POLAND — Bill Ridge typically has a certain look on his face during a sports season. Whether leading the Freeport High School baseball team or boys’ basketball squad, Ridge has that serious look, contemplating that next move for his Falcons. On Tuesday in a Unified basketball game, the middle school special education teacher coached his […]
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11 men arrested in Freeport prostitution sting
FREEPORT — Eleven men were arrested Thursday by Freeport police for the crime of engaging a prostitute. Freeport police, working with neighboring police agencies, conducted an undercover “John” operation at a hotel on Route 1. The operation targeted customers of prostitution. The Times Record said “the purpose of such an operation is to target customers or “Johns” […]
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If she can make it there … Freeport helped prepare singer for The Met
FREEPORT — Heather Petrie said she was more nervous when she sang at Mast Landing School than she is to sing at the Metropolitan Opera. Petrie, who graduated from Freeport High School in 2001, will perform in Ludwig van Beethoven’s only opera, “Fidelio,” at the Met in New York City from March 16-April 8. Petrie, 34, […]
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#Tourney17: Freeport shuts down Lisbon in B South girls' prelim
Lisbon senior guard Kaylin Le (12) looks for room against Freeport in a girls’ Class B South preliminary game at Freeport on Friday. Defending for the Falcons is Taylor Dostie (31). FREEPORT — Just 14 seconds into Friday’s Class B South girls’ high school preliminary basketball game against Freeport, Lisbon coach Julie Petrie used a […]
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Two Brunswick area men arrested in drug bust
BRUNSWICK — Drug agents say the men were getting the pills by mail and then selling them. Agents arrested 45-year-old Benjamin Steers, of Topsham, and 35-year-old Scott Crone, of Freeport. Steers was charged with trafficking in schedule W drugs (Oxycodone) and Crone was charged with the illegal importation of schedule Z drugs (Valium) and violation […]
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Girls’ hockey: St. Hilaire, Blue Devils surprise Clippers
YARMOUTH — The Yarmouth/Freeport/Gray-New Gloucester girls high school ice hockey team had it all in Tuesday’s game against Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill — possession, shots and defense. By the end of the third period, the Clippers had launched 52 shots at the Blue Devils, but didn’t have the goals to show for it. Those came from Lewiston, […]
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Gov. Paul LePage calls KKK fliers ‘disgusting’
AUGUSTA — Ku Klux Klan fliers purporting to be about a neighborhood watch drew concern for the safety of refugees and a swift rebuke from the governor in Maine. The fliers were found on Monday in Augusta, Gardiner and Freeport. The fliers found in Augusta said they were from “Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku […]
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KKK fliers distributed in Freeport and Augusta neighborhoods
FREEPORT — Residents of South Freeport Road awoke Monday morning to find Ku Klux Klan brochures littering their driveways. Augusta Police Chief Robert Gregoire told the Kennebec Journal that similar Ku Klux Klan fliers were found in driveways and on building porches in an Augusta neighborhood Monday morning Jack May, who has lived near the center […]
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Girls’ basketball: Freeport’s press flusters St. Dom’s, 52-25
FREEPORT — It seemed that every time a St. Dominic Academy player had the ball, two or even three Freeport players were there, trapping and slapping at the ball and basically causing havoc all over the court. If Saints players felt that way Friday in a Western Maine Conference contest, they were right. The Falcons […]
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1 dead, 1 injured in I-295 milk truck crash
FREEPORT — State Police say one person has been killed and a second injured in the collision of a tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle on I-295 in Freeport. The tanker truck overturned in the median, which reduced north- and southbound lanes of I-295 down to one lane for six hours, disrupting traffic. State Police said […]