SALEM TOWNSHIP — Holland Corson of Kingfield, a senior at Mt. Abram High School, has been selected to receive the 2013 Principal’s Award. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship. Holland is a model student at Mt. Abram High School. She […]
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Employees selected for town positions
KINGFIELD — Both new and familiar faces welcome residents at the Webster Hall town office. Selectmen have hired new employees and reassigned current employees to new positions. Leanna Targett, former town clerk and treasurer, was appointed to fill the administrative assistant position. Former Deputy Clerk Erica Bracy moved into Targett’s position, and she also will […]
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String Quartet performs Haydn LEEDS — The Amarantos String Quartet will perform Franz Josef Haydn’s “The Seven Last Words of the Cross” in concert at 7 p.m. Friday, March 29, at the Leeds Community Church, 123 Church Hill Road. All are invited. Admission is by donation. Haydn is sometimes called the “father of the string quartet” […]
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Kingfield woman cited for driving without a license
SALEM TOWNSHIP — A Kingfield woman was cited Wednesday for operating without a license after the car she was driving toward Phillips went off Route 142, Franklin County Sheriff Lt. David Rackliffe said Thursday. Julia Burdin, 21, was driving a 2000 Nissan Altima and “lost control due to speed, left the road and struck several […]
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Weird, Wicked Weird: Herbert Grand Hotel, where spirits check in
KINGFIELD — Guests have told Dawn Sova of a little girl sitting on a bed, asking to leave, then disappearing. Of a ghost man walking a ghost dog down the hall. A year ago, a man approached the front desk and asked to see where the murder happened in the basement. First she’d heard of […]
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Man faces charges after vehicle swerves into cruiser’s path
KINGFIELD — A North New Portland man faces several charges after his car swerved into the path of a Franklin County deputy on Main Street on Wednesday night and took off, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Thursday. Deputies found him later walking on Route 27. Sheriff’s Cpl. Nate Bean arrested Matthew Poulin, 22, on misdemeanor […]
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Franklin County arrest log
FARMINGTON — The following arrests were recently logged at the Franklin County Detention Center: * Donna Chartier, 50, Wilton, theft of a firearm, violation of condition of release, March 7, no bail listed, Wilton Police Department. * Tyler Thorndike, 20, Kingfield, failure to appear, March 8, no bail listed, Maine State Police. * Zebbie Thomas, […]
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Daniel Edward Harrison Jr.
TOGUS — The Rev. Dr. Daniel Edward Harrison Jr., 78, of Kingfield passed away on March 5, at the Togus VA Hospital with his wife, Lois by his side. He was born April 1, 1934, in Dedham, Mass., the son of Daniel and Evelyn (Peterson) Harrison Sr. He attended schools in Phillips and graduated from […]
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Kingfield staff move to new positions
KINGFIELD — Selectmen decided to fill two municipal positions with familiar faces. Former town clerk and tax collector Leanna Ross Targett has accepted the vacant administrative assistant position, and deputy clerk and tax collector Erica Bracy will step into Targett’s position. Douglas Marble resigned his position as administrative assistant to accept other employment, and selectmen […]
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Poetry contest deadline near FARMINGTON — Farmington Public Library & Literacy Volunteers of Franklin and Somerset Counties invite the public to participate in a poetry contest in honor of Poetry Month in April and Shakespeare’s 449th birthday on April 23, 1564. All poems should be fewer than 60 lines. Three entries per poet. Drop off […]