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KINGFIELD — The Kingfield Days committee is raising the funds needed for the this year's festival by holding a Price is Right Game, Saturday, April 4, at the Mt. Abram High School in Salem. Doors will open at 5 p.m. to register to play; game starts at 6. More ... CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The Raffle for Reading is a fund raising event to support the new Carrabassett Valley Public Library & Community Center. Tickets are $5 each or five for $20 and may be purchased at the following places: CV Public Library (235-2211), Anti-Gravity Complex, Guest Services at the Base Lodge and Sugarloaf Childcare Centers. More ... 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. Highlighting the event will be the drawing for the $10,000 grand prize winner. The raffle drawing also includes 30 prizes worth $100 or more. More ... BINGHAM — The Stratton-Eustis Summer Recreation Program was recently awarded a $5,000 grant from the Plum Creek Foundation to help fund expansion of the program. The current program offers free recreational activities for six weeks during the summer months for children ages four to 13. The Plum Creek Foundation grant will help expand the program to eight weeks. More ... FARMINGTON — Hay, firewood, heating oil, homemade goodies, die-cast NASCAR, handmade snowshoes, dental and legal services, artwork and much more will be featured at this year's Annual Franklin County Soil & Water Conservation District's Annual Auction set for Friday, March 13 at Mt. Blue Middle School. More ... PHILLIPS — The Phillips Area Chamber of Commerce is in the process of gathering information for its second area directory. The directory has listings of area businesses and supporters. It lists the businesses in categories and tells what they have done, their experience, etc. The ad runs for a two-year period. More ... WESTERN MOUNTAINS — The following are summaries of some of the local law enforcement agencies' and fire departments' activities last week. Carrabassett Valley Police The Carrabassett Valley Police Department had a busy week responding to 79 requests for service. More ... RANGELEY — Persistence pays off. Rangeley police officer Brian Hughes has been investigating the theft of a 48-inch plasma television from a cottage on Faunce Road since Aug. 21, 2008, police Chief Dennis Leahy said. The TV cost $4,500 new, he said. More ... Thoughtful gifts Breast cancer survivor Dee Menear (left) of Kingfield has donated 14 gift baskets to the Martha B. Webber Breast Care Center to be given to women who are currently undergoing treatment. The baskets contain candles, soaps, jewelry, tea, candies and other items. According to Jamie Lucas, care support nurse (right), the women who have received them have been thrilled that another survivor was thinking about what they were going through. More ... AVON — Maine Word will be holding a Creative Writing class in Avon beginning in March. The class will introduce adults to a variety of forms of creative writing and can serve as a great beginning to the writing your story in either a fiction or non-fiction format. More ... AUGUSTA — State Rep. Jarrod Crockett, a first-term legislator, will be visiting the Franklin County communities of Kingfield, Stratton and Rangeley next weekend to meet with constituents to discuss specific problems, legislative issues or any concerns regarding state government. More ... FARMINGTON — Power Now: Energy Solutions for Farms, Homes and Small Businesses, will be held Thursday, March 5, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at the University of Maine Farmington's Olsen Student Center. Participants will learn about common weatherization solutions, practical applications for solar and wind, when geothermal may make sense and payback calculators. More ... FARMINGTON — Hay, firewood, heating oil, homemade goodies, die-cast NASCAR, handmade snowshoes, dental and legal services, artwork and much more will be featured at this year's Annual Franklin County Soil & Water Conservation District's Annual Auction set for Friday, March 13 at Mt. Blue Middle School. More ... FARMINGTON — A blood drive has been scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 25, at Franklin Memorial Hospital from 1 to 6 p.m. The American Red Cross is offering blood donors the opportunity to "Warm A Heart, Warm Your Home." All who come to donate blood can enter to win $250 toward the cost of heating their home. More ... PHILLIPS -— The Phillips Shared Ministry women will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 10 a.m. at the Phillips Community House. The women will be planning the March luncheon outreach for the Phillips Senior Citizens. Anyone who would like to be part of this group is welcome to attend and join in on the planning. More ... RANGELEY -— A Wind and Solar Power Seminar will be held Monday, March 2 at 7 p.m. at Church of the Good Shepherd, 2614 Main Street. Dick Fortier from efficiency Maine and Roger Lambert from Sky Stream Wind Turbines will be speaking. For further info, call 864-3381. More ... PHILLIPS -— There will be an Ash Wednesday lunch and service on Wednesday, Feb. 25 at noon at the community room at Shadagee Apartments. A light lunch will be provided and all are welcome to attend. Pastor Sue Kaplan-Burgess of the Phillips Shared Ministry will conduct the service. More ... Father and son huddle Mike Deraps and his father, Phil Deraps enjoy a moment together before a Mt. Abram basketball game recently. The senior Deraps, 84, told us that he "never had much time to see Mike play (basketball in school) because I was always working." His nurse and Jeff Pillsbury arranged the plan to bring Phil from his residence at Edgewood Nursing Home in Farmington to the game. When Phil was told that it was game day, he replied "Today's a good day!" and he was ready to head to Mt. Abram at 4 that afternoon. Phil met several of the Mt. Abram basketball players, who came over to shake his hand and thank him for coming to the game. "This is the most surprised I've been in a long time," said Mike, who was proud to have his dad there. "You know, he's a World War II decorated hero." (Heidi Murphy photo) More ... WASHINGTON, D.C. -— U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, recently announced that the Department of Homeland Security has awarded $33,630 in grant funding for the Strong Fire Department. The funding is provided through the "Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program," or FIRE Act. More ... PHILLIPS — A camp at 531 Salem Road was destroyed by fire Monday afternoon, Feb. 9, said Phillips fire Chief Jim Gould. A passing motorist noticed smoke coming from the eaves of the unoccupied camp owned by Tom Evans of Phillips and called for the fire department, but the camp was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived, he said. More ... STRONG — A Rangeley man was charged with theft Tuesday, Feb. 10, after Franklin County sheriff's deputies conducted an investigation into $847 stolen from Maine-ly Trees' garage on Route 149 over the weekend, Lt. Niles Yeaton said. More ... KINGFIELD — Nine members of the Red Hat Society met on Tuesday evening, Jan. 20, at Longfellow's Restaurant for their monthly meeting and social evening, hosted by Thelma Cyr and Jane Deely. The tables in the room overlooking the river were all together so it made for a good evening of visiting with each other. More ... FARMINGTON -- Sandy River Farms won five titles in the 2008 National Corn Growers' Association's Corn Yield Contest in Maine recently. Brenda Voter York recently won first place in the A No Till/Strip Till Non-Irrigated division of the Corn Yield Contest. York won with Pioneer brand hybrid 38N86, which yielded 175 bushels per acre. More ... |
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