FREEPORT — Voters in Regional School Unit 5 on Tuesday approved borrowing more than $1.5 million to build an artificial turf field and a running track at Freeport High School. The project, which was presented to voters in two separate bond questions, was rejected in Pownal and Durham, but overwhelmingly approved in Freeport. Overall, the first bond […]
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Man dies in Pownal fire
POWNAL – A 65-year-old man died in an early morning fire investigators say may have been weather related. The State Fire Marshal’s Office said Barry Cain, who lived alone on Elmwood Lane, may have been trying to heat his home after the power went out overnight. Police said fire was reported around 1 a.m. on […]
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Freeport, Pownal, Durham to vote on school track-and-field project
FREEPORT — Voters on Jan. 10 will be asked to approve borrowing more than $1.5 million to fund a turf field and track at Freeport High School. The Regional School Unit 5 Board of Directors in October scheduled the special election for residents of Freeport, Pownal and Durham. The proposal to build an artificial turf field and […]
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RSU 5 will not change name of Freeport High School
FREEPORT — The Regional School Unit 5 Board of Directors has decided not to change the name of Freeport High School. The board on Dec. 14 voted 9-2 against a change; members Kathryn Brown and Naomi Ledbetter were in favor of renaming the school. The decision was based in part on results from a survey […]
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Tiny house, growing problem
POWNAL — John Rodrigue, host at the Bradbury Mountain State Park since the end of May, lives in a tiny house in the park. Rodrigue would like to move the building, which takes up a mere 192 square feet, not including a 7- by 8-foot loft, to a lot somewhere in Pownal and keep the […]
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Kenneth A. Ryder
1933 – 2015 FREEPORT — Kenneth Alfred Ryder, 82, of Freeport died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Sept. 22, in Lewiston. He was born in Lisbon Falls on June 1, 1933, the oldest child of Zona (Smith) and Harold Ryder. He was educated in Pownal schools and graduated from Freeport High School. He served in the U.S. […]
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Norman E. Jordan
1967 – 2015 AUBURN — Norman E. Jordan, 48, of Pownal left this world at 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, July 22, at the Hospice House in Auburn after a long illness. He was surrounded by his family and friends. Norman was born in Brunswick on April 14, 1967, to Andrew and Lida Jordan. He […]
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Margaret F. Rendall
1912 – 2015 FALMOUTH — Margaret F. Bowie Rendall, formerly of Falmouth, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 5, at Bay Square in Yarmouth, where she had been in residence for the past five years. Margaret was born in Durham, on June 16, 1912, to Leon R. and Almeda Libby Bowie. She attended Durham schools […]
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Bridge game winners announced LEWISTON — The Lewiston Bridge Club winners of the quarterly club championship on June 22 were as follows: first, Nancy Farmer and Luke Merry; second, Leslie Lord and Les Buzzell; third, Jan and Vern Arey; fourth/fifth tie, Jeanine Kivus and David Lock with Larry Fortier and Roger Labbe. Winners of the […]