June 9, 2010 RSS feed / Community & Local News

Ladies’/Community Breakfast set

RANGELEY — The next Ladies’/Community Breakfast, with everyone invited to attend, will be Wednesday, June 16 at Moosely Bagels on Main Street, from 7 to 9 a.m. More...

WMCA celebrates 45 years of service

WILTON — Western Maine Community Action is getting ready for a celebration on June 24. More...

Phillips VBS dates corrected

PHILLIPS — The Phillips Community Church’s Vacation Bible School is being held July 5 to 8, not through the 11th as previously announced. It is still being held at Community House. More...

Yard sale on tap

NORTH ANSON — There will be an indoor yard sale Saturday, June 12, from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the North Anson Congregational Church on Elm Street. For more information, call the church at 635-2748. More...

Bicycle safety program slated

STRONG — On Saturday, June 12, the Strong Public Library will hold a bicycle safety program from 9 to 10 a. m. downstairs in the Forster Memorial Building. More...

Rangeley Lakes Regional School Board to meet today,

RANGELEY — The Rangeley Lakes Regional School District Board of Education will hold its next meeting, today, June 9, at RLRS at 6 p.m. in the All-Purpose Room. The board recently released the agenda for this meeting. More...

Smokey’s kick-starts summer

FREEMAN TOWNSHIP — Smokey “Bud” Gilmore, owner of Smokey’s Greater Shows, “The Northeast’s Most Beautiful Midway,” has been involved with the midway fair circuit since his father first owned the business in More...

Rangeley man again charged with domestic assault

RANGELEY —- A local man who is on probation for a domestic assault conviction was arrested again Tuesday, June 1, on the same charge allegedly involving the same victim, police said. Frank J. More...

Any port in the storm

Over Memorial weekend Lisa Brackley spotted this robin’s nest under a canoe with three eggs in it. More...

Guide helps ID trees

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. -- The Arbor Day Foundation is offering its tree guide identification guidebook that is now easier to use and will help an average person identify trees in a simple, step-by-step process. More...

Retirement celebration for Georgie Woodford

KINGFIELD — An open house retirement celebration is being held for longtime Kingfield Elementary School secretary Georgie Woodford on Sunday, June 13 from 1 to 3 p.m. Strawberry shortcake will be served outside on the KES soccer field. More...

CORRECTION

Wrong Rangeley graduation time More...

BAD is back (and that is good!)

CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Sugarloaf Area Christian Ministry invites all area youth to join in for this year’s Bible Adventure Days (BAD for short). More...

Rabies clinic offered

SALEM — A rabies vaccine clinic will be held Saturday, June 26, at the Salem Fire Department from 1 to 3 p.m. The cost is $9 per animal. More...

Donations sought

SALEM — The Salem Fire Department and Pine Tree Club will be having their annual Founders Day Saturday, July 10. The groups are looking for donations for the auction. Organizers asked that no clothes or junk be donated. More...

Plantation seeks interim superintendent

Rangeley Plantation Board of Education

RANGELEY — The Rangeley Plantation Board of Education recently released the minutes to its May 19 meeting at Rangeley Lakes Regional School. The board members present were Beth Smith, Michelle Elliot and Steve Dudley (by phone). More...

Driver leaves accident scene, turns self in later

Mountain Misbehavior

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

District budget approved by voters

SALEM — On Tuesday, June 1 residents of MSAD #58 school district approved a $9,697,728 budget — down from $10,157,642 from the previous year— but not without debate. More...

Honoring those who served

Memorial Day

KINGFIELD — About 100 people lined the streets of Kingfield Monday, May 31 to observe Memorial Day Services under the direction of Brian Hatfield, the new commander of the Norton-Wuori American Legion Post #61. More...

Turtle alert!

Betty Ann Listowich recently came across this turtle in her lane on Route 142 and was forced to “straddle” it to avoid hitting it. More...

An institution retires

Time to move on

RANGELEY — Tom (Ball) Danforth, the Rangeley High School Physical Education teacher and coach for 31 years, was nearly speechless as some 250 students, friends, family and coworkers turned out at the Rangeley gym Friday, May 28 to wish him wel More...