Buckfield News

You knew it had to happen sooner or later. After three years away from Victory Lane, Timmy Brackett returned to the place he's visited so many times.

Four people were hurt Friday night when two trucks collided at Bryant Road and Route 117.

The Woodland High School Dragons hold their trophy high after their state Class D softball victory over Buckfield High School at St.

Weatherization Wizards Inc. of Clinton recently hired Kim M. Goding of Lewiston to be office manager of its new Auburn office, expected to open in early July.

WALDOBORO : "The Early Evening Show" will return to the Waldo Theatre 7 p.m. Saturday, June 13.

As the sun was setting into a bright orange sky Friday, 43 seniors walked out of a sweltering Buckfield High School into cool air as graduates, smiling broadly.

After their mother was diagnosed with cancer ten years ago, Patrick and Mary Dempsey discussed avenues to make cancer and treatment information more available to patients and families.

Sue and Dave Bryant are moving to the Bahamas this year to work as missionaries in teaching and home-building on North Andros Island.

Middle school students are planting a one-acre-plus garden at Buckfield Junior-Senior High School that will be the largest of its kind in New England, according to Patrick Carson, SAD 39 health coordinator.

The Western Foothills School District board on Tuesday learned of a $1.1 million special services grant that could deter some students from being identified as special education students in the future.

About 150 former and present staff members bid farewell to SAD 39 Thursday night with a promise from newly formed Western Foothills School District Superintendent Tom Ward that the the district and two others will become one family.

Andrew Goodman, 19, of 121 Granite St., Auburn on a charge of unlawful furnishing of scheduled drug, 12:44 a.m. Thrusday at 28 Sand Hill Road.

Well, will you look at that. The Lewiston City Council is the new Androscoggin County Commission, with all the slap-fight drama of a reality show.

Augusta, ME In a ceremony & luncheon held Wednesday, May 13, 2009, Alpha One celebrated the seventh annual "Powering Education" Scholarship Awards Day.

Members of the State and Local Government Committee voted 8-3 Monday morning in favor of a bill that would allow Carrabassett Valley to move forward with the annexation of Redington Township.

Authorities say most of 28 minors facing charges after police broke up a party in the town of Buckfield are due to be arraigned in July.

Police responding to a loud noise complaint at a Jordan Road home early Sunday morning arrived to find themselves in the midst of an underage drinking party, state police said.

Town Manager Glen Holmes told the Budget Committee and selectmen at their joint meeting Tuesday night that the tax rate will go up under the proposed 2009-10 budget.

CAMDEN : Mainea s female firefighters will meet from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 2, at the Camden Opera House on Route 1. At roundtable discussions, information will be shared on training and career opportunities within the fire service.

Could there be a more important time than now to teach our children the importance of saving and financial responsibility? That's just what happened April 7, which marked the National Teach Children to Save Day.