer Benjamin Burnes in Cumberland on a charge of violating […]