The amazing gardeners at the Yarmouth Community Garden produced a staggering 4,300 pounds of fresh, organic vegetables this season to share with our community. That’s over two tons of nutrition. This bounty was distributed throughout the community to provide healthy options to those in need. With gratitude, the Yarmouth Community Food Pantry wishes to thank […]

I am pleased to support Katherine “Kate” Arno for the District 2 seat on the Freeport Town Council. We are fortunate to have such a talented candidate at a time when key decisions affecting the town’s future will have to be made. Kate has lived in Freeport for over 20 years, and has served on […]

Freeport’s election process is supposed to be a non-partisan exercise in selecting the candidate who best represents our own thoughts and ones who will participate in municipal government with clarity, integrity and maturity. Kate Arno, the senior manager/senior policy associate at the Muskie School of Public Service at USM, is an advocate for smart, realistic […]

I have been involved in the Freeport political scene since 1960 and have campaigned and been elected to office several times. I am appalled at the sign rage evidenced this year by supporters of some candidates in the Town Council races. The most egregious is the destruction of signs in the District 3 Town Council […]

Please vote no on referendum Question 1. This law gives our town and city clerks the necessary time to verify the eligibility of our newly registered voters. We all know that we do not live in a fraud-free society. We also know that identity theft is on the rise. So let’s give our clerks time […]

Question 2 on the Nov. 8 ballot is all about jobs. If the referendum is approved, it will bring about 800 construction jobs to Biddeford to build a new race track, slots facility, destination hotel and restaurants. The entertainment complex will employ roughly 500 people after it’s done. These are good-paying jobs with benefits, and […]

There’s a scene in “Caddyshack” where Chevy Chase instructs a young golfer to “see your future, be your future.” On Nov. 8 I hope we follow that advice and vote yes on Question 2. Approving Question 2 will allow two well-established companies with strong Maine connections – Scarborough Downs and Ocean Properties – to expand their […]