By Dawn De Busk, Staff Writer
FRYEBURG, Maine — A Brownfield mother with children enrolled in MSAD 72 spouted off at the school board’s April 8 meeting about why the district let candidate Graham Platner, a Maine Democrat running for U.S. Senate, hold a rally at the Molly Ockett Middle School free of charge.
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