Midcoast stores report soaring sales during holiday shopping season

Many Midcoast store owners said they suspect supply chain delays affecting national retailers may have encouraged shoppers to shop locally, contributing to their boost in business.

Freeport native takes the stage as soloist in Handel’s ‘Messiah’ at Carnegie Hall

‘I just really appreciate growing up in a town where music had just a high importance placed on it,’ said Heather Petrie, a New York-based singer and 2001 graduate of Freeport High.

Freeport’s Desert of Maine proposes last round of projects toward rebirth

Several area farms star in MOFGA’s new Maine Organic Marketplace in Freeport

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Freeport takes part in $500k initiative to tackle coastal flooding from climate change

Freeport – along with nine other coastal towns and cities in Maine – will use the funds to locally develop strategies aimed at preventing floods caused by rising sea levels.

Gov. Mills encourages Mainers to shop local to avoid supply chain delays this holiday season

"Spend your hard-earned money here in Maine on products our farmers worked harder than ever before to create," Mills said during a visit to Freeport on Thursday.

Spike in home heating costs puts a chill over the Midcoast

Brunswick-area heating assistance organizations are bracing for high demand as winter approaches.

Freeport may be one of the fastest growing tourist destinations this winter, survey shows

Tripadvisor ranked Freeport among its top-10 fastest-growing destinations; now town businesses are gearing up for a busy winter.

Freeport raccoon tests positive for rabies

With new owners, ‘Big Indian’ statue to remain in Freeport, for now

‘It diminishes our identities in many ways, and it’s historically inaccurate,’ says John Bear Mitchell, a native educator, storyteller, member of the Penobscot Nation and University of Maine lecturer of Wabanaki Studies.