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Letter: Marcoux's experience wasn't unique

I have never seen a stronger, more courageous piece of opinion in your paper than Dana Marcoux sharing his 1970s experience ("'Out' in Maine:...

• Opinion •
Monday, January 28, 2013 at 10:20 am

Letter: New taxes won't prevent gun violence

I am writing this in response to Edgar Allen Beem’s most recent column, “It’s time to tax guns, ammo.” Mr. Beem’s diatribe proves that he has lost all common sense and confirms that he is in the group of people that have no clue as to what they are speaking about whe...

• Opinion •
Monday, January 28, 2013 at 10:10 am

RSU 5 board sends $17M Freeport High School renovation to June referendum

FREEPORT — The Regional School Unit 5 Board of Directors voted 9-2 Wednesday night to send a proposed $16.9 ...

Will Graff • News •
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 12:20 pm

Freeport seeks growth of workforce housing

FREEPORT — The Town Council Tuesday unanimously approved an ordinance aimed at creating more affordable housing for people who work in town. Councilors also approved site plan review changes, but other ordinance amendments, governing village parking and agriculture, were sent back to...

Will Graff • News •
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 9:40 am

Edwinn Haris Fogg, 87: Loved life, always young at heart

FREEPORT — Edwinn Harris Fogg, 87, died peacefully at his Freeport home Jan. 16. Fogg was born Dec. 3, 1925, in Freeport to Merrill Osborne Sr. and Clara Soule Osborne. The oldest of eight children, he grew up at Grover’s Crossing and was educated in Freeport schools. ...

• Obituaries •
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Freeport Police Beat: Jan. 24

Arrests 1/18 at 10:06 a.m. A 15-year-old female was arrested on Main Street by Officer Michael McManus on an outstanding warrant from another agency. Summonses 1/18 at 12:34 p.m. Serena M. McIntyre, 30, of Westbrook Street, South Portland...

Police Beat •
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Harriette Pearl Goldman Kosoff, 99

FALMOUTH — Harriette Goldman Pearl Kosoff, 99, of Falmouth, died peacefully Jan. 13. Born Oct. 1, 1913, in Rochester, N.Y. to Phillip and Etta Raz Goldman. Kosoff was the last survivor of eight children. She attended school in Rochester and on Sept. 3, 1939, she married h...

• Obituaries •
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Linda Marie Hipsher Newth Casey, 66

FREEPORT — On Jan. 5, Linda Marie Hipsher Newth Casey, 66, of Freeport, died peacefully at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick after a long illness. Her friends and family were at her side. Casey was born May 7, 1946, on Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, to Capt. Charles Warren Hipsher a...

• Obituaries •
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Northern School Notebook

Local students make college dean's lists Karen Bitan, Falmouth, Natalie Hench, Freeport, David Olshan, Yarmouth, and Christine Ordway, Falmouth, Cornell University; Alicia Hoffman, Cumberland, Beloit College; Samuel Mercer and Emily Wilner, Falmouth, Champlain College; Alyssa C. McE...

• Community •
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Northern Meetings: Jan. 24-30

Freeport

• Community •
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
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