News in Freeport

Yarmouth power plant, Freeport junkyard hit with environmental fines

YARMOUTH — The Maine Department of Environmental Protection levied fines totalling more than $48,000 against the Wyman Power Station and a Freeport junkyard. Wyman, the oil-fired power plant at 667 Cousins St. on Cousins Island,

Will Graff • News •

Friday, January 4, 2013 at 4:00 pm

Unsung Hero: Janet Kandoian, the indomitable 'Miss K'

SOUTH PORTLAND — The year: 1971. The setting: a fourth-grade class at the Willard School. The question from one of the students to the young, new teacher: “Just how old are you, anyway?” Janet Kandoian, known as “Miss K” to many students, well re...

David Treadwell • News •

Friday, January 4, 2013 at 3:20 pm

Yarmouth-based Cuddledown acquired by Mass. catalog company

YARMOUTH — Cuddledown, the high-end bedding retailer based in Yarmouth, has been acquired by a catalog company in Massachusetts. Potpourri Group acquired Cuddledown in December, according to an announcement Thursday by American Capital Ltd., Potpourri's parent company. Details of the...

Whit Richardson, Bangor Daily News • News •

Friday, January 4, 2013 at 10:30 am

Freeport Police Beat: Jan. 3

Arrests 12/23 at 7:12 p.m. Peggi J. Conners, 38, of Foye Road, Wiscasset, was arrested on Main Street by Officer Matthew Moorehouse on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer. Summonses 12/26 at 4:35 p.m. Noelle L. Fochler, 2...

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Northern Meetings: Jan. 3-9

Cumberland

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

People and Business

Appointments Falmouth Historical Society recently elected a new board: Scott McLeod, president; Janice de Lima, vice president; Betsy Jo Whitcomb, secretary; Fred Howe, treasurer...

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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

'Frugal' local budgets dictate employee salaries

PORTLAND — Elected officials and public employees in greater Portland didn't get rich on their wages during 2012, but some individuals came closer than others. The information was compiled by The Forecaster, which obtained the names and annual compensation of the highest-paid officia...

William Hall • News •

Monday, December 31, 2012 at 11:40 am

Southern Maine school districts prepare for subsidy loss

PORTLAND — The freeze is here, and not just because of the weather. With more than 200 school districts in Maine facing the loss of a cumulative $12.58 million in general purpose aid from the state Departme...

David Harry • News •

Monday, December 31, 2012 at 10:20 am

Abby's Road: There is good amid all the bad

It can be hard to celebrate what we have when the holidays are dominated with news of what we have lost. On Thanksgiving, when Falmouth lost a beloved second-grade teacher I did not know, I mourned an absence that I had never counted on as a presence. After Thanksgiving, when my in-...

Abby Diaz • Opinion •

Monday, December 31, 2012

Community Calendar: Jan. 2-13

Greater Portland Bulletin Board Wednesday 1/2

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Monday, December 31, 2012