BUCKFIELD — The town is looking for free estimates on thinning the Bessey Field pine grove, after two Maine licensed foresters recommended selective cutting for the weakened stand of trees. Buckfield selectmen reviewed a letter from Oxford County district forester Merle Ring at their meeting May 19. The 7.5-acre pine grove is behind Bessey Field on […]
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Nettie M. Frechette
1916 – 2015 BUCKFIELD — Nettie Mahala Stetson Frechette, 98, of Norway, fell asleep to be with her Lord on Monday, May 25, in Buckfield after a joyous life filled with love for God, her family, farm animals, pets and cooking. Born on her family farm in Hartford, on Dec. 12, 1916, she was the […]
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RSU 10 budget vote Wednesday
RUMFORD — A vote on the Regional School Unit 10 budget will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 27, at Mountain Valley High School by district residents. The proposed spending package for 2015-16 is $36.71 million. This first of two votes on the proposal will allow residents to act on individual articles and change […]
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Island games: Challenging to be an outlier
VINALHAVEN — Tim Kane has been around athletics all his life, but nothing compares with the sporting life on an island school. “There’s things you deal with that you don’t normally deal with at mainland schools,” said Kane, who is in his first year as Vinalhaven’s principal. “But it’s enlightening and it’s fun. It’s a […]
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Island games: Not all away games are created equal for East-West Conference teams
First up for the Buckfield Junior/Senior High School baseball team, a three-plus-hour rollick across the winding, pothole-dotted back roads of Maine. Then, a ferry. After loading the vessel, the team makes the final leg — a 75-minute ride — over western Penobscot Bay’s following seas and rolling waves to one of Maine’s largest and most […]
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RSU 10 superintendent fields questions on budget, other matters
BUCKFIELD — The second public hearing on the 2015-16 Regional School Unit 10 budget Thursday night drew a few people, one of whom asked about reaccreditation. Judy Berg asked why the decision was made not to seek reaccreditation for the district’s three high schools in Buckfield, Rumford and Dixfield. Superintendent Craig King said it was […]
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P. Horsfall: Cap expenditures in warrants
I applaud the motion made at the Buckfield selectmen’s meeting to change the way the warrants are written to include a cap on dollar amounts. As a Budget Committee member, I believe that the amount written in the warrants should not be allowed to change to a higher amount. The town manager meets with each […]
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H.S. Baseball: Buckfield errors make for long day in 16-3 loss to Richmond
Then it all unraveled into a long, cold, agonizing afternoon for the Bucks, whose 16-3 Senior Day loss was abbreviated to six innings by the mercy rule. Seven errors, a baker’s dozen hits by Richmond and a relatively commanding performance by Bobcats’ ace Mike Stewart snowballed into a one-sided defeat. All that, after Jared Eastman’s […]
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Lester Arnold Crockett
1944 – 2015 BUCKFIELD — Lester Arnold Crockett, 70, of Buckfield, passed away Monday, May 18, at his residence. Lester was born in Lewiston, on July 4, 1944, the son of John and Marion (Jack) Crockett. He attended local schools and Buckfield High School. Lester was a welder and self-employed logger for most of his […]