FREEPORT — On Tuesday at noon — not a minute earlier or later — famed fashion designer Ralph Lauren will walk through his Madison Avenue showroom to examine a trio of canoes. Why should we care about such a high falutin’ thing? The canoes, brightly colored instead of drab green, are being built by a […]
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Maine-based mapping company will appeal $6.2M fine
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine-based DeLorme Publishing is digging in for a fight against a $6.2 million fine levied against it in an ongoing patent dispute. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/1lyzJ7n ) reported DeLorme’s CEO said the firm believes it’s done nothing wrong and will appeal. The mapping company received the fine from the International Trade […]
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RSU budget is approved
The $27.28 million budget for RSU 5 was approved Tuesday by a vote of 1,264 to 908, even though two of the three district towns rejected it. Votes for the 2014-15 spending plan were: Freeport, 946-366; Durham, 223-371; and Pownal 95-171. — Connie Footman
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Residents to vote on proposed RSU 5 budget Tuesday
DURHAM — Residents in Regional School Unit 5, Durham, Freeport and Pownal, will vote on a proposed $27.33 million school budget for 2014–2015 on Tuesday. The budget, up from last year’s $25.93 million figure, was adopted by the RSU 5 Board of Directors at the annual budget meeting on May 28, but it needs voter […]
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Making spirits bright: Craft distilleries grow in Maine
FREEPORT — When Christopher Dowe launched Cold River Vodka in 2005, he had scant company. The managing partner at Maine Distilleries, who built craft breweries for the previous decade, saw artisanal beer explode and decided to chart a new course. “When we first started, we literally couldn’t make it fast enough. They were lining up […]
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Maine birdwatching event comes to Freeport, Pownal
PORTLAND — The fourth annual “Feathers Over Freeport” birdwatching event is scheduled to take place at Bradbury Mountain State Park in Pownal and Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park in Freeport. The event takes place Saturday in Pownal and Sunday in Freeport. It is sponsored by the state and Freeport Wild Bird Supply and will include […]
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Birdwatching event coming this weekend to Freeport, Pownal
PORTLAND (AP) — The fourth annual “Feathers Over Freeport” birdwatching event is scheduled to take place at Bradbury Mountain State Park in Pownal and Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park in Freeport. The event takes place Saturday in Pownal and Sunday in Freeport. It is sponsored by the state and Freeport Wild Bird Supply and will […]
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Owner of Freeport’s Jameson Tavern may buy building in March auction
FREEPORT — Tom Hincks, chef and co-owner of Jameson Tavern, said Sunday that he and his business partner may purchase the historic building housing the restaurant when it’s auctioned early next month. Hincks and Christian Erdmann opened the new eatery of the same name in July after renovating it, stripping the 200-year-old pumpkin pine floors […]
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Freeport’s $100,000 study of green crabs yields little information
FREEPORT — A series of studies commissioned by the Town Council and conducted over the summer yielded new information about the invasive green crabs plaguing Maine’s coastal waters, but was largely compromised by timing and a lack of maintenance, according to a preliminary report. Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of […]
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Girls’ basketball: Freeport tips Gray-New Gloucester
FREEPORT — Desperate. That one word best described the way the Freeport High School girls’ basketball team approached Saturday night’s Western Maine Conference matchup with 8-5 Gray-New Gloucester, a Patriots team with a resume that includes wins over top Western Maine Class B teams Greely and Wells. One night after a demoralizing loss to Yarmouth, […]