The Free Press

09/06/2024

We're nearing the starting line - in two weeks, the Courier Gazette, Village Soup, Republican Journal, Camden Herald, and The Free Press are merging into the Midcoast Villager.

Got something to say about the new Midcoast Villager, or what you value in local journalism? We want to hear from you! Please complete our reader survey to help us best serve our readers and communities as we move forward with this exciting new endeavor.

https://knox.villagesoup.com/site/forms/reader_survey/reader_survey/

08/12/2024

On a mission to provide a stronger voice for local news for the region, at the end of September, The Free Press, the Courier Gazette, Village Soup, Republican Journal, and the Camden Herald are merging into the Midcoast Villager. Existing digital subscribers will continue to have full access to the new website, midcoastvillager.com, and print subscribers will continue to receive the new paper.

Anyone can sign up for our selection of weekly email newsletters covering individual towns and the Midcoast. If you’re not a current subscriber register to receive our 4-week free-trial subscription offer to the Midcoast Villager. Click the link below to claim yours.

https://midcoastvillager.com/trial/

08/09/2024

In late September, The Free Press, the Village Soup website & our family of newspapers become the Midcoast Villager. Get the handpicked stories for your community in our weekly town-based email newsletters, covering the Rockland, Camden, and Belfast areas.

Don't miss a minute - sign up here: https://midcoastvillager.com/trial/

08/07/2024

In September, The Free Press will merge with the Camden Herald, The Republican Journal & the Courier Gazette into one publication, the Midcoast Villager, to create a stronger voice for local journalism and build greater connection to our community. Let our publisher, Kathleen Fleury Capetta, explain why.

https://midcoastvillager.com/publishers-statement/

07/30/2024

https://www.freepressonline.com/news/double-trouble-the-lore-of-the-gurney-twins/article_b3175022-49c4-11ef-820b-0712b203edf4.html

July 16 was supposed to be a birthday celebration for 75-year-old twin brothers Harold and Carroll Gurney. The party, which took place in the Belfast bingo hall, had been planned

07/26/2024

https://www.freepressonline.com/news/sears-island-part-ii-we-still-need-special-places/article_55668d1e-4445-11ef-b161-1bbefd5c9200.html

This article is part two of our two-part series on Sears Island.

07/26/2024

https://www.freepressonline.com/news/sears-island-the-answer-to-green-energy-or-home-to-biodiverse-wildlife/article_b9f01324-3ed0-11ef-8f73-2f4dbf7e4a56.html

This article is part one of a two-part series on Sears Island development.

07/09/2024

https://www.freepressonline.com/opinion/from-the-free-press-news-team-in-response-to-the-u-s-supreme-court/article_e768381e-3966-11ef-87f4-0f4db3632309.html

Bastogne, Belgium, Dec. 22, 1944. In the midst of a brutally cold winter, the Germans had the 101st Airborne surrounded in the Battle of the Bulge. The N***s offered an