🌱 Annual Meeting with Bustins Island and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Annual Meeting with Bustins Island at Freeport, ME Calendar
• Professional Learning Day for Staff at RSU 05
• Municipal Facilities Committee at Freeport, ME Calendar

... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: An afternoon thundershower, with a high of 78 and low of 57 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 78, low: 58.
• Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 76 and low of 63 degrees.

📸 Around Freeport

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Freeport

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Tuesday August 25
• Annual Meeting with Bustins Island →
  Freeport, ME Calendar, 30 Main Street, Freeport
  5:00 pm
Wednesday August 26
• Professional Learning Day for Staff
  RSU 05 Durham, ME 04032
  8:00 am
• Municipal Facilities Committee →
  Freeport, ME Calendar, 30 Main Street, Freeport
  8:00 am
• Board Retreat - Smith Center - Wolfe's Neck
  RSU 05 Durham, ME 04032
  4:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• Professional Learning Day for Staff
  RSU 05 Durham, ME 04032
  8:00 am
Monday August 31
• First Student Day PreK - 9 Grades
  RSU 05 Durham, ME 04032
  8:00 am
Tuesday September 1
• No Meeting this Week
  Rotary Club of Westbrook-Gorham PO Box 91, Westbrook, ME 04098
• All PreK - 12 Grade Students
  RSU 05 Durham, ME 04032
  8:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday August 25
• The Sharing Table: Food For All In-Person
  Curtis Memorial Library Atrium
  12:00 pm
Wednesday August 26
• Professional Learning Day - NO STUDENTS
  Rsu 51/msad 51 Cumberland Center, ME 04021
• Get Out! Nature Walk: Ferns — Chebeague & Cumberland Land Trust →
  Knight's Pond Preserve, 477 Greely Road Extension, Cumberland Center
  2:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• DCS: PreK AM Meet & Greet
  Durham Community School Durham, ME 04222
  4:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Yarmouth

• Newsworthy people and performances for Aug. 24, 2026 (mainebiz.biz)
• Yarmouth moves $2 million school recreation bond to ballot (pressherald.com)

Brunswick

• Apple Pay Is Finally Coming to Walmart Stores in Maine (z1073.com)
• A Polar Climate Ambassador Visits an Arctic Museum in Maine (columbia.edu)

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