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January 28, 2009 / Community & Local News

Sue Jones in Employee Spotlight

PORTLAND — Sue Jones, Postmaster in Kingfield, was recently singled out by the United States Postal Service through its Maine District Manager's Employee Spotlight. More...

Kingfield POPS seeks artisans

KINGFIELD — The Kingfield POPS Festival of the Arts mailed the 2009 applications for the fourth annual artisan show, to take place on June 27. More...

Free workshops for adults going to college

RUMFORD & SOUTH PARIS — Adults considering college are invited to participate in free college-planning workshops sponsored by the Maine Educational Opportunity Center. More...

Free wide-spread Internet access to be investigated

By David Hart Irregular staff

KINGFIELD - - In a Special Town Meeting last Tuesday, a 5-0 vote accepted the refinancing of the town's 20-year bond for its subsurface waste water system and related property acquisition. More...

Two men face pot charges

By Donna M. Perry Special to the Irregular

STRONG — Two men face charges after drug agents and police searched a house Wednesday night and found 16 pot plants growing and some packaged marijuana, police said. Ritter Bopp, 21, and Ronal J. More...

Girl, 16, dies after skiing accident

CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Rebecca McGill, 16, of Connecticut, died from injuries suffered after crashing into a tree at Sugarloaf on Tuesday, Jan. 20. More...

FABA chooses board

STRATTON-EUSTIS — The Flagstaff Area Business Association held a regularly scheduled meeting Jan. 5. The first order of business was to discuss the progress on plans for the Polar Blast, scheduled for Feb. 5 to 8. More...

Last run

The silhouetted Spillway chair over the Sluice headwall on a January afternoon at Sugarloaf. More...

CoRRECTIoNS

In the Maine Mountain Snowmobiling insert from the Jan. 21, 2009 issue of the Original Irregular, in the article, "Polar Blast Returns," on Page 8, More...

Home vegetable garden course offered

WESTERN MAINE — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension will be teaching a four-part course on how to grow vegetables in the home garden. More...

CVA 'Big Raffle' and auction on tap

CARRABASSETT VALLEY -— On Saturday, Feb. 21 the Parent Support Organization of Carrabassett Valley Academy will hold its annual Big Raffle and Auction at the Sugarloaf Inn from 6 to 9 p.m. More...

Wind power forum, free breakfast offered

FARMINGTON — The forum Racing for the Wind: What does it mean for western Maine? will be held Friday, Feb. 6, from 7 to 9 a.m. in the Olsen Student Center's North Dining Hall, University of Maine at Farmington. More...

Town of Kingfield

Selectmen individually support High Peaks Initiative

By David Hart Irregular Staff

KINGFIELD - - "Maine is a special place, but within that special place there is a very, very special place," said High Peaks Alliance representative Roger Lambert. More...

Mountain Misbehavior

Two men arrested for trafficking, cultivation

By Laura Dunham Special to the Irregular

WESTERN MOUNTAINS — The following are summaries of some of the local law enforcement agencies' and fire departments' activities last week. More...

Saviello reappointed to IF&W committee

AUGUSTA -- State Rep. Thomas Saviello has been reappointed to the Legislature's Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, which puts him in a position to shape policy regarding hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation activities. More...

Kingfield Water District

Agenda released

KINGFIELD — The water district's board of trustees' agenda for its next meeting, Monday, Feb. 2, at 6:30 p.m. Kingfield Elementary School was recently released. The first order of business will be to consider the minutes of the Dec. More...

FCCTF to hold annual board meeting

FARMINGTON -- The Franklin County Children's Task Force, a local non-profit corporation dedicated to helping children and families in Franklin County, will hold its annual meeting of the Board of Directors on Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 6:30 p.m. More...