FREEPORT — The town is working with master arborist Mike Hughes to offer quarterly seminars on arbor and land management issues that can affect residents’ properties. The winter session, to be held at Town Hall from 5-6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, will provide information on the browntail moth, the hemlock woolly adelgid, and emerald ash […]
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Northern Meetings: Jan. 23-30
Cumberland Mon. 1/27 7 p.m. Town Council TH Tues. 1/28 6 p.m. School Building Workshop 303 Main St. Durham Wed. 1/29 6 p.m. Planning Board TO Thur. 1/30 6:30 p.m. Conservation Commission TO Thur. 1/30 6:30 p.m. Select Board TO Falmouth Mon. 1/27 7 p.m. Town Council TH Tues. 1/28 4 p.m. Parks and Community […]
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Freeport talk spotlights tragedy of Malaga Island evictions
Kate McBrien, a Union historian, has been researching the 1911-12 relocation of the island’s population for nearly 20 years.
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Freeport postpones decision on 144-unit housing project
The Beacon Residences could be built on two lots off Desert Road.
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Freeport Council to hold hearing on recreational marijuana cultivation
FREEPORT — The Town Council will hold a hearing Tuesday, Jan. 21, on whether to allow the cultivation of marijuana for recreational use, which would loosen the town’s strict medical-only cultivation rules. The meeting will be held at Town Hall, 30 Main St., at 6 p.m. Medicinal growers trying to pivot their business plans toward […]
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Freeport to consider looser restrictions on marijuana cultivation
The council will host a workshop prior to the Jan. 21 council meeting where it will discuss the possibility of allowing recreational marijuana cultivation in town. Freeport currently only allows medical cannabis growth.
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Freeport club to host talk on Malaga Island tragedy
FREEPORT — A dark moment in the the history of Malaga Island will be the focus of the Friday, Jan 17, meeting of the Freeport Woman’s Club, to be held at 1:30 p.m. at the Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive. Kate McBrien, former chief curator of the Maine Historical Society, will tell the 1912 […]
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Freeport library holds chocolate bash
FREEPORT — The Freeport Community Library will hold its 19th annual chocolate extravaganza at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5. The event includes live music by the Cul-de-Sax and “countless delectable treats,” according to the library website. Chocolates are priced at $2 a plate and all proceeds will benefit the library. The library is located at […]
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Freeport considers tax break for L.L. Bean headquarters expansion
The retailer is requesting a $10 million tax increment financing district that could help offset its future property tax costs and fund community projects.
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Freeport chamber celebrates a decade in business
Chamber Choice Award winners will be announced on Jan. 9 at the Shine Bright Like a Diamond gala.