KINGFIELD — Kingfield Festival Days opens Thursday, July 16, for four days of contests, music, food, arts and a parade. The Herbert Grand Hotel will accept entries of vintage western Maine postcards and flowers for display and judging Thursday. Amateur photographers can show their work at the Rolling Fatties restaurant on 268 Main St. At […]
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Kingfield voting on withdrawal effort
KINGFIELD — Residents will decide Thursday whether to file a petition with Regional School Unit 58 and the Maine Department of Education to withdraw from the four-town district. Polls will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. July 16 at Webster Hall. The ballot question also asks whether to allow a withdrawal committee to […]
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Kingfield voters weigh RSU 58 withdrawal
KINGFIELD — Some residents at a public hearing on withdrawing from Regional School Unit 58 on Monday evening advocated a thoughtful consideration of the move. Residents will vote July 16 at Webster Hall on whether to continue the 22-step process. The ballot question also asks whether voters will allow selectmen to spend up to $20,000 […]
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Kingfeld prepares for RSU 58 withdrawal vote
KINGFIELD — Residents at Thursday night’s meeting on leaving Regional School Unit 58 agreed that much more information is needed before a public hearing scheduled for Monday, July 6. A formal vote is set for Thursday, July 16. If voters approve withdrawing from the district, selectmen will appoint a committee to begin investigating options for […]
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Input sought on land use planning, zoning for Franklin County unorganized territories
KINGFIELD — Franklin County residents weighed in Tuesday night on initiating prospective zoning in unorganized territories, with several saying the focus should include more than recreation. The Maine Land Use Planning Commission is working with regional planning and development groups in the zoning effort. “We’re trying to become more proactive than reactive with zoning and […]
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Kingfield to decide budget, elections on Saturday
KINGFIELD — The annual town meeting Saturday morning will include the election of two officials and voting on a budget that has increased a small percentage over that of last year. Starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 6, at Kingfield Elementary School, voters will decide on a 42-article warrant, which includes budget items and […]
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Kingfield board to ask voters about RSU 58 withdrawal
KINGFIELD — Selectmen agreed Monday night to ask voters if they favor investigating the possibility of withdrawing from Regional School Unit 58 and raising $20,000 to pay for it. The district also includes Avon, Phillips and Strong. Stratton withdrew from the district in 2013. The Kingfield Independent School Committee formed two years ago to learn […]
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Kingfield board asks questions about school spending
KINGFIELD — Selectmen on Monday quizzed the Regional School Unit 58 business manager and superintendent about proposed expenditures for the 2015-16 fiscal year. Superintendent Erica Brouillet and Business Manager Luci Milewski said the budget warrant articles include the request for a prekindergarten program two days each week in Kingfield, Strong and Phillips. The district surveyed […]
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Kingfield man accused of threatening people with gun
FARMINGTON — A Kingfield man is accused of threatening two people, including a Mt. Blue Campus student, by aiming a 12-gauge shotgun at them, Maine State Police Trooper Keith Barton said Wednesday. Barton said he received information Monday from school resource officer Bridgette Gilbert that a student told her he and a friend were threatened […]
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Group hopes to keep Kingfield children healthy
KINGFIELD — Elementary school students will be offered an opportunity to have fun and exercise through a pilot after-school physical education program. Selectmen heard at their Monday night meeting from Angela Norton and Paula Norcutt, who requested they act as the fiscal agent for the Kingfield Elementary School program. Norton serves as the physical education […]