BUCKFIELD — Voters rejected a request for a loan of $174,200 to start rebuilding town roads. Two amendments failed before a third amendment passed that took the loan out of the article for summer roads. The summer roads budget ended up at $352,905. One person wanted the town to raise the money through taxation […]
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Class D baseball championship: Buckfield seeks first state title
Buckfield has already done something no Buckfield baseball team has done in 15 years. Now the Bucks want to do something no Buckfield baseball team has ever done. Two days after winning its first Western Class D crown since 1997, Buckfield will try for its first state championship against another team also looking for its […]
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Simmons College dean’s list
BOSTON — The following local residents were named to the 2011 fall semester dean’s list at Simmons College. Kelly Bly of Buckfield, majoring in exercise science. Michaela Sangillo of Gray, majoring in biology. Zoie Kaley of Manchester majoring in psychology. Jenna Eastman of Raymond, majoring in finance.
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Western D baseball: Buckfield wins first title in 15 years
STANDISH — Pretty? No. Opportunistic? Absolutely. Buckfield beat Valley for the Western D baseball championship Thursday in a 9-6 game that featured 19 walks, five errors, two hit batters and a grand total of five hits. To the top-seeded Bucks, who have been thirsting 15 years for a regional title, it was more about turning […]
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The Hot Corner: Williams and White winners in the wild, woolly West
STANDISH — Welcome to the world’s weirdest two-hitter. Perhaps ever, and almost assuredly in the history of regional championship baseball. Buckfield’s 9-6 victory over Valley for the Western Class C title Thursday was not a pitchers’ duel in any conventional sense of the word. There was dueling, discord and strife, alright, but almost all of […]
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Buckfield town meeting Saturday
BUCKFIELD — Residents will gather in the Buckfield Junior-Senior High School Auditorium at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 16, to act on the remaining 38 articles of the town warrant. The selectmen recommend a budget of $1,755,165 to operate the town. The taxpayers will also vote raising $1,402,251 for the RSU 10 budget, which was passed […]
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Rider injured after falling from horse
BUCKFIELD — An unidentified woman was injured Tuesday afternoon after she fell off her horse and was stepped on. Buckfield Rescue Chief Lisa Buck said the woman fell off the horse at Railroad Bed Road and High Street shortly before 4:30 p.m. The woman was transported to the Central Maine Medical Center where she was […]
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Buckfield elects new selectman
BUCKFIELD — Newcomer Martha Catevenis won a seat on the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday with 168 votes to Eileen Hotham’s 164. Hotham bested Caevenis for assessor, 175-154. The race was close, prompting a recount late Tuesday night, a town official said.
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Costume jewelry hobbiest seeks help
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have recently unearthed a collection of costume jewelry of the gauche/gaudy variety — you know, the type with big multi-strands and screw-on/clip-on earrings. It’s a fun hobby. I am hoping Sun Spots and her readers can help me enjoy and extend my collection by providing the following information: * The location […]
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RSU 10 to begin study of reorganizing use of school buildings
DIXFIELD — The RSU 10 board and all district principals will begin a series of workshops later this month to determine what reorganizational changes could and should take place before the beginning of the next school year. The decision, made at Monday’s board meeting, is the next step following a day-long workshop held last month […]