The 3.5% increase to the overall budget will require the district’s four towns — Avon, Kingfield, Phillips and Strong — to make larger contributions to school spending.

PHILLIPS — Scenes from World War II were played out here Saturday as the volunteer Massachusetts-based Airborne Reenactors of Baker Company portrayed fierce Allied combat as it unfolded June 6, 1944, in German-controlled territory. The reenactment was witnessed from the seats in a railcar, as groups of visitors in shorts, sneakers and straw hats climbed […]

PHILLIPS — Todd Sanders, a 30-year veteran school administrator and educator, has been hired as superintendent of School Administrative District 58. He plans to meet staff, students and community members at the annual budget meeting, scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday at Mt. Abram High School in Salem Township. The board of directors began a search […]