Kingfield News

Two women have opened a fitness center in downtown Farmington, and they're inviting the community to visit them on Saturday morning.

The unpredictable costs of heating oil has prompted one Western Maine school district to try using a different source of fuel.

An under-card on this November's star-studded referendum lineup, Question 3 a ' on whether to repeal Maine's school district consolidation law a ' demands attention.

SKOWHEGANa ' A 31-year-old New Portland man pleaded not guilty to a charge he murdered his neighbor and his former employer in Somerset County Superior Court Friday.

PHILLIPS a ' Elementary schools in Strong and Kingfield will receive pellet-burning boilers after the school district receives more than $1 million from a United States Department of Agriculture grant.

Basset hounds Andy, left, and Stump, check out crowds at Saturday's 12th annual Bethel Harvest Festival on the Town Common.

KINGFIELD a ' Three men were arrested Thursday night on charges of killing a young moose off the West Kingfield Road, said Sgt.

When Poland Spring's interest in taking water from the Branch Brook Aquifer for bottling purposes became public last year, a local clash over water rights was born.

Thirty-three people from throughout the state told town officials at a public hearing Thursday they care about what happens here with a proposed ordinance that would regulate water extraction and Nestle Water North America/Poland Spring.

It is hard to miss the many ironic twists and turns of the water-rights issue in Wells, where debate has been raging for months over whether the town should allow water to be drawn from a local aquifer for bottling purposes.

Thirty-three people from throughout the state told town officials at a public hearing Thursday they care about what happens here with a proposed ordinance that would regulate water extraction and Nestle Water North America/Poland Spring.

KINGFIELD a ' A Quebec couple riding a motorcycle north on Route 27 were seriously injured Thursday when wind from a passing tractor-trailer truck caused the bike to drift onto the road shoulder and it was laid down, Maine State Police Trooper Scott Dalton said.

Producers of today's world premier at the Waterville Opera House say that their documentary shows "those caught at the intersection of big business and the public's right to water." "Tapped," directed by Stephanie Soechtig and Jason Lindsey, examines the role of the bottled-water industry and its effect on health, climate change, pollution and our ...

KINGFIELD a ' Deputies are investigating a break-in at the Kingfield Woodsman Restaurant reported Sunday morning, Franklin County Lt.

Submitted by Al Diamon on Wed, 09/10/2008 - 6:15pm. Been on the job too long: WGME-TV in Portland may be offering buyouts to longtime staffers.

KINGFIELD a ' Not every bride-to-be gets to have military police fire off a World War II howitzer at her bachelorette party during an 80-piece orchestra's performance of Tchaichovsky's 1812 Overture.

SAD 58 will receive $760,000 to buy wood pellet furnaces for Strong and Kingfield elementary schools, Superintendent Quenten Clark said Wednesday.

Verizon Wireless announced on Wednesday further expansion of its nationwide 3G network with the activation of a new cell site in the town of Carrabassett in the US State of Maine.

A concerned parent addressed the SAD 58 Board of Directors and Superintendent Quenten Clark at Thursday's budget meeting about the amount proposed for teachers' pay.

WinterKids in Portland recently elected the following to its board of directors: Alexa Dayton, director of communications and development at Maine Huts & Trails in Kingfield; Andy Hamblett, executive director of the Boothbay Region YMCA in Boothbay Harbor; Eric Kolben, financial advisor at UBS in Portland; and Michael Peisner, attorney at Curtis ...