Health center holds food drive KINGFIELD — During its Thanksgiving food drive, Mt. Abram Regional Health Center provided six complete holiday dinners to local families, and the center’s on-site food closet, which is available whenever the center is open, has been restocked. In total, the health center received more than $600 in monetary donations, $400 […]
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Kingfield ball field, property ownership topics for board
KINGFIELD — Someone vandalized the town’s Little League baseball field last weekend, and municipal officials are determined to bring the offender to justice. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Department got a call Sunday morning that someone had driven a vehicle inside the new fence, tearing up the sod and creating deep ruts. Volunteers had worked during this […]
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Franklin County deputy investigating Kingfield vandalism
KINGFIELD — Someone significantly damaged a town baseball field on West Kingfield Road with a vehicle this past weekend, according to a Franklin County sheriff’s deputy report. Deputy Brian McCormick responded to the scene at 9:36 a.m. Sunday, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. The vehicle was driven around the entire baseball field and spun its […]
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Kingfield selectmen praise property maintenance worker
KINGFIELD — The town’s cemeteries and municipal properties have looked their best this past year, and Monday night selectmen expressed their appreciation for the job done by caretaker Jim Ross. “You did a great job,” Chairman Wade Browne said. He and other selectmen asked Ross to plan to continue his work in 2018 and asked […]
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Kilbreth wins selectman's seat
KINGFIELD — Residents chose a well-known business owner on Monday night to fill a vacant selectman’s seat. Residents packed into Webster Town Hall on the sweltering September evening to vote for a new selectman to take on the remaining term of former Selectman Heather Moody, who moved from the area earlier in the summer. Walter […]
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Center to lead second Living Well for Better Health course
KINGFIELD — Mt. Abram Regional Health Center will offer a second free Living Well for Better Health course starting Wednesday, Sept. 20. The center received such a positive response from the first series offered in August, that a waiting list formed for a second series. Topics discussed during the six-week course include depression, medication use, […]
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Blues in the Barn at Kingfield
KINGFIELD — Matt? ?and? ?The? ?Barnburners? ?will? ?present Blues in the Barn ?from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, at Mountain? ?Village? ?Farm??? ?B&B,? ?164 Main? ?St. Two-time? ?winners? ?of? ?The Maine? ?Blues? ?Society’s? ?Road? ?to? ?Memphis? ?competition,? ?the? ?band? ?released? ?their? ?debut? ?CD? ??”Feel the Heat”? ?on? ?July? ?14? ?at? ?the? ?North? ?Atlantic? […]
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11 new signs grace scenic byway
KINGFIELD — Eleven new signs along the Maine High Peaks Scenic Byway welcome visitors with interesting stories about the region, thanks to a $25,543 grant from the Franklin County Tax Increment Financing District and a $10,459 from the Maine Department of Transportation. The new interpretive signs were recently installed at four scenic turnouts along the byway: […]
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Wilfred 'Chuck' Pinkham
STRONG — Wilfred “Chuck” Pinkham, 84, of Strong passed away Friday, July 21, at his home. He was born on May 17, 1933, to Forrest and Alma (Stevens) Pinkham on the family farm in Freeman. Wilfred was one of 17 children. Chuck was educated in the schools of Kingfield. He worked for a local lumberman […]
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Kingfield board wrestles with retail pot sales, social clubs
KINGFIELD — Selectmen have joined other towns in the state in investigating ways to prepare for marijuana retail sales and social clubs. In November 2016, Maine voters OK’d the legal possession of up to six mature plants and 2.5 ounces of marijuana by those over age 21. On Jan. 27, three days before the law […]