The struggles of Palestinians and the people of Maine for water rights and environmental justice are linked.
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Fryeburg’s ex-police chief filed fake report to justify leaving meeting
The Maine Criminal Justice Academy voted in February to take away Joshua Potvin’s license and bar him from working in law enforcement again.
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Posted inLocal & State, Uncategorized
Water rights activists worry about sale of Poland Spring
Activists are decrying the potential sale of Poland Spring and saying the buyer identified in news reports represents a “new threat” to Maine’s water resources
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Fryeburg Academy resumes practices, games
Although located in yellow-designated Oxford County, Fryeburg Academy has opted to resume interscholastic sports, citing the lack of COVID-19 cases within the school district.
Posted inLocal & State, Uncategorized
Some of Maine’s farm fairs try to salvage season online
Summer and fall in Maine are normally a time of pig races, demolitions derbies and piles of fried food at the state’s agriculture fairs
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine approves adult-use cannabis stores in South Portland, Northport
The approvals were among 6 recreational cannabis licenses the state awarded Tuesday for retailers, growers and testing labs, but consumer sales won’t begin until Oct. 9.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Four school districts forced to rescind next week’s school budget questions
Errors on warrants to consider school budgets were significant and would have shorted funding by millions of dollars in four school districts.
Posted inLocal & State
Fryeburg Fair canceled for 2020
The fair was scheduled for Oct. 4-11, but organizers said they plan to resume the fair in 2021.
Posted inBusiness
Fryeburg man developing ‘less lethal’ projectiles, launcher system
Kurt Boeker said civilians have been drawn to his new designs for self-defense, but he’s hoping his work eventually helps police and military with crowd control and riots.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Driver distracted by her 8-week-old puppy crashes car in Fryeburg
The accident forced Fryeburg police to close West Fryeburg Road on Tuesday morning.