It’d already been a tense game, low-scoring and peppered with red-zone defensive stands, but when OT rolled around, and then double-OT, in the Mountain Valley-at-Freeport matchup Saturday afternoon, the teams’ intensified determination threw the stakes into stark relief. And when Jake Perry laid hands on an Eli Fox pass to clinch a 24-18 Freeport W, […]
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Three nabbed, guns seized in Buxton standoff
BUXTON – Three suspects face multiple charges after a lengthy standoff on Oct. 12 at 68 Hurlin Smith Road in Buxton, where police seized several guns. Several Buxton police assisted the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency in the incident, which began with an attempt to search for a stolen laptop […]
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Q&A with Westbrook's Jennifer Mull-Brooks
WESTBROOK – Jennifer Mull-Brooks, one of two new assistant principals at Westbrook High School, didn’t travel the traditional route to her new post, but believes her past has given her unique insights to field the challenges of her new job. Mull-Brooks, who is 46 and a mother of five, has overcome multiple challenges since her […]
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Maine Market organizers look ahead to next season
WESTBROOK – When the new Maine Market opened in Riverbank Park in July, Westbrook residents had the opportunity to buy or sell handmade crafts, farm-fresh produce and other Maine-made items in the heart of the downtown. Created by the Westbrook/Gorham Community Chamber and member James Tranchemontagne, the market was seen as a chance to put […]
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GREETINGS FROM ZIP CODE 04074: Pigpile on UMaine
Why doesn’t Scarborough have a branch campus of the University of Maine? Kidding! It sometimes seems if most every other Maine town or city has one. Rule of life: Things generally get bigger, not smaller. People, when given the chance to ask for stuff, tend to ask for more stuff, not less. So it goes […]
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Freeport News – 10/15
Ghosts of Freeport’s Past Freeport Historical Society is sponsoring a series of supernatural after-dark programs, Ghosts of Freeport’s Past, at Woodlawn Cemetery, West Street, Oct. 19-30 with the help of Freeport Players and Eddita Felt, psychic medium. On Oct. 19, visitors can seek out spirits with Felt through orb photography. She and her assistants will […]
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LETTERS: Withdrawal supporter
I support Freeport’s withdrawal from RSU 5 because: 1. Cost savings that were promised with consolidation did not pan out. Instead, budgets have been balanced by cuts to the “hands-on” portions of staff. Ed techs, reading specialists, and janitors lost their jobs to finance another layer of administration. 2. Student diversity is at risk. More […]
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Yarmouth News – 10/15
80 artists at festival The sixth annual Yarmouth Art Festival will be held Wednesday, Oct. 22-Saturday, Oct. 25, at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church at 396 Gilman Road in Yarmouth. The 2014 show features 80 Maine artists, from Augusta to Brownfield to Kennebunkport, exhibiting 162 pieces, selected by a panel of jurors from among nearly 350 […]
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LETTERS: Vote no on withdrawal
Before moving to Freeport, my family did a lot of research on school systems, and concluded that the public education offered by RSU 5 is better than where we were moving from. My oldest son is a gifted math student and he’s had a first-rate educational experience. He has been offered elevated lessons and personal […]
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LETTERS: Sterling supported
This is to recommend the candidacy of Lindsay Sterling for the RSU 5 School Board. Lindsay is the mother of two elementary-aged children. She has already done great educational service for Freeport as an in-school volunteer and as a tireless advocate for the facilities needs of the district. Lindsay wants to help give the educators […]