News in Freeport

Letter: 50 gallons of heating oil makes a difference

Neighbors are visiting elders this week, wading through snow drifts to check the fuel gauge on heating oil tanks. Imagine that apprehensive look in an elder’s eyes when they learn how much oil is left. Next, there is the mental calculation behind those eyes: “Do I buy oil, food or med...

• Opinion •

Monday, February 11, 2013 at 8:40 am

Letter: Concerned about the tar sands scenario

By now most of us have heard something about tar sands oil. This oil is composed mostly of clay and sand and, unlike the crude oil we use for heating, needs to be mixed with chemicals and enormous amounts of water so that it can be pumped through pipelines. In that state...

• Opinion •

Monday, February 11, 2013 at 8:30 am

Letter: Our elderly deserve affordable in-home care

America’s elderly population has worked hard over the years to live the American dream. These individuals have worked long hours so they could afford a nice home. Most people retire around the age of 65 and the cost of prescriptions and doctors’ visits grow increasingly expensive. Gro...

• Opinion •

Monday, February 11, 2013 at 8:20 am

Letter: Beem is right for the wrong reasons

Edgar Allen Beem occasionally supports a position with which I agree, most recently that the winner of a multi-candidate election should be chosen from the top three vote-getters in a run-off election when no one gets over half the vote. His primary reason for this position is that he doesn't lik...

• Opinion •

Monday, February 11, 2013 at 8:10 am

Letter: If you can't win, change the rules

I read Edgar Allen Beem's column on ranked-choice voting, and it came as no surprise. If you read his column carefully, here is the reason for RCV: the Democrats lost last time, so they need to change the rules. The rest of the article is just spin. This is no surprise coming from the liberal sid...

• Opinion •

Monday, February 11, 2013 at 8:10 am

Interstate 295 reopens in Cumberland after 19-car pileup causes 4-hour shutdown

CUMBERLAND — It took almost four hours to clean up a 19-car pileup on Interstate 295 Friday morning as snow began to coat the roadway. Maine Public Safety Department spokesman Steve McCausland said the chain-reaction crash started when a car spun out in the southbound lane, just nort...

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Friday, February 8, 2013 at 11:40 am

Orrin H. Phipps: 91

YARMOUTH — Orrin H. Phipps, 91, of Yarmouth, died Jan. 26. He was born Oct. 19, 1921, in in Portland, the son of William and Fannie Phipps. Phipps founded Yarmouth Lumber and was involved with the company until a week before his death. He loved trucking and w...

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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Removing unfinished boat could cost Freeport more than $100K

FREEPORT — The town could end up spending more than $100,000 if the foundation that owns a

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 9:50 am

Dilemma continues over cost of Freeport athletic fields

FREEPORT — New cost estimates from engineers put the environmental permitting process for the Hunter and Pownal roads fields as high as $120,000. Facing a dilemma to pay for improvements or divest the property to avoid paying, the Town Council pushed back the decision Tuesday night t...

Will Graff • News •

Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 8:20 am

North Meetings: Feb. 7-13

Cumberland Mon 2/11 7 p.m. Town Council TH Falmouth Thur. 2/7 8 a.m. Community Development Committee TH Mon. 2/11 5:30 p.m. Appointment Committee Meeting Th Mon. ...

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013