WESTBROOK – Sappi Fine Paper North America in Westbrook plans to build a hand-carry boat launch and parking lot off Tow Path Road on the Presumpscot River in Little Falls. According to a newspaper advertisement, the company intended to file a Natural Resources Protection Act application with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection around March […]
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GUEST COLUMN: Stackpole Bridge future the on line
The current developments surrounding the fate of Saco’s Stackpole Bridge require additional facts and context. Rehabilitation of the 165-year-old bridge, Maine’s oldest stone bridge on a public roadway, is still a viable alternative under the low-interest loan program recently offered to the city by the Maine Department of Transportation. The loan terms do not stipulate […]
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GREETINGS FROM ZIP CODE 04074 :What’s a dinosaur to do?
It’s true. I have been dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Facebook. Blogging. Tweets. Argh! (Three teenagers and a disguised business world will do that to you.) The technology is such that an author is limited to 140 letters/characters per “tweet” (Think of it as you can only type so many words on […]
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At Freeport school, ‘Derrière la Porte’ means fun times
FREEPORT – Students at L’E?cole Franc?aise du Maine in South Freeport will travel to Lewiston March 13 to put on a show in French for about 250 patrons of the Franco Center’s monthly French luncheon, known as “La Rencontre.” According to the school, this year the students are participating in a circus production from France […]
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Pownal News – 3/12
Bible study group begins March 13 The Rev. Ray St. Pierre invites the community of Pownal and the surrounding areas to join him and the North Pownal United Methodist Church, 851 Lawrence Road, on a journey starting March 13, entitled, “Celebration of Discipline,” the path to spiritual growth by Richard Foster. This will be a […]
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Faces and Places
A look at our communities through photos. Angus Tibbitts, 9, of Brunswick, holds a cup of tea as he makes friends with one of the goats at Wolfe’s Neck Farm in Freeport. Tibbitts was joined by members of a 4-H Club, who arrived last week on a Brunswick school bus, to visit all the animals […]
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Tri-Town Community Calendar – 3/12
Upcoming events Free tax preparation assistance, for low to moderate-income households, with special attention to those 60 years and older, Wednesdays through April 9, Freeport Community Center. Assistance by AARP available by appointment only. Call 865-4743, ext. 120 to schedule. Parkinson’s Support Group, second Wednesday of the month, March 12, 1-2:30 p.m., Bay Square at […]
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Bean reports hike in sales, bonuses
FREEPORT – Customer service, dedicated employees and wise investments helped vault Freeport-based L.L. Bean to net sales of $1.56 billion for 2013, company spokesman Mac McKeever said Monday. In a press statement released Friday, L.L. Bean announced the net sales represent a 3 percent increase from 2012. On the basis of that performance, the company […]
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Merriconeag, Freeport’s winter season in review
It remains frigid outside, but our winter sports – basketball, ice hockey, indoor track, Nordic and alpine skiing – have nevertheless come to a close. Spring sports will kick in soon enough, but until then, how about a quick look back on Freeport’s and Merriconeag’s cold-weather successes this year? The Falcons’ boys basketball team struggled […]
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Deadly force nixed for prison
AUGUSTA – The Maine Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee has scrapped a proposed policy change that would allow employees of the Maine Correctional Center in Windham to use deadly force to stop inmates attempting to escape. In requesting the policy change, the Department of Corrections did not expect to set off the media […]