Julia Bouwsma, Maine’s sixth poet laureate, talks about her love of poetry and her goal to increase its accessibility.
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Franklin County projects get help from High Peaks Alliance
Trail improvements in Farmington and Strong are underway while a committee has been formed to help manage Kingfield’s Shiloh Pond.
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Patty Cormier talks about sacred woods, legacy and the rewards of fighting forest fires
Face Time: Growing up at Deer Farm Camps in Kingfield, and with a natural love of the woods and Maine, the Maine Forest Service director’s career path seemed predestined.
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Updated: Kingfield teen found in Strong
Dustin Merrill, 16, had been missing since he ran away from home during overnight hours of Aug. 19.
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Western Maine Pharmacy’s new location offers more
Western Maine Pharmacy has moved to 119 Main Street, Kingfield.
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Maine’s new poet laureate is a small-town librarian who’s written 2 books of poems
Julia Bouwsma is a farmer and director of the Webster Library in Kingfield, and teaches at the University of Maine at Farmington.
Posted inFranklin, Maine, News, The Franklin Journal
Firefighters douse blaze from lightning strike on Ira Mountain in Kingfield
Lightning struck a tree Monday night, setting the blaze that burned about one-quarter of an acre.
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As prices skyrocket, lumber and building supply companies expanding in central Maine
Waterville-based Ware-Butler Building Supply and Pleasant River Lumber Co. recently acquired three local building supply and hardware retailers.
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Man seriously injured in snowmobile crash in Kingfield
Jonathan Rand was riding with friends on a private trail on Ira Mountain.
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Kingfield administrative assistant creates map of Christmas light displays in Franklin County
Leanna Targett of Salem Township hopes she has created a memory for children just like she had as a child.