Brownfield News

FRYEBURG a ' For the second year, Fryeburg Academy will host the Maine Bike Rally as a focal point for dozens of rides through western Maine and the White Mountains.

Michael Berk, who already pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography, faces at least 10 years, and possibly 30 years or more, when U.S. District Judge George Singal sentences him later this year.

Some extra money is coming to the state to help clean up brownfield sites. Those are areas that have been found to be contaminated with hazardous chemicals or pollutants.

During the upcoming field season, from May through November, staff and volunteers from Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation District, along with others, will survey and map the infestation of invasive plants in the Saco River area.

An 18-year-old from Brownfield is facing a manslaughter charge in connection with a hit and run crash.

An 18-year-old Brownfield woman has been indicted on a charge of manslaughter in a fatal hit-and-run accident in Fryeburg last month.

Police in Fryeburg continue to investigate last month's deadly hit and run crash involving two young women with very similar names.

Police say a woman was out for a walk Thursday evening when she was struck by a Jeep Cherokee and the driver drove off.

Fiber College on Penobscot Bay is now accepting applications by fiber artists for workshops to be taught September 10-13th 2009 in Searsport Maine.

Exploring the places where humans and the natural world meet. Bridie McGreavy, a Brownfield native and graduate of Bates College, also holds a master's degree from Antioch University New England in ...