Freeport Community Services and Regional School Unit 5 are working together to serve summer lunches, which have risen from about 60 a day last year to 450 this June.
Alex Lear
A Maine native and Colby College graduate, Alex has been covering coastal communities since 2001. He lives in the Portland area with his wife Lauren, 4-year-old daughter Alaina, and 7-year-old bulldog Walter. He has released four CDs of original music and does occasional research work for Marvel Comics' collected editions.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Bath elementary school teacher scores radio station’s ‘Golden Apple’ award
Nicole Levesque of Bristol, the June recipient of the 99.9 The Wolf award, was nominated by a Fisher-Mitchell school parent.
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North Yarmouth Academy to resume on-campus classes this fall
Ben Jackson, president of the Yarmouth school, is confident that the 14-student class size will facilitate safe distancing between students.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Southern Midcoast residents to vote on school budgets, legislative primaries July 14
In all but one case, July 14 marks the only time residents get to vote on their fiscal year 2021 school budgets.
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster
Yarmouth nursing home reunites families parted by pandemic
A June 25 parade allowed residents of Brentwood Center for Health & Rehabilitation to see their loved ones for the first time in person since March, when the cornavirus forced the facility to close its doors to visitors.
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Voters in north-of-Portland towns to decide on school budgets, legislative primaries
In many cases, July 14 marks the only time residents get to vote on their fiscal year 2021 school budgets.
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Election 2020: State House District 49 primary draws 3 Brunswick Democrats
Kathy Wilson, Corey Perreault and Poppy Arford are running to fill the seat filled the past eight years by Mattie Daughtry, who is termed out.
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Maine Backyard Campout encourages safe outdoor fun amid pandemic
Nearly 30 communities have so far signed up for the July 10-11 weekend event.
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SAD 75 budget for FY 2021 clears 1st of 2 hurdles with voters
The 33 attendees at the in-person district budget meeting approved a $46 million budget, which goes to a secret ballot vote July 14.
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Topsham Police lieutenant charts new course after 2 decades with department
Fred Dunn, who joins his wife in Florida, laments how the actions of some police officers put others in a bad light.