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  • How a world-famous opera pioneer quietly made Freeport her final home

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Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Tuesday: A touch of morning rain, with a high of 62 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 68, low: 55.
  • Thursday: Cloudy, with a high of 73 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Our Arklahoma Heritage: A musical prodigy graduated from Fayetteville High School and the UofA at an early age (todayinfortsmith.com) — Renowned opera director and conductor Sarah Caldwell spent her final years living in Freeport with a longtime colleague after a groundbreaking international career. The story traces her journey from Arkansas prodigy to Boston opera innovator and Met trailblazer, then back to Maine, where she died in Portland in 2006. It's a reflective look at a major cultural figure with ties to Freeport.
   

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  • I am looking for a nice furnished apartment in the Freeport, Yarmouth, or Brunswick environs for my father to be nearby to me through the winter.
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  • Men's Golf Picks Up Third Place Team Finish at Bowdoin Invitational in Brunswick (gotuftsjumbos.com)
  • 'I've always wanted to fly': Kids in Aviation Day gives aspiring Maine pilots an up-close look at aviation (newscentermaine.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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