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KINGFIELD — The Public is cordially invited help celebrate the retirement of William Niemi after 41 years of service with the Town of Kingfield. An Open House will be held Saturday, Nov. 8, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Kingfield Town Hall. More ... RANGELEY — The Episcopal Church Women host ITS annual Holiday Fair Saturday, Nov. 8, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the church Undercroft. Among the items being offered will be homemade crafts, cookies, relishes, baked goods and gifts of all kinds. More ... KINGFIELD — A group of locals is holding a Men's Christmas Shopping Night Thursday, Nov. 13 beginning at 5:30 p.m. upstairs at Longfellow's Restaurant on Main Street. Among the vendors offering their products will be Home and Garden Party, Tupperware, Pampered Chef, Lia Sophia and Party Lite. More ... RANGELEY — A benefit auction and soup-a-thon will be held Sunday, Nov. 16 at the Club House Restaurant. The soup-a-thon starts at noon. According to organizers, area businesses and friends create special homemade soups, and attendees receive a cup of soup for a suggested $3 donation. More ... KINGFIELD — Friends & Family Ties Relay for Life team is once again taking orders for rolls and also for pies this year. White or multigrain rolls are $3.25 a doz. Homemade nine-inch pies —apple or pumpkin— are $9 each. Specialty pies priced accordingly. More ... STRATTON — The Stratton-Eustis Wayfarers' Club of Maine is sponsoring a public supper at the Community Building on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 5 to 7 p.m. They will be serving homemade baked beans, casseroles, ham, hot dogs, coleslaw, rolls and homemade pies for dessert. More ... PHILLIPS — Phillips United Methodist church members will meet with District Superintendent Rev. Beverly Stenmark on Sunday, Nov. 9 at 4 p.m. at the Community House to discuss the future of the Phillips Methodist church building. More ... KINGFIELD — For those who compost in the summer and want to continue during the cold Maine winters, vermicomposting (indoor composting with worms) is an option that Mark Follansbee of WormMainea will demonstrate, showing how easy it is to get started. More ... TEMPLE — 28th annual Temple Craft Fair, sponsored by the Temple Fire Auxiliary, will be held Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Temple Town Hall, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be numerous tables of hand-crafted gifts, and there will be homemade pies, bread, lunches & snacks available for sale. More ... FARMINGTON — The Scottish Rite Masons will sponsor its 7th free Thanksgiving Day Dinner at Mt. Blue High School cafeteria on Nov. 27, from, 12 to 1:30 p.m. The Masons will deliver meals to any shut-ins in the area who will call them and reserve a meal. More ... STRATTON — The Annual Stratton Elementary School Holiday Craft Fair will be held Saturday, Nov. 22, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hosted by the PTC, organizers assure the public that this event is fun for all ages. Get your picture taken with Santa from 10 a.m. to noon. There will also be a room with childcare all set up. More ... ELLSWORTH & PORTLAND — The Franklin County Community College Network is the winner of the Maine Community Foundation's 2008 Noyce Award for Nonprofit Excellence. The network was founded on the principle that to improve the region's economic viability, residents need opportunities to develop marketable skills that lead to well-paying jobs. More ... NEW PORTLAND — Stacy Rundlett, who has been Kingfield's town clerk and involved in some of type of town government for the past four years, has accepted the position as New Portland's new town manager. Rundlett replaces Andrea Reichert who was the town clerk for the past 12 years and has left to accept a position at Poland Spring Company in Kingfield. More ... RANGELEY — The annual Senior Citizen Thanksgiving Dinner will be held Sunday, Nov. 23, beginning at 12 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 2614 Main Street. The meal will include turkey with all the trimmings and fresh apple and pumpkin pies. There will also be door prizes. More ... FARMINGTON — Edgewood Rehabilitation and Living Center will hold its annual Christmas Fair at the facility at 221 Fairbanks Road, Friday, Nov. 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Organizers say this is an opportunity to do some Christmas shopping and visit some old friends. More ... FARMINGTON — A contra dance will be held in the Farmington Grange on Bridge Street on Nov. 8. The dance will feature live music with the North Star Sisters and Kim Roberts calling. All dances will be taught and called. Beginner workshop begins at 7:30 p.m. and the dance starts at 8. More ... FARMINGTON — Franklin Memorial Hospital Outpatients Services is offering a new tool for those with diabetes who are having difficulty managing their disease —a continuous glucose monitoring system, an FDA-approved device from Medtronic that records blood sugar levels throughout the day and night. More ... PHILLIPS — On Tuesday, Nov. 11 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Phillips Community House on Main Street, the Phillips American Legion Auxiliary will hold its annual Veterans Day Open House. The last two years the auxiliary has been gathering names of veterans and active military soldiers from the Phillips area. The second phase of this project will start on Nov. More ... Bridging the gap Organizers and Kingfield residents, Sue Jones, Lee-Ann Provencher and their helpers, were out last Saturday reverse trick-or-treating, delivering hot meals and visiting elderly residents in Kingfield. Reverse trick-or-treating is the process of going door-to-door to give treats rather then receive them while at the same time visiting town residents. On this day, the young group had 42 residents to visit throughout the town. Pictured (left to right) are "Bridging the gap" participants Destiny Decker, Yvonne Provencher, Abby Howell, Avery Taylor and Trae Tingley. The lucky recipient in back is Kingfield resident Dawn Taylor. (David Hart photo) More ... KINGFIELD — The Kingfield United Methodist Church, located at 51 High St., is having a Craft Fair & Luncheon on Nov. 8 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will also be a bake sale and White Elephant table. Tables are available for a donation of $5. More ... Personnel for contractor St. Laurent & Son install holding tanks and beds for the Kingfield subsurface wastewater system at Gilmore Field in Kingfield. The project started Oct. 13 and the system should be operational before Nov. 20. The system will process wastewater from the nearby Poland Spring Bottling Facility. Last week, directional drilling under the highway to connect the plant with the subsurface system was to get underway. (Heidi Murphy photo) More ... Josh Atwood of North Anson takes a cruise in festive spirits down North Main Street in Kingfield on his 2003 Harley Fatboy, recently. (David Hart photo) More ... |
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