FRYEBURG, Maine — Fryeburg Water District trustees and Eastern Slope Regional Airport whistle-blower Steve Bender met Nov. 13 to discuss what's going on at the airport.
A town vote was held last month on whether to allow Fryeburg officials to sell excess airport land to Poland Spring for a bottling plant. The proposal failed by a wide margin.
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