LEWISTON — L.L.Bean is eliminating 200 jobs companywide now and is also planning to close its Peck Building call center here in 2021, 33 years after buying the former Main Street department store and moving in to huge community fanfare. “We are going through the process of reorganizing certain areas of the company, and unfortunately […]
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Freeport considers tax break for L.L. Bean headquarters expansion
The retailer is requesting a $10 million tax increment financing district that could help offset its future property tax costs and fund community projects.
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Posted inBusiness, Coastal Journal, Maine, The Forecaster
L.L. Bean will expand its headquarters in Freeport instead of moving
Maine’s most iconic business had contemplated a move from Freeport before deciding to increase its downtown footprint.
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Four men charged with trespassing in federal wildlife refuge in Maine
Residents of Owls Head and Freeport, and two from Massachusetts, are accused of entering the Metinic Island National Wildlife Refuge in 2018.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Freeport High School now has 10 confirmed cases of pertussis
School officials hope the district’s winter vacation will break the cycle of cases in the student body.
Posted inMaine, News
Morning rush-hour crashes close I-295 in Freeport
An ambulance took 1 person to a hospital.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Freeport man killed farmer in Scarborough and attacked 2 others in violent rampage, police say
Quinton Hanna, 22, is charged with a string of crimes Sunday that began in Scarborough with the fatal stabbing of an 82-year-old man and ended four hours later in Brunswick.
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Pertussis outbreak reported at Freeport High School
Three cases of the highly contagious respiratory disease have been reported at the school in the last two weeks, and Maine has recorded 337 cases statewide through October.
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Two cases of whooping cough diagnosed at Freeport High School
Parents and guardians were notified Monday that students may have been exposed to the bacterial illness.
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster
Moooove over hay, seaweed is the new feed
Cows at Wolfe’s Neck Center in Freeport will be fed a seaweed supplement and studied to see if it decreases the production of methane gas.