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Posted inTimes Record
Illegal campfire sparks Freeport forest fire
An improperly extinguished campfire is believed to be the cause of a forest fire that burned half an acre of conserved land last week. Fire officials anticipate the fire danger will increase and are warning campers to be cautious.
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Posted inThe Forecaster
Maine Bicentennial: Freeport
The Portland & Yarmouth Street Railway’s four-bay carhouse in Freeport, with unidentified trolley cars. This photograph was taken in 1937, many years after the company was reorganized under the charter of the Portland & Brunswick Street Railway on Dec. 21, 1911. In commemoration of Maine’s bicentennial this year, The Forecaster is featuring historical highlights and […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster, Times Record
Freeport area sees decrease in food pantry traffic, spike in summer student food program
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.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Northern Meetings: July 9-16
Editor’s note: Due to closures and cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, readers should confirm that meetings are still being held.
Posted inLocal & State
During coronavirus, backyard birding takes flight in Maine
Socially distanced telecommuters are discovering a new world just beyond their walls.
Posted inForecaster Opinion
Letter: It’s time to elect Sachs to Maine House
At the beginning of Melanie Sach’s campaign there was a spirited pre-COVID gathering at Maine Beer, where Melanie stood up and deftly summarized her reasons for running for state representative: E-I-E-I-O – her acronym for Experience, Issues, Education, Integrity and Optimism. Melanie has demonstrated her skills through diverse and vast experience with six years on […]
Posted inForecaster Opinion
Letter: Biberstein will bring new skills to Augusta
Kathy Biberstein is a dynamo. With vision and a healthy dose of pragmatism her modus operandi is achievement toward the future. For example, in the 1970s, when our country was engulfed in the oil crisis, Kathy was starting her career as a lead engineer for General Motors’ first electric vehicle. The first in her family […]
Posted inForecaster Opinion
Letter: Balentine needs a better understanding of racism
How sad to read such an arrogant, ignorant and racist column as the one John Balentine wrote on June 18 (“BLM should demand less government, not more”). He speaks from his own experience and calls that normal. For example, nuclear families are the “bedrock of sound societies the world over” when in reality “nuclear family” […]
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.