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Sarah Lundin named Freeport Community Services’ director

Freeport Community Services has named Sarah Lundin its new executive director. Freeport Community Services supports the people in Freeport and Pownal with essential and emergency relief services. Lundin joined the Freeport Community Services staff in 2015 as a community services coordinator. In 2020 she was promoted to director of programs. Prior, Lundin worked as a […]

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The Maine Idea: Punishing newspapers makes a bad situation worse 

Newspaper people rarely write about newspapers, but perhaps it’s time to make an exception. Louis DeJoy, the bull-like postmaster general appointed by Donald Trump to make the U.S. Postal Service function still more “like a business” – even though it’s not a business – has announced the latest round of punitive rate hikes and service cuts. Unless common sense […]

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Local gleaners program now part of Mid Coast Hunger Prevention

Merrymeeting Gleaners, which provides fresh produce for those experiencing food insecurity, has become a program of the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program. The Merrymeeting Gleaners harvest and distribute surplus produce from farms and process local food for year-round distribution. It was launched by the Merrymeeting Food Council five years ago. It has, since 2016, gleaned […]