Set for Success will be held Sunday, Aug. 25, for all Regional School Unit 1 students.
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Bath-area RSU goes back to school with new Morse High on schedule, on budget
Classes are planned to begin at the new school in January 2021.
Brunswick councilor hosts public office hours
BRUNSWICK — At-large Town Councilor Dan Ankeles will hold public office hours Saturday, Aug. 24, from 9-10 a.m. at Wild Oats Bakery and Cafe in the Tontine Mall on Maine Street. “Even in a low-key month like August, there is still plenty to talk about,” Ankeles said in a press release. “Please stop by if […]
Road to 2021: Cumberland launches bicentennial planning effort
The town seceded from North Yarmouth in 1821, a year after Maine seceded from Massachusetts.
White House insists fundamentals of U.S. economy ‘very strong’
White House aides and campaign advisers have been monitoring the recent turbulence in the financial markets and troubling indicators at home.
Maine briefs: Police: Teenager in hospital after 2 crashes within 5 miles; Body of missing boater found in Maine cove after week search
Police: Teenager in hospital after 2 crashes within 5 miles FRANKLIN, Maine (AP) — Police say that a Maine teenager was involved in a pair of crashes within minutes and that the second one nearly killed him. Authorities say 18-year-old Jared Murphy, of Stonington, was seriously injured when the pickup truck he was driving rolled several times […]
Evergreen C.U. donates to lakes groups
Evergreen Credit Union recently donated funds to three local lake associations: Lakes Environmental Association, Collins Pond Improvement Association and Little Sebago Lake Association. The LEA received a check for $1,000 while the other two groups received $500 each. “The work of these and other lake associations need to be supported so that Maine and our […]
Freeport Police Beat: Aug. 22
Arrests 8/15 at 8:22 a.m. Ryan Townsend, 32, of Lewiston, was arrested by Officer Thomas Gabbard on charges of operating with a suspended license, attaching false plates, failure to stop for a police officer and failure to report a motor vehicle accident. 8/15 at 10:54 a.m. Stacy Thayer, 47, of Old Town, was arrested by Officer Beck […]
Here’s Something: Asylum-seekers, feds owe Mainers a big thanks
The many trials and tribulations of asylum-seekers housed at the Portland Expo have finally come to an end, no thanks to the federal government. After several months sleeping on cots in a crowded gymnasium, about 400 people, mostly from Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, vacated the gymnasium as of Aug. 15 so […]
French Jewish spy at 99: ‘I’m still fighting the same battles every day’
Marthe Cohn is coming to Portland to tell how she infiltrated World War II Germany for the Free French Forces.