FREEPORT — The Police Department and Freeport Fire Rescue will hold their annual Fire Prevention & Public Safety Open House Wednesday, Oct. 10. The event will be held in the Freeport Public Safety Building at 16 Main St. from 5-7 p.m. This year’s highlights will include watching K-9 Cassie at work and a demonstration of how […]
October 2018
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Falmouth Fire-EMS open house on tap
FALMOUTH — The town continues to celebrate its 300th anniversary with special events this fall, including an annual Fire & EMS Open House from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Oct. 13. Throughout the month of October the Falmouth Memorial Library is collecting hand-knit and store-bought hats and mittens to benefit the local food pantry as part of […]
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Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland teachers see value in re-reading favorite stories
PORTLAND — Reading and re-reading a favorite book to young children is crucial to helping them develop key language and emergent reading skills, as well as a love of reading. But not just any storybook will do. To thoroughly engage the child, the book must “have pictures that closely match what the text says on each […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
3 seek 1-year Freeport term on RSU 5 board
FREEPORT — Three candidates are competing for a one-year term on the Regional School Unit 5 Board of Directors.. The vacancy, created by the resignation effective Nov. 7 of Sarah Woodard, has attracted Christopher Grimm, Tiffany Jones and Maura Pillsbury. Terms are also expiring for board members Jeremy Clough and John Morang. Both are running uncontested […]
Posted inMaine
More lawsuits planned against Kittery over crash that injured summer campers
Five notices of intent to sue have been filed since the crash in August on Interstate 95 in New Hampshire.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
L.L. Bean donates $1 million to campaign to create parks near everyone
The money goes to a group trying to make sure everyone in the U.S. has a park within a 10-minute walk of where they live.
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Obituaries
Anne Anita Labbe
1953 – 2018 Anne A. Labbe 65, died Monday September 24, 2018 at her home in Brunswick. Anne was born February 17, 1953 in Bath to Louis C. and Avis (Sproull) Labbe. She attended St. John’s Catholic School in Brunswick and graduated from Brunswick High School with the class of 1971. Following high school Anne […]
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Louise (Cohill) Cornman
FREEPORT — Mrs. Louise (Cohill) Cornman, age 80, known as Weezie to her friends, of Freeport, Maine, passed away on Sunday, September 23, 2018, in Freeport. She was born on July 31, 1938, in Swissvale, Pa., to the late Stella Cohill and the late Andrew Cohill. She loved her work as a nurse’s aide. Louise […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Rewriting the script: Portland school brings cursive back into the classroom
PORTLAND — Even in this digital age, handwriting is still a foundational skill that helps develop proficiency in reading, writing, language and critical thinking. That’s why the East End Community School has added handwriting, including cursive, back into the curriculum for students in pre-kindergarten through third grade this year. Karen Fream, the literacy coach at East […]
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