The Casco History Lab is a new program Wolfe’s Neck Center created in 2025, and is based in the deep history of the farm’s 626 acres. Each year the Lab’s manager, Tilly Laskey, collaborates with Wolfe’s Neck Center staff and community members to build relationships through co-developing yearly experiments. For 2026, we are working with the Penobscot Nation’s Cultural and Historic Preservation staff and the Maine Ulster Scots Project.
Flip the Senate - Democrat Graham Platner has led Susan Collins in the last 3 polls, with a 2-point lead in the most recent poll from The New York Times.
Maine Morning Star - Despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Tuesday upholding transgender athlete bans in other states, Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said the state will continue to defend its inclusive policies. The high court upheld bans in Idaho and West Virginia on trans girls playing on girls' sports teams, aligning with the Trump administration's interpretations of federal anti-discrimination laws that claim allowing such participation is unsafe and unfair.
"The question before the Court is: Under Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment," wrote Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the majority opinion. "In other words, may schools maintain women's and girls' sports for biological females? The answer is yes."
Maine is not one of the 27 states that have passed similar bans. The state has protected trans athletes' rights to play in school sports and access bathrooms and locker rooms for more than a decade through a provision in the Maine Human Rights Act. . Frey said Tuesday the ruling does not stop Maine from defending its law.
Sam Smith - I've yet to see a non-partisan report on the difference in the playing skills of transgender athletes and ordinary women players. I don't see this as a political or moral issue but based on the pragmatic question of whether having transgender players is fair.
If you are looking for ways to stay cool, the Freeport Community Library will be open regular hours on Wednesday and Thursday, so swing by if you need a place to get out of the heat and catch up on some summer reading while you are there! Freeport Community Services (Freeport Community Services | Connecting neighbors, enriching lives) will also be open both days and offering their space for residents to stop by and cool off.
The Maine Emergency Management Agency keeps a list of Cooling Centers in Maine which can be found here: Mass Care | Maine Emergency Management Agency
For the latest on the heat and hot weather, visit the National Weather Service (Gray, Maine) website at Weather Story for New Hampshire and Western Main
There will be commercial fireworks display in Freeport this year. In addition, the Town of Freeport prohibits the use of consumer fireworks in the Town of Freeport. For more information, please view our Fireworks Ordinance at Microsoft Word - chap38.doc |