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News in Freeport

No Sugar Added: Please, leaf me alone

As a nice girl from northern New Jersey who, until a shocking act of rebellion at the onset of her college career, spelled her nickname with a “y,” there is no way I can allow anything other than Hurricane Sandy to be the basis of this week’s musings. “Sandy’s...

Arts Calendar: Nov. 7-18

Greater Portland Call for Art The Society for East End Arts is looking for artists to participate in its annual holiday sale, Art on the Hill, to be held Nov. 30-Dec. 2 at East End School in Portland; register at SEAportland.org.

The Universal Notebook: Undecided? Unbelievable

If you are reading this in The Forecaster print newspaper, everything has been decided, unless of course the Obama-Romney race was too close to call and is at this very moment being decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, in which case Romney wins. If you are reading it online, it may be Electi...

Short Relief: The case for Citizens United

Many people have denounced the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. But the ruling makes a fair amount of sense in theory. In Citizens United, the court held that organizations like corporations and labor unions have a right of free speech ...

Freeport, Brunswick welcome new passenger rail service

BRUNSWICK — Hundreds of people Thursday celebrated the arrival of Amtrak Downeaster train service to Freeport and Brunswick by taking a ride for themselves. "This is one of the most significant developments that we've been working on for the time that I've been on the council," Bruns...

WCME returns to Brunswick airwaves promising local focus

BRUNSWICK — Radio industry veteran Jim Bleikamp revived WCME in October after several years of dead air, and said he hopes to make the station a profitable venture by focusing on community news. "We feel there will be a relationship between the extent to which we're involved in this ...

Public questions proposal for Freeport I-295 interchange

FREEPORT — A Maine Department of Transportation official and consultants got an earful Tuesday night at the first public hearing on a proposed new

Northern Meetings: Nov. 1-7

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Freeport Police Beat: Nov. 1

Arrests 10/26 at 12:06 a.m. Maralee A Knight, 44, of Laurel Avenue, Auburn, was arrested on Wardtown Road by Officer Brandon Paxton on charges of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs and possession or transfer of burglar's tools. 10/28 at 1:05 a.m.

School Notebook

Freeport Middle School seventh graders recently visited the Schoodic Education Adventure Program at Acadia National Park. With access to forest, wetland and shoreline ecosystems, students engaged in hands-on natural and cultural study at New England’s only national park. The three-day,...