The 165th annual event returns Aug. 6-11 at the Topsham Fairgrounds off the Route 196 Coastal Connector.
Alex Lear
Staff Writer
Alex Lear is a lifelong Mainer who has spent 25 years in journalism -- the first 20 as a reporter for newspapers in Damariscotta and Falmouth, then as Opinions section editor for the Sun Journal and now a digital producer with the Maine Trust for Local News. His long-running “Learics” column won first place in the Maine Press Association’s 2023 Better Newspaper Contest. He and his wife Lauren are kept young by their 9-year-old daughter Alaina. Send feedback and suggestions to Alex.
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Topsham to present information from neighborhood meetings
The town has already addressed some concerns about traffic safety and speeding.
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Freeport woman reflects on 'stolen' Native American children in new film
FREEPORT — The removal of Native American children from their homes and placement with white families throughout the 20th century — considered “cultural genocide” by some — is the haunting focus of a new film to be screened twice next week at Merrill Memorial Library in Yarmouth. “Dawnland,” described as “a documentary about cultural survival […]
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Education nominee Pender Makin: ‘Government should stay out of the classroom’
BRUNSWICK — The Saturday morning after Janet Mills won the gubernatorial election in November, Pender Makin sat in bed with her computer, sipping some coffee and preparing to compose a letter to whoever would be the next commissioner of the state Department of Education. “I was on the one hand so filled with hope for a […]