‘While we may like to imagine that our town is free of racism and other hate crimes, times like these remind us that there is still work to be done,’ read a statement from the council chair and vice chair on Tuesday.

The rules apply to businesses like restaurants, shopping outlets and grocery stores as well as public transportation.

As proposed, the mandate would be implemented on an emergency basis and go into effect on Wednesday, Jan. 19.

The funds will be distributed among 76 first responders that were employed with Freeport’s fire and rescue or police department between April 2020 and March 2021.

‘I just really appreciate growing up in a town where music had just a high importance placed on it,’ said Heather Petrie, a New York-based singer and 2001 graduate of Freeport High.

Freeport’s Desert of Maine is pitching a final round of projects in its multi-year, multimillion-dollar revitalization push aimed at cementing the landmark as an educational and artistic hub. The last of the projects include up to 18 A-frame guest cabins, the reconstruction of an 1800s farmhouse for a living history museum and the restoration of […]

Freeport – along with nine other coastal towns and cities in Maine – will use the funds to locally develop strategies aimed at preventing floods caused by rising sea levels.