FREEPORT
The Greater Freeport Chamber of Commerce announced Douglas Porter is its new executive director.
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Porter is formerly the executive director for the Yorks Chamber of Commerce, where he tripled membership and implemented the Right Direction campaign to raise funds to build a new year-round Information Center for the organization, according to a news release.
He worked with the Gateway to Maine Chamber — which represents Kittery, Eliot and South Berwick — and the Seacoast Coalition of Chambers, and is credited with helping attract Amtrak train service to Maine.
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