June 3, 2009 RSS feed / Community & Local News

Summer GPS trainings offered

FARMINGTON — GPS Training is ideal for hikers, hobbyists, geocachers, outdoorsmen, search and rescue teams, self-rescue or other outside activities. More...

Police respond to gunshot at home

KINGFIELD — Police responded to a gunshot last Sunday after an emergency response call came from a home on Salem Road in Kingfield. More...

Memorial Day

Remembering those who paid the ultimate price

KINGFIELD — More than 100 people lined the streets on Monday, May 25 for the annual Memorial Day service held at the monument. More...

Local Memorial Day services held

NORTH NEW PORTLAND — On May 25, Memorial Day, the American Legion Coffin- Hewey-Safford Post and Unit 173 of North New Portland provided Memorial Day Services at 9 a.m. at the North Anson Library Memorial Site, at 9:30 a.m. More...

Summer GPS trainings offered

FARMINGTON — GPS Training is ideal for hikers, hobbyists, geocachers, outdoorsmen, search and rescue teams, self-rescue or other outside activities. More...

From the western mountains to the Kennedy Space Center and back

SALEM — A Salem man has enough memorabilia to open his own "space center gift shop." Robert Howard, who went to Kingfield's Stanley School from the fourth through eighth grades and is now a Salem resident, worked at the Kennedy Space Center a More...

No marshmallows at this fire

Kingfield resident Seth Nickerson stands in front a blaze of a fire set to remove stumps and slash from a building site off Route 16 in Kingfield. More...

Mountain Misbehavior:

The moose are loose, be alert

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

Shoreland certification help available

FARMINGTON — With all the new laws, it's more important than ever that contractors become certified to work in shoreland zoned areas. More...

NorthStar recertifies for HeartSafe award

FARMINGTON -- At an awards ceremony in Augusta on May 19, Governor John Baldacci and Maine EMS Director Jay Bradshaw re-designated NorthStar EMS as a HeartSafe Community EMS Service" at the gold level. More...

Tumbledown rescue

Franklin Search and Rescue member Nikola Dentico converses with Weld Fire Chief, Wallace Tyler, at a recent rescue on Tumbledown Mountain in Weld. The Kingfield-based team was requested to assist with the carry-out of an injured hiker. More...

Remembering

Chris Milewski (center), the son of the late Bea Milewski, celebrates Memorial Day with Gail Russ (to his left), the director of the MSAD #58 middle school band and some of the members of the high school band. More...

Future of journalism to be discussed

RANGELEY -- The public is invited to share your thoughts on journalism and news coverage in the Rangeley area at the Rangeley Public Library Thursday, June 4 beginning at 4 p.m. More...

Fire heavily damages house

RANGELEY — A fire heavily damaged a three-story house Friday, May 22, on Deer Meadow Road, a subdivision off Quimby Road, Fire Chief Rudy Davis said Tuesday. More...

'Amazing Grace' rescued, visits nursing homes

KINGFIELD — Using pets for therapy works wonders for seniors in nursing homes —just ask Kingfield resident and pet lover Joy Dyer. More...