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Letter: Gideon for Freeport state representative

I am writing to express my strong support for Sara Gideon to represent House District 106. While representing the downtown district on the Town Council in Freeport, Sara has proven herself time and again. As the town of Freeport addressed changes in traffic flow, parking, and other expansions, Sa...

• Opinion •
Monday, October 15, 2012 at 11:50 am

Letter: Gideon for District 106 state rep

Please join me in supporting Sara Gideon for state representative from District 106, Freeport and Pownal. Sara will bring years of experience as a Freeport Town Councilor and values sorely missing in Augusta, values like honesty, fairness and compassion. I have watched Sara work with many ...

• Opinion •
Monday, October 15, 2012 at 11:10 am

Letter: Cassida, Sachs for Freeport Town Council

I’m writing to urge voters to support Jim Cassida and Melanie Sachs for Freeport Town Council. Jim, who is running for the District 4 seat, brings to the table decades of experience in environmental issues and law. I’ve served with him on the council this last year. I've been impresse...

• Opinion •
Monday, October 15, 2012 at 10:40 am

Letter: Re-elect Cassida to Freeport Town Council

Jim Cassida, who is running for re-election to the Freeport Town Council in District 4, is a candidate who fulfills all the qualifications needed for an ongoing, competent and strong councilor. Jim has the experience, the dedication to the job, the motivation and a strong knowledge of our town an...

• Opinion •
Monday, October 15, 2012 at 8:40 am

Freeport woman rescued after driving car into pond

FREEPORT — Firefighters rescued a woman who drove her car into a shallow pond late Wednesday. At about 9:30 p.m., the woman was driving on Rowe Court, accelerated into a ditch, through bushes, across a lawn and into a 3- to 4-inch-deep pond, Fire Chief Daniel Fournier said. Po...

• News •
Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 11:50 am

Northern Meetings: Oct. 11-17

Cumberland

Community •
Thursday, October 11, 2012

Northern School Notebook

Students to perform at music festival in China The North Yarmouth Academy bluegrass ensemble, the Royal River Honey Badgers, was selected to perform at the 2012 JinJiang-Jiaxiang International Students’ Arts Festival in Chengdu, China from Oct. 22-25.

Community •
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Freeport police beat: Oct. 10

Arrests 10/3 at 11:18 p.m. Yavus M. Karadeniz, 44, of Thames Road, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., was arrested at Main and Grove streets by Officer Matthew Moorehouse on a charge of operating under the influence. 10/4 at 1:33 a.m. ...

Police Beat •
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Cumberland County District 3 commissioner election a rematch

PORTLAND — Both candidates for Cumberland County Commissioner in District 3 are running on a platform of transparency, but they disagree on how much control to give to county government. And, the pair have met before. Incumbent Stephen Gorden, R-North Yarmouth, and indepe...

Amber Cronin • News •
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 3:20 pm

Unsung Hero: Gary Fogg of Topsham, maintaining trails and forging connections

TOPSHAM — Gary Fogg is a Renaissance man, and he believes that every citizen has a duty to be informed about history, government, religion and science. He’s a maverick who spent a year between high school and college working minimum-wage jobs and driving a 1967 Volkswagen bug a...

David Treadwell • News •
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 7:50 am
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