🌱 How a tech scam suspect ended up jailed in Alfred

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In today's newsletter:

• How a tech scam suspect ended up jailed in Alfred

Also on today's calendar: Toddler Time.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 30 and low of 18 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Wednesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 39, low: 23.
• Thursday: Sun and areas of high clouds, with a high of 38 and low of 33 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Saco police make arrest in tech support scam (sacobaynews.com) — A man arrested in a Saco tech support scam is being held at York County Jail in Alfred on $250,000 bail, tying this regional fraud case directly to the local community. Police say the scheme involved convincing victims to move money or buy gold, then sending couriers to collect it. Investigators from Saco Police and the FBI coordinated the Dec. 12 operation.
   

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📸 Around Alfred

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Alfred

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 17

• Open Studio Sessions
  Parsons Memorial Library, 27 Saco Rd, Alfred
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Toddler Time
  Parsons Memorial Library , 27 Saco Rd , Alfred
  10:00 am

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📣 Alfred Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• MEREDA Welcomes Dr. Habib Dagher, Executive Director, Advanced Structures and Composites Center, UMO
  McGoldrick Career & Student Success Center , 35 Bedford Street , Portland
  8:30 am
• Select Board Regular Meeting - only meeting this month
  Kennebunk, ME Calendar , 1 Summer Street , Kennebunk
  6:30 pm
• Winter Chorus Concert
  Massabesic Middle School East Waterboro, ME 04030
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Trivia at Federal Jack's Brew Pub
  Federal Jack's Brew Pub , 8 Western Ave , Kennebunk
• Pottery Painting, Seaglass Art & More - Open Studio at The Creative Soul
  The Creative Soul , 2 Christensen Lane , Kennebunk
  10:00 am
• Town Hall Closed from 11:30am-1:00pm for staff luncheon
  Kennebunk, ME Calendar Kennebunk, ME 04043
  11:30 am
• BOOK ANGEL ORNAMENT
  The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library , 18 Maine Street , Kennebunkport
  5:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• Thursday Sensory Storytime
  Springvale Public Library Association , 443 Main St , Springvale
  10:00 am
• Afternoon Tea at the Lady Mary Inn
  The Lady Mary Inn , 2 Elm Street , North Berwick
  11:30 am
• Holiday Tea Party at The Lady Mary Inn
  Kennebunk-Kennebunkport-Arundel Chamber of Commerce , 2 Elm Street , North Berwick
  11:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Dollar General posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR - 21 and older only - in LYMAN, ME S15568 in Alfred. Apply here.
• McDonald's posted a job opening for Hiring Maintenance/Custodian in Sanford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Alfred here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Sanford

• Auburn to draft needle exchange ordinance, seeks public input (wgme.com)

Kennebunk

• 2025 Fitzpatrick Trophy semifinalists announced (wmtw.com)
• Obituary: Maurine (Evelyn Harrison) Hannaford (pressherald.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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