Residents hear proposed shoreland zoning changes
Irregular Staff KINGFIELD — The committee in charge of updating the town’s zoning ordinance held a public meeting last week to inform residents of state mandated changes that affect the shoreland regulations. Basically, a protective district along great ponds, rivers and areas where specific wildlife exists will be extended to 250 feet from an existing 100-foot threshold. Committee chairman David […]
Phillips teacher named Wal-Mart’s Teacher of the Year
PHILLIPS — It was a special pre-Christmas surprise for Miss Margaret “Maggie” Nerney who thought she and her 7th grade homeroom class were going to Wal-Mart Thursday morning to help with a community service project. Phillips Elementary School Principal David Crandall had led Nerney to believe that the local department store had put out a call for student volunteers and […]
“My Own Two Feet” film to premiere
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The Western Maine Centers for Children is holding the first showing of “My Own Two Feet” Monday, Dec. 29, at 5:30 and 7 p.m. at the King Pine Room in the Base Lodge at Sugarloaf. Olympic Gold Medal winner Seth Wescott will host this event. “My Own Two Feet” is at its core, a film about snowboarding, […]
Rustic Overtones and Jon Brown’s Body in Skowhegan
Maine's own Rustic Overtones joins critically acclaimed reggae band John Brown's Body at the Skowhegan Opera House on January 10th 2009.SKOWHEGAN — The Rustic Overtones and John Brown’s Body will play the Skowhegan Opera House, 225 Water Street, Jan. 10, beginning at 7:30 p.m. For fans of Rustic Overtones, July 27, 2007 was a day they never thought would come. The hard-hitting, show-stopping, horn-powered Maine-grown rock band, which had broken up five years before, reunited in mid-2007 before a crowd […]
Grumble Bluff roller coaster
By Dave Miller What an emotional roller coaster ride you can take reading Karen Pease’s book, “Grumble Bluff.” Heck, I am an old grumpy, 66-year-old retired guy and wouldn’t normally tell “anyone” I read a girly book. I couldn’t believe that I read a book about two young girls, the forming of their friendship and the trial and tribulations of […]
