Several area farms star in MOFGA’s new Maine Organic Marketplace in Freeport

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Freeport takes part in $500k initiative to tackle coastal flooding from climate change

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.

Gov. Mills encourages Mainers to shop local to avoid supply chain delays this holiday season

"Spend your hard-earned money here in Maine on products our farmers worked harder than ever before to create," Mills said during a visit to Freeport on Thursday.

Spike in home heating costs puts a chill over the Midcoast

Brunswick-area heating assistance organizations are bracing for high demand as winter approaches.

Freeport may be one of the fastest growing tourist destinations this winter, survey shows

Tripadvisor ranked Freeport among its top-10 fastest-growing destinations; now town businesses are gearing up for a busy winter.

Freeport raccoon tests positive for rabies

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.

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.

Freeport-area school district approves mandatory masking

The mandate applies indoors and regardless of vaccination status.

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.