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Published
May 9, 2022

Farming organizations raise more than $1 million to assist farmers affected by PFAS contamination

Most of the money for the fund, established by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and the Maine Farmland Trust, was raised through a partnership with The Lost Kitchen, a restaurant in Freedom.
Published
April 10, 2022

Food celebrity Erin French caters to her local community

Even as her star continues to rise, the chef-owner of The Lost Kitchen remembers her roots and shares the fruits of her success with her hometown of Freedom.
Published
November 15, 2021

Beep beep! This roadrunner hitched a ride from Las Vegas to Maine

Avian Haven in Freedom is working with wildlife officials to get the bird native to the Southwest back to Nevada.
Published
April 11, 2021

In a new memoir, Maine’s rock star chef Erin French hits bottom and gets a second chance

'Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch'
Published
November 27, 2019

Winslow Park campers may lose the lottery

The park commission recommends doing away with a decades-old lottery that awards campsites in perpetuity.
Published
October 10, 2019

Mount View High School evacuated after staff detects smell of gas

Within one minute of the initial call to Thorndike, fire departments from Freedom, Unity and Montville also responded.
Published
May 26, 2019

Bald eagle, the oldest documented in Maine, is euthanized after a fall

The staff at Avian Haven is 'beyond sad' to say goodbye to the bird rescued two years ago in Washington County.
Published
April 28, 2019

Birding: Since 1999, Avian Haven has treated more than 26,000 birds

The bird rehabbers who work – and volunteer – at the nonprofit in Freedom are heroes.
Published
March 11, 2019

You have a 2-week window to get a table at The Lost Kitchen. But it’s not that easy.

Diners all over the world can gamble a postcard and a stamp in hopes of getting a table at the restaurant in Freedom.
Published
January 27, 2019

Bill Nemitz: Maine wildlife chief no stranger to drama like the great black hawk flap

A winter storm knocked the bird from its perch in Portland's Deering Oaks and a group of heroic souls came to the rescue.