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MSAD 9 board set to begin budget deliberations

FARMINGTON – The MSAD 9 school board completed its overview of the 2009-2010 budget Tuesday evening, with deliberations beginning next week. Superintendent Michael Cormier and other members of the administration made a…

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Miracle of the Marigolds

WILTON – Academy Hill School fourth-grade student Kaci Presby, gently picked up the marigold seedling and carefully placed it in one of the six-celled flats filled with potting soil. Burying the plant’s…

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Mt. Abram has a new principal

SALEM – A familiar face has been appointed as the new principal at Mt. Abram High School. MSAD 58’s school board appointed Kingfield Elementary School Principal Brenda Stevens to be principal at…

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UMF intern helps LEAP secure grant for garden

FARMINGTON – Life Enrichment Advancing People (LEAP), Inc., recently received a $5,000 grant from the Western Mountains Fund of the Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF) in support of the Stone Soup Gardens. The funds…

Snowmobilers reminded to drain ethanol from tanks

AUGUSTA – A local legislator is reminding Franklin County residents to drain any ethanol-blended fuel from their snowmobiles’ gas tanks before stowing them for the summer. “Now that ethanol is in virtually…