Betty Crush started Mom’s Organic Munchies in Freeport.
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U.S. Labor Department recovers $200,000 in wages, damages for Freeport pizzeria employees
The agency found that Antonia’s Pizzeria violated wage and labor laws. It also obtained a judgment that prohibits the restaurant from retaliating against employees for cooperating with the investigation.
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Local schools make last-minute push to prepare for new students from asylum-seeking families
In Freeport and Sanford, schools have hired English instructors and made other adjustments needed to welcome dozens of new students.
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Freeport hotel home to 40 asylum-seeking families after Portland closes arena shelter
The City of Portland negotiated a yearlong contract with Freeport’s Casco Bay Inn to house 40 asylum-seeking families, who will choose to enroll their children in either Portland or Freeport school systems.
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Portland moves remaining asylum seekers to hotels as Expo shelter closes
The 60 families still at the Expo on Wednesday were taken by school bus and city vans to hotels in Freeport and Lewiston.
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Asylum seekers in Portland Expo will move to hotels in Lewiston, Freeport
The city’s spokeswoman said Tuesday that it has contracted with a hotel in Lewiston, in addition to one in Freeport, to house asylum seekers starting Wednesday.
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Sunday’s heavy rain causes crashes involving 14 vehicles on I-295 in Freeport
State troopers responded to a call of a potential eight-vehicle crash on 295 North in Freeport, to discover five separate crashs.
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Brickyard Hollow Brewing Co. to open ninth location in Augusta by fall
The Yarmouth-based chain of brewpubs is testing its quick-service model in Augusta, with pizza, appetizers, bowls and beer available to order at a counter.
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Lawmakers tour Maine before negotiating next federal farm bill
Maine needs federal policy to be flexible enough to support small specialty farmers, keep food banks full and provide relief to farmers struggling with PFAS contamination, lawmakers are told at a U.S. Congress agricultural field hearing.
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‘Love & Lobsters’ to be staged by Freeport Players
“Love & Lobsters,” a play by John Linscott, will be presented by Freeport Players from Aug. 11-20 at Freeport Performing Arts Center. This romantic musical comedy is about going away to find your way. Laura Lawson, nightclub singer, leaves her conflicted life in Manhattan and hops on a tour bus to a small town in […]