PORTLAND — A Sept. 28 filing by the Freeport-based Island Rover Foundation changed the course of a Sept. 29 court hearing.  The intent of the hearing was to determine whether the foundation purged a June 26 finding of contempt.  The foundation’s namesake – The Island Rover – was being built in a residential Freeport zone, which […]

Arrests 9/23 at 9:49 p.m. Renee Seavey, 21, of Route 1, was arrested on Route 1 by Officer Keith Norris on charges of reckless conduct and endangering the welfare of a child. Summonses 9/19 at 11:19 p.m. Maulanna Arnaldy, 24, of South Richmond Hill, New York, was issued a summons on Royalsbrough and Penny roads by Officer […]

DURHAM — Friends of Kakamega will hold a dinner on Saturday, Sept. 30 to celebrate 15 years of their partnership with the Kakamega Orphans Care Center in Kenya. The dinner will take place at the Durham Friends Meetinghouse at 532 Quaker Meetinghouse Road and feature food, drinks, and a slide presentation following the dinner showing how […]

FREEPORT — A lawsuit facing the Island Rover Foundation is scheduled to go to a court hearing Friday, Sept. 29.  The town is suing the foundation for allegedly violating a 2014 consent agreement reached in Maine Superior Court, which said the Island Rover ship must be moved off property on Lower Flying Point Road.  The hearing […]

FREEPORT — Barring write-in candidates, three Town Council races will be uncontested in the Nov. 7 election. There will be contests for two seats on both the Regional School Unit 5 Board of Directors and Freeport Sewer District. No one submitted nomination papers for a seat available on the Freeport Water District.  All eight seats are for […]

Arrests 9/5 at 4:39 p.m. Nicole Fitzgerald, 34, of McClellan Street, Lisbon, was arrested on Main Street by Officer Matthew Moorhouse on charges of violating conditions of release and theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.   9/6 at 9:14 p.m. Harley Stanley, 35, of Murch Road, was arrested on Route 1 by Officer Rebecca Kavanaugh on an […]

Arrests 8/30 at 11:30 p.m. Joseph Dauphin, 42, of Echo Lane, Phippsburg, was arrested on Route 1 and Old Brunswick Road by Officer Rebecca Kavanaugh on charges of operating under the influence and violating conditions of release. 8/31 at 3:33 p.m. Naomi Moynihan, 50, of Lake Drive, Enfield, Connecticut, was arrested on Main Street by Officer Paul […]