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April 7, 2010 / Community & Local News

FABA unveils new booth

By Laura Dunham Special to the Irregular

STRATTON — The members of the Flagstaff Area Business Association, some 50 strong, unveiled their new advertising booth recently, which features photographs and the history of the area. More...

Benefit features supper, local humorist

NORTH ANSON — Friends and family members of Vici Anderson, a local woman who is battling cancer, are hosting a benefit supper on Saturday, April 10, at Carrabec High School, beginning at 4:30 p.m. More...

Thirteen-year-old charged with trafficking

NORTH ANSON — State Police have charged a seventh grader with selling marijuana at his school, Stephen McCausland, of the Maine Department of Public Safety, wrote in a recent news release. More...

Animal shelter benefit planned

FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Animal Shelter will be hosting a benefit dinner at the Old South Church on April 9. There will be two dinners one at 5 and one at 6:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the shelter. More...

K-2 classroom configuration reviewed

Rangeley Lakes Regional School Board

RANGELEY — The Rangeley Lakes Regional School Board of Education recently released the minutes to its March 9 meeting. Board members present included Virginia Nuttall, Barbara Burgess, Mary Vacarro, Pamela Ellis and Harold Schaetzle. More...

Chicken supper set

NEW PORTLAND — The New Portland Community Church will host a chicken supper Thursday, April 15, from 5 to 6 p.m. at the church. More...

Photo

Spring has sprung and the bees are getting busy, as seen in this photo taken in Kingfield. (David Hart photo) More...

Health careers scholarships available

FARMINGTON — The Franklin Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship Committee is once again offering the West Central Maine Health Career Scholarships. More...

POPS donors invited to BSO concert and reception

KINGFIELD -– The Kingfield POPS and the Bangor Symphony Orchestra invite Kingfield POPS sponsors who donate $1,000 or more to the POPS before April 10 to attend a special concert at Bangor’s Collins Center on Sunday, April 18 at 3 p.m. More...

Dems seek state party platform input

Franklin County Democrats

FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Democratic Committee invites the public to a discussion of the Maine Democratic Party Platform draft. More...

CORRECTION

In the March 24 & 31, 2010 issues of the Original Irregular, in the Easter Services on Pages 26 & 30 respectively, the rector for the Church of the Good Shepherd is the Rev. Judson Peeler. More...

Mountain Misbehavior — K9s assist deputies

By Laura Dunham Special to the Irregular

WESTERN MOUNTAINS — Following are summaries of some of the local law enforcement agencies’ and emergency services’ activities last week. Carrabassett Valley Police More...

Benefit supper, auction set

FARMINGTON — A benefit spaghetti supper and silent auction will be held Saturday, April 17, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. for the auction, and from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. for the supper. More...

Fish chowder luncheon offered

FARMINGTON — The Fairbanks Union Church will hold a fish chowder luncheon on Friday, April 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The luncheon includes chowder, biscuit, pickles, cheese, dessert and coffee/tea beverage. More...

Bald Eagle talk planned

FARMINGTON — Patrick Keenan, of the Biodiversity Research Institute of Maine, will present a talk about Bald Eagles Wednesday, April 14, at 7 p.m. in Room C23, Roberts Learning Center at the University of Maine at Farmington. More...

Perfect Persian Paradise

By Laura Dunham Special to the Irregular

LEXINGTON — If there is a pet heaven it has to be at the home of Kim O’Neil. More...