🌱 Planning to slurp your way through Freeport’s Maine Oyster Festival?

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• Planning to slurp your way through Freeport’s Maine Oyster Festival?

Today's riddle: Why don't eggs tell Jokes? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, showers around, with a high of 71 and low of 58 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and warmer, temps: high: 81, low: 57.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 77 and low of 60 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Maine Summer Festivals You Can Still Attend in 2026 (wjbq.com) — Freeport’s Maine Oyster Festival on June 27–28 invites you to sample oysters from farms statewide, meet growers, and enjoy free admission, cooking demos, and ecosystem education. The article also highlights other quirky Maine festivals, from Lisbon’s Moxie celebration to Fort Fairfield’s Potato Blossom Festival and Madawaska’s Acadian Festival, for summer road-trip planners.
   

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📸 Around Freeport

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Freeport

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Tuesday June 23

• Freeport United →
  Freeport, ME Calendar Freeport, ME 04032
  5:00 pm
• Town Council Workshop →
  Freeport, ME Calendar, 30 Main Street, Freeport
  6:00 pm

Wednesday June 24

• Tri Town Little League →
  Freeport, ME Calendar Freeport, ME 04032
  4:30 pm
• Freeport United →
  Freeport, ME Calendar Freeport, ME 04032
  5:00 pm

Thursday June 25

• Hunter Road Fields Advisory Committee Meeting →
  Freeport, ME Calendar, 30 Main Street, Freeport
  7:30 am
• Tri Town Little League →
  Freeport, ME Calendar Freeport, ME 04032
  4:30 pm
• Freeport United →
  Freeport, ME Calendar Freeport, ME 04032
  5:00 pm

Friday June 26

• Tri Town Little League →
  Freeport, ME Calendar Freeport, ME 04032
  4:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday June 23

• The Sharing Table: Food For All In-Person
  Curtis Memorial Library Atrium
  12:00 pm

Wednesday June 24

• Jewell Island to Bowdoin College for End of the Year Celebration
  Brunswick Public Schools Bowdoin College, 255 Maine St, Brunswick, ME 04011, USA
  8:30 am
• Get Out! Nature Walk: Shorebirds and Coastal Habitats — Chebeague & Cumberland Land Trust →
  Littlejohn Island Preserve - Parking Lot, 180 Pemasong Ln, Yarmouth
  2:00 pm
• Get Out! Nature Walk: Shorebirds and Coastal... →
  Littlejohn Island Preserve - Parking Lot, 180 Pemasong Ln, Yarmouth
  2:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Multiple structure fires in Gray, Maine, were reported following lightning strikes, with smoke in the basement of a two-story woodframe on Eagles Nest Road.
  5:24PM on Jun 21: A structure fire on Eagles Nest Road, reportedly caused by a lightning strike, prompted the response of multiple fire units,… (Nextdoor )

• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Team Member in Freeport. Apply here.
• US Customs and Border Protection posted a job opening for Border Patrol Agent in Freeport. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Freeport here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Yarmouth

• Falmouth boys lacrosse surges past Yarmouth in Class A final (sunjournal.com)
• Obituary: Mary Virginia Keegan (pressherald.com)

Brunswick

• Brunswick's Fat Boy Drive-In to open this week (pressherald.com)
• Bath-area YMCA launches summer food program for kids (pressherald.com)
• A vote for Collins advances Trump agenda, threatens democracy (pressherald.com)

Portland

• 7 Maine events include Greek Festival, musical ‘1776' (pressherald.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They might crack up... (Thank you Cat R. for sending it in!)
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