At a special Town Meeting election Friday, residents voted 184-23 to support leaving Maine School Administrative District 49.
fairfield maine
Posted inCommunity, Elections, Local Elections, Maine
As vote nears on Fairfield water expansion project, state says it’s unable to fund filter systems ‘in perpetuity’
Fairfield is considering a $48 million expansion of the public water system as a way to help those with private wells that testing has found to be contaminated by PFAS.
advertisement
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Kennebec River dam owner dismisses state fish passage plan as counterproductive
Brookfield Renewable and the state disagree on a suitable solution to let endangered Atlantic salmon and other river-run fish pass the Shawmut Dam in Fairfield to reach spawning grounds in the Sandy River.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Man arrested after attempting to rob Fairfield bank, police say
A South Dakota man, 47-year-old Mark J. Ryder, was taken into custody Friday following the attempted robbery of Skowhegan Savings Bank on Main Street in Fairfield, according to police.
Posted inMaine
Conservationists criticize dam owner for impeding salmon migration along Kennebec River
The Kennebec Coalition and the Conservation Law Foundation say Brookfield Renewable Partners must do more to project the endangered Atlantic salmon at four Brookfield dams from Waterville to Skowhegan.
Posted inCommunity, Maine, News
Many Fairfield residents oppose requirement they connect to public water system
More than 100 people gather for a public hearing on the proposed $48 million expansion of the Kennebec Water District, to serve areas of Fairfield affected by “forever chemicals.”
Posted inCommunity, Maine
Fairfield moves forward with water expansion project as PFAS testing expands in Maine
The $48 million project would expand the Kennebec Water District, which already serves some parts of Fairfield, to reach a much larger area of town.
Posted inMaine
Road work planned on Interstate 95 from Waterville to Pittsfield
The work by the state Department of Transportation will include paving and striping from Waterville to Pittsfield and will include paving on- and off-ramps.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Sappi union workers rally amid contract negotiations with company
Members of United Steelworkers Local 9 gathered along Route 201 in Skowhegan on Tuesday to make a more visible pitch for higher wages and better benefits.
Posted inMaine
Driver dies after pickup truck rolls over in Fairfield
Robert S. Camera, 55, of Norridgewock, was killed Wednesday when his pickup veered off Norridgewock Road, in the area of Pung Hill, police say.