FREEPORT — Investigators from the state fire marshal’s office will work Monday to determine the cause of a morning fire at 3 Ware Road, next door to a mobile home gutted by fire Sunday. “We don’t know if it’s suspicious,” Freeport Fire Chief Darrel Fournier said at the scene of the fire, just next to […]
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L.L. Bean giving $1.6 million to community groups
FREEPORT — L.L. Bean is giving $1.6 million in grants to nearly 200 community organizations. The outdoors retailer says the gifts ranging from $500 to $25,000 will go to organizations involved in conservation and recreation, health and human services, culture and the arts, and education. Bean’s board of directors approved the funding on Wednesday. All […]
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Freeport votes to withdraw from RSU 5
FREEPORT — Residents on Tuesday voted 953-768 to withdraw from Regional School Unit 5. Twenty-seven percent of the town’s 6,387 registered voters participated in the referendum, which was conducted as a snowstorm blew through in the afternoon and evening. “I think this shows that the community of Freeport has a lot of questions about the […]
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Richard N. Doughty
1940 – 2013 RUMFORD – Richard N. Doughty, 73, of Roxbury, died Monday, Dec. 9, at the Rumford Hospital. He was born in Portland on Nov. 4, 1940, and was the son of Merlin and June (Goodrich) Doughty. Richard served with the U.S. Coast Guard and then the U.S. Army, where he received his high […]
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Freeport’s Bow Street Market tops in the ‘spirits world’
FREEPORT — On Cyber Monday, while holiday shoppers scoured the Internet in search of deals, Paula Truman, spirits director for Bow Street Market, stocked the shelves with locally made liquors with names such as Cold River Vodka, Gunpowder Rye Whiskey, and Blueshine, a new blueberry moonshine. “You can’t get this stuff on Amazon.com,” market owner […]
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Voters to decide if Freeport will leave RSU 5
FREEPORT — Voters next week will determine whether the town begins the process of withdrawing from Regional School Unit 5 or remains part of the school district with Durham and Pownal. Withdrawal will require a simple majority. If it passes, a committee will immediately be formed to create a withdrawal plan. If it fails, business […]
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H.S. Basketball: Poland girls take out Freeport
POLAND — Michaella Arsenault was back on the floor after suffering a quad injury, Emily Bolduc resurrected her scoring touch in the fourth quarter and Poland’s matchup-zone defense proved to be a stifling headache for Freeport on Friday night. Life was good for the Knights, as Arsenault threw in 28 points and knocked down four […]
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Ridership on expanded Downeaster route above projections
PORTLAND (AP) — Amtrak’s Downeaster train carried nearly 50 percent more passengers on its expanded Portland-to-Brunswick route than rail officials expected in the first year of the service. Patricia Quinn, director of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, said from the start of the service on Nov. 1, 2012, through Oct. 31 about 52,000 […]
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L.L. Bean archive gives peek into company’s rich past
FREEPORT — A cabinet stocked with old hunting boots is locked air-tight. Like a morgue for outdoor gear, each one is tagged and sealed. Some have rubber soles that are so hard they feel petrified, others look gently used. The archives at L.L. Bean are like a Smithsonian to this beloved Maine brand. In a […]