FREEPORT
Town of Freeport - Here are a few updates about Public Works projects affecting the Freeport community as the summer season begins. ...
Work Continues on Flying Point Road
This project, extending on Flying Point Rd from Pleasant Hill Rd to Upper Mast Landing Rd, will continue over the next couple of weeks. The project involves total reconstruction of the road: grinding the existing pavement, grading, ditch work, improving drainage, adding calcium and 4 inches of asphalt, and readjusting driveways as needed for slopes. Next spring Crooker Construction may add another inch and a half of asphalt after determining the condition of the road after a year. One lane of traffic at a time will continue to remain open. Both lanes are open at night.
Tree Removal on June 10th at West Street
As workers remove a giant oak tree at 23 West St on Wednesday, June 10th, the road will be closed for 1-2 hours. Signage will be posted and residents of the area will not be blocked from entering or leaving their driveways. All others please seek alternate routes.
Housing Development Construction on Depot Street
As two new housing developments are now underway on Depot St downtown, it is suggested that drivers seek alternate routes out of downtown at Mill St, Grove St and West St for the immediate future.
Crack Sealing South Street/South Freeport Road
This crack sealing project is about half finished now, having begun on South St at Bow St, and continuing on South St to South Freeport Rd, past South Freeport Village Market and up to Smelt Brook Rd (at which point Maine DOT maintains South Freeport Rd as it continues back up to Rte 1). The rubberized crack fill preserves the road by keeping water from getting in and disrupting the foundation. Flow of traffic will continue as the work is done, which should last for another couple of weeks.
Town Hall Beautification
Work continues to progress on the Town Hall Beautification Project at 30 Main St, and the front entrance to Town Hall will remain closed until the project is complete. Your patience is appreciated as this project moves to its next phase of more specialized portions of work.
Jobs
- Starbucks Corporation posted a job opening for shift supervisor - Store# 07549, FREEPORT MAIN STREET in Freeport. Apply here.
- Bowdoin College posted a job opening for Food Service Worker (Part Time) in Brunswick. Apply here.
- You can search for other jobs near Freeport here.
On Thursday evening, the New York Times ran a story in which a woman, Lindsey Fifield, accused Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner of grabbing her by the arm, twisting her arm, and of standing in a doorway menacingly blocking her exit.
The New York Times could not corroborate any of her accusations, but ran the story anyway, along with allegations from a few other women that Graham Platner could be unsettling, had dark thoughts, and generally had spooky vibes as a boyfriend.
They also spoke to several other women who said he was a lovely boyfriend and they happily supported his candidacy.
It’s now coming out that Lindsey Fifeld is a lifelong GOP operative who has worked with Platner’s Republican opponent, Susan Collins, and successfully persuaded her to vote in favor of Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s Supreme Court justice...
Reporter Ryan Grim at Drop Site News reports that “In 2014, Fifield began work as digital director for American Action Network, a Republican Super PAC that oversees House races. The next year she became social media manager for the Heritage Foundation, where she stayed for the next seven years.”
“In 2022, she joined the Super PAC backing Nikki Haley for president, switching to the official campaign side the next year, and staying until the campaign flamed out. She now lists herself as a visiting fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum, a prominent dark money group that is best known for helping usher Brett Kavanaugh on to the Supreme Court and giving Susan Collins the talking points she needed to make her decisive speech in his favor.“
“The NYT breezed past all this, saying she was ‘a Virginia conservative who has worked for right-leaning groups and Republican campaigns.’”
“Meanwhile, the timeline Fifield gives of their relationship is confusing, because during at least some of that time she was actually dating a different person, her long term boyfriend who became her fiancee before she called off the wedding in 2018. We all know this because she and [Zionist extremist Bethany] Mandel did a podcast episode on it that went mega-viral in Republican circles back then.”