A raccoon captured in the town of Freeport has tested positive for rabies, according to a social media post from Freeport Police Department on Tuesday. The post said that the town was notified by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention after the animal was brought to their facility from Freeport. Police are recommending […]
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With new owners, ‘Big Indian’ statue to remain in Freeport, for now
‘It diminishes our identities in many ways, and it’s historically inaccurate,’ says John Bear Mitchell, a native educator, storyteller, member of the Penobscot Nation and University of Maine lecturer of Wabanaki Studies.
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Maine CDC investigating 10 COVID outbreaks at school districts
Nearly 80 children and adolescents with COVID-19 were admitted to hospitals across the state between Aug. 1, 2020 and Sept. 6, 2021.
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Freeport-area school district approves mandatory masking
The mandate applies indoors and regardless of vaccination status.
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Freeport grads reboot senior project to donate 160 chickens to Maine food pantries
The project involved 12 families who each raised between 10 and 25 chickens.
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Missing Freeport woman’s body found offshore in Boothbay
Police say that the body of 55-year-old Wendy Lewis, the Freeport woman reported missing July 8, was discovered by a fisherman a few miles off the coast of Boothbay on July 10 around 3:30 p.m. According to Maine State Medical Examiner Office Administrator Lindsey Chasteen, the autopsy of Lewis has been completed by the Office […]
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Missing Freeport woman’s car found in Bristol
Police are asking for help located 55-year-old Wendy Lewis of Freeport, who was last seen around 3:15 p.m. on July 7 in Brunswick.
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Four guests taken to hospital after carbon monoxide leak at Freeport hotel
Tuesday’s response was delayed because the Comfort Suites didn’t call 911, and instead left a message about elevated CO levels on a nonemergency business line at the fire department on Monday.
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Freeport’s Desert of Maine broadens its horizons
A new nonprofit arm of the tourist attraction will focus on ecological and environmental education, art and music.
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After Russian cyber attack, Freeport looking to fix gaps in its computer network
The town manager said that officials will look into recommendations from an IT support company after a Russian ransomware attack shut down the town’s network for about a week.