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Tank trucks collide, narrowly miss homes |
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Wednesday, 15 February 2012 09:17 |
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By Kathy McCarty
Staff Writer
FORT FAIRFIELD — Driver inattention is being blamed for a lunchtime collision between two tank trucks Monday at the intersection of Columbia and Presque Isle streets.
The accident occurred around 12:45 p.m., causing traffic to be reduced to one lane while emergency personnel investigated.
 Staff photo/Kathy McCarty
A tractor-trailer truck hauling a load of gray water from a processing plant and an oil delivery truck collided at the intersection of Columbia and Presque Isle streets on Monday. Both trucks came to rest parallel to one another on a lawn, not far from two homes in a residential section of Fort Fairfield. Pictured are emergency personnel working at the scene, including one who is removing a portion of fiberglass from the delivery truck from underneath the tanker.
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Weekend shooting likely accidental |
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Wednesday, 23 November 2011 09:38 |
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By Kathy McCarty
Staff Writer
FORT FAIRFIELD — Police are trying to determine what occurred during the early morning hours of Nov. 19 that resulted in a local woman sustaining a gunshot wound that later required surgery.
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Cavendish building fertilizer facility in Fort Fairfield |
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Wednesday, 26 October 2011 09:43 |
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By Scott Mitchell Johnson
Staff Writer
FORT FAIRFIELD — Cavendish Agri Services is expanding its presence in Fort Fairfield to better serve customers.
Staff photo/Scott Mitchell Johnson
A new warehouse for Cavendish Agri Services is currently being built on Route 1A in Fort Fairfield. Officials say the facility, which will collect, store and distribute agricultural fertilizer, will be operational by April 2012 and will increase the company’s capacity to serve existing customers and develop new markets.
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Fort Scouts help out |
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Wednesday, 26 October 2011 08:48 |
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Photo courtesy of MFS
Fort Fairfield Scouts joined several other individuals and organizations on Oct. 15, assisting the Maine Forest Service with Landowner Appreciation Cleanup Day. Pictured in front from left are: Nicholas Krause, Brent McBreairty, Jacob Binyon-Cullins, Sgt. Robby Gross of the Maine Forest Service, and Leader Robert Bixler. In back are: Luke Edgecomb, Logan Edgecomb, Thomas Krause, Trevor Graves and Kelvin Forsman. |
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Fort Fairfield to help kids plan for college |
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Wednesday, 26 October 2011 08:46 |
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By Scott Mitchell Johnson
Staff Writer
FORT FAIRFIELD — As the cost to attend college continues to rise, the town of Fort Fairfield is doing its part to create higher education opportunities for local newborns and kindergartners.
 Photo courtesy of Michael Bosse
Fort Fairfield officials and the Finance Authority of Maine (FAME) gathered last Tuesday at the Fort Fairfield Elementary School to announce a new college education program for eligible local youth. The innovative program will provide scholarships to help Fort Fairfield residents save and invest for college in Maine’s NextGen College Investing Plan. Here, Sue Parks, school principal, shares her thoughts on the new program before a crowd that included about 45 kindergartners.
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