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Most folks en route to Sugarloaf on Route 27 north zip through Kingfield, the last town of blinkable size before arriving at the ski resort.

People returning bottles and cans to Old Mill Redemption Center can help others by donating the refund to the heating fund, organizer Jack McKee said.

CARRABASSETT VALLEY -- Back in November, the selectmen announced that Harley Lee, president of Endless Energy Corporation of Yarmouth had approached the town about the possibility of annexing part of Redington Township.

This is Lee's latest initiative to see a 90 megawatt wind farm come to light on the Redington Pond Range and Black Nubble mountains.

After nearly two decades of trying and finally receiving a Land Use Regulation Commission staff recommendation to approve the project, last year Lee witnessed the commissioners themselves reject the project nearly unanimously.

Town officials are expecting a good turnout for an update Monday on a proposed zoning change, said administrative assistant Greg Davis.

AUGUSTA - - As local MSAD #58 and MSAD #9 superintendents prepare school board members and administrators for an anticipated crisis to come, Augusta last week made the news official. Governor John E. Baldacci ordered immediate spending reductions in an Executive Order by acknowledging a State revenue shortfall due to difficult economic times.

The order, called a curtailment, will help to ensure that the State's budget will terminate with balanced books as required by the Maine Constitution.

KINGFIELD -- There paced the rigorous walk of a woman who gleamed with a friendly face, wore a colorful yellow hard hat and a yellow sweatshirt. As she strutted down North Main Street in Kingfield the words on her shirt revealed her purpose: "Annual Maine Credit Unions' Ending Hunger Walking Tour," it read as trucks roared past her last week.

There stood a woman from Old Town, Maine who was in Kingfield and determined to make a difference. Not a statewide campaign, national or even global contribution to ending world hunger, but walking in Kingfield to raise money for the greater Kingfield community.

The Pineland Fiddlers, a touring ensemble of children age 8-14 who play traditional fiddle music from Maine and Canada, are sponsoring an auction at the Village Inn in Belgrade on Nov.

NORTH FRANKLIN -- The fate of a newly created Western Mountain Regional School District was decided when voters from the four area school districts came out to the polls on Nov. 4. Three of the four districts voted in opposition to the plan to consolidate MSADs #58, #9, Highland and Coplin plantations school districts into one single district that would have stretched from Vienna to the Canadian border. The Town of Highland Plantation voted yes to approve the plan by a vote of 23 to 17. For the plan to be approved, the voters in both MSADs #58 and #9 would have had to accept the merger without consideration of how the plantations voted.

The following people were indicted Wednesday by a Franklin County grand jury. Danielle Adams-Rundlett, 21, Jay, on 13 counts of burglary, 11 counts of theft and three counts of forgery for incidents between Nov ...

AUBURN -- The Androscoggin Superior Court recently handed down a ruling finding that Saddleback and others violated the Maine Human Rights Act when Master Electrician and foreman, Robert Duggan, was fired from Saddleback's worksite for reporting serious electrical safety hazards and for reporting electrical work being done by unlicensed workers.

Back in June, a jury took less than an hour to find in favor of Duggan on claims that Saddleback and its general contractor intentionally interfered with Duggan's employment. Because only a court can decide certain issues, the court in this case had to handle certain claims under the Maine Human Rights Act after the jury came to a decision on the claims of intentional interference.

Contributing resources: Jim LaBrecque, Professor Richard Hill Emeritus, Dr. George Markowsky

FRANKLIN COUNTY -- In the absence of rational arguments and based on the conclusions of the energy series, it can be determined that there are no silver bullets offering hope that the future will remain like the past.

"The enormous amount of energy we use and waste in this country is embedded in the culture we've developed since the beginning of the fossil fuel era. Therefore the absence of cheap abundant energy will have a paramount impact on reshaping our culture in the immediate future," said Jim LaBrecque.

Maine State Police are on the scene of a crash on Route 27 in Kingfield this morning.

Voters in 13 of 16 towns Tuesday rejected a plan to merge two major school districts in Franklin County by an unofficial vote of 7,215 to 5,047. It would have taken a majority of voters in each district, SAD 9 ...

A new grocery store will move into downtown Farmington with the opening of Trantens planned for Jan.

The Maine man arrested for killing an Indiana boy nearly 30 years ago was sentenced to 50 years in prison yesterday.

A public hearing will be held Thursday on a proposed plan to create the Western Mountains Regional School District that would encompass 16 communities.

AS well as the move of Wokinga s main post office into WHSmith, there have been closures of several sub-branches across the borough.

I did yesterday, despite what I wrote two weeks ago that I couldn't. Of course, yesterday I didn't actually get to the 'theyah' I was aiming for, but I found another 'theyah' that helped me find the 'old jeep ...

The Kingfield POPS seeks good, used musical instruments to provide children in SADs 9 and 58 with loaned instruments to learn to play.

A MAJOR supermarket has had its alcohol licence suspended for a month after selling booze to two under-age youths.