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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...