May 12, 2010 RSS feed / Community & Local News

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A little spring cleaning in Strong

Members of the Sandy River Riders ATV Club in Strong prepare for the annual Roadside Cleanup on Sunday, May 2. More...

Volunteers pick up trash around Phillips

PHILLIPS — On Earth Day, members of the High Peaks Alliance, Ben Godsoe, Maine Conservation Corps member, and other volunteers picked up litter on multiuse trails, roads and streets in Phillips to help remove some of the trash left after the w More...

Commissioners extend tax abatement appeal hearing

By Donna M. Perry Special to the Irregular

FARMINGTON —- County commissioners voted Tuesday, May 4, to extend a Pittsfield man’s tax abatement appeal hearing on his Phillips’ camp until Tuesday, May 18. More...

Library closed May 19

KINGFIELD — The Webster Free Library will be open from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, May 19 and then closed the rest of the day for cleaning. The library will reopen Saturday, May 22 as usual from 9 a.m. to noon. More...

Skowhegan’s Farmers’ Market on the move

Now open at the former Somerset County Jail
By Ramona du Houx Special to the Irregular

SKOWHEGAN — The outside grounds at the Somerset Grist Mill, purchased last year by Amber Lambke and her business partner Michael Scholz of Albion, a baker and wheat farmer, has become the new site for the Skowhegan Farmers Market. More...

Swim lessons, water exercise offered

Carrabassett Valley Town Pool

CARRABASSETT VALLEY –- The youth swim lesson session will be offered for the two weeks preceding the 4th of July (June 21 to 25 and June 28 to July 2). The cost for 2010 will be $70 for both weeks, a $5 reduction from 2009. More...

Man charged with shooting out ex-girlfriend’s car window

Authorities in Franklin County are releasing few details about a weekend incident that led to a 28-yearold North New Portland man turning himself into the Maine State Police. More...

Kingfield man arrested on unlawful sexual contact charges

By Ann Bryant Special to the Irregular

KINGFIELD -— A Kingfield man was arrested late Thursday night, April 29, on two felony charges of unlawful sexual contact after a citizen reported him to police, Franklin County Detective Dave St. Laurent said. More...

Home repair program taking client applications

FARMINGTON — North Parish Housing Ministry, a low-income home repair program of Mission at the Eastward, is taking client applications for home repairs for summer 2010. More...

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