FARMINGTON — Margaret “Maggie” Ellen Brown McKee, 84, of Kingfield, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 12, at Orchard Park Nursing Facility. Margaret was born on May 15, 1927, in Berea, Ohio, the only daughter of Florence Crawford Brown and Paul Stuart Brown. Her family moved to Akron, Ohio, in 1937, where Margaret graduated from West […]
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Topic change CHESTERVILLE — North Chesterville Extension Homemakers will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, in the Chesterville Town Office on the Dutch Gap Road. The topic will be breast care awareness with Sue Gill as the leader. All meetings are free, and the public is invited. For more information, call 778-3156. Holly Fair […]
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Route 27 upgrade to consider town’s needs
KINGFIELD — Sometime after the beginning of 2012, residents can expect to see Maine Department of Transportation surveyors along Route 27. At their Monday night meeting, selectmen reported that the long-awaited upgrade of the road through the town would start with the designing and planning phases early next year. The MDOT is requiring stakeholders to […]
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Town art walk KINGFIELD — Kingfield is hosting another art walk on Friday, Nov. 4. Each venue will fly a large red flag. Locations include the Mountain Village Farm, Scentsations, Stadler Gallery of Contemporary Art, Reinholt Gallery’s Western Maine Artist Collective, the Herbert Hotel, CSM, Ski Museum of Maine, Orcutt Schoolhouse Nature Photography Gallery and […]
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Foliage color now peaking in Western Maine
RUMFORD — Drivers and homeowners in Western Maine already know that peak foliage color has arrived and with it, more rain and fog. The Maine Forest Service and state park rangers are seeing peak leaf color or at least 75 percent color change in Rangeley, Kingfield, Farmington, Rumford and Bethel, according to the fifth 2011 […]
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Fiddle/guitar duo from Cape cod will give three concerts
KINGFIELD — New England Celtic Arts, the Kingfield POPS and the Stanley Museum have joined forces to bring the Cape Cod-based duo Stanley and Grimm to the Herbert Hotel on Tuesday, Oct. 11. Fiddler Nikki Engstrom and guitarist/singer Sean Brennanth will also take the stage on Wednesday, Oct. 12, at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center […]
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Three flu clinics planned
KINGFIELD — Mt. Abram Regional Health Center will hold three flu clinics this month: Tuesdays, Oct. 4, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.; Oct. 11 from 3 to 4:30 p.m.; and Oct. 18 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. All flu clinics will be held at the health center located at 25 Depot St. There will […]
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Health Center holding open house
KINGFIELD — Mt. Abram Regional Health Center will hold an open house Sept. 8 from 4 to 6 p.m. at 25 Depot St. The public will have an opportunity to meet and welcome the center’s newest provider, Shannon Doughty, FNP, and honor Health Center board President Don Fowler, who is retiring. Light refreshments will be […]
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Scholarships available for coastal summer camps
KINGFIELD — The Carrabassett Valley Outdoor Association; Stanley Museum by Howard Randall, president and managing trustee; and Chris Rushton, broker/Realtor of Keller Williams Realty, are sponsoring partial scholarships to Blueberry Cove’s Island & Sea Discovery Trip. Sessions are available on July 24 to 29 and Aug. 14 to 19. The cost after the scholarship is […]
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Stadler Gallery will open two shows on July 16
KINGFIELD — The Stadler Gallery will showcase works by Richard Allen of Tilton, N.H., and Saskia Haugen-Reinholt of Phillips. Allen’s show, “Meditations and Mystery,” is based on the question: What lies at the core of an artist’s creative endeavor? With what he describes as a mysterious and powerful urge driving him, Allen’s personal journey has […]