Each February for more than a decade, Freeport has celebrated its culinary scene with the Flavors of Freeport, a weekend full of tastings, classes, demonstrations, workshops and topped it off with a dance party. Due to Covid-19, those traditions are on hold until 2022. Instead, Visit Freeport has created two new ways to celebrate our […]
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Freeport council approves zoning change for Desert of Maine revitalization
Doug and Mela Heestand, who purchased the property in late 2018, are in the midst of a multi-year, nearly $2.5 million revamp.
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‘A Child’s Christmas in Wales’ — online presentation by Freeport Players
“A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” by Dylan Thomas, will be presented by Freeport Players online, available on YouTube from Friday, Dec. 18, through Wednesday, Jan. 6. The link to the presentation is available on their website at fcponline.org. This evocative and humorous work brings alive a Welsh Christmas in the 1920s—the snow, the cats, the […]
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L.L. Bean sees delays in UPS package pickups as online shopping surges
UPS says it is working with its largest customers to ‘ensure they are aware of how much capacity is available to them’ so it can handle the flood of packages triggered by online holiday shopping during the pandemic.
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Freeport man sentenced to 32 months in prison for child porn
George Royle V, 46, was sentenced in federal court to 32 months imprisonment and five years of supervised release for accessing the internet with intent to view child pornography.
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L.L. Bean scraps major housing development in Freeport
Faced with local opposition, the outdoor-gear retailer withdraws its support for a developer’s plan to build hundreds of homes off Desert and Old County roads.
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Desert of Maine’s revitalization plans moving forward
Doug and Mela Heestand, who purchased the Freeport property in late 2018, are in the midst of a multi-year, almost $2.5 million Desert of Maine revamp.
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Arts and Cultural Alliance receives Maine Economic Recovery Grant
FREEPORT — The Arts and Cultural Alliance of Freeport has received a $100,000 Maine Economic Recovery Grant from the state. The grant was provided to offset the loss of income experienced by ACAF as a result of the current pandemic. At the time that the pandemic began, ACAF was in the midst of a comprehensive […]
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Proposed Freeport development would add more than 500 homes to largely rural residential area
The development, still in the earliest planning stages, proposes 329 single-family houses, 60 apartment units in five buildings, 140 homes in 70 duplex buildings and eight commercial lots off Desert and Old County Road. The development would require a zoning change, which the planning board will be discussing next week.