Kay Neufeld

Press Herald

Kay is an expert in chit-chatting with a degree from the Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism at New York University. Kay joined Masthead Maine as a reporter for The Franklin Journal and Livermore Falls Advertiser in 2021. She joined the Press Herald business team in March of 2023.

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Published
September 12, 2022

Parents plan to address gender identity education at RSU 9 meeting

The concerns to be addressed at the board of directors meeting are with a poster about gender identity hanging in the window of the guidance counselor’s office at Mt. Blue High School.
Published
September 8, 2022

Wilton Select Board concerned with county commissioners, budget allocation

Wilton Town Manager Perry Ellsworth raised concerns about how the Franklin County Commissioners are dividing up the county budget between the towns and unorganized territories, as well as how services are being allocated across the county.
Published
September 6, 2022

RSU 9 sets COVID-19 guidelines for 2022-23 year

The relaxed guidelines, in accordance with the Maine CDC and DOE, no longer require districts to contact trace or notify families of children who may have been exposed to a student in the same classroom or on the same bus.
Published
September 2, 2022

Wilton Police Chief Wilcox leaving post Nov. 1

Police Chief Heidi Wilcox is stepping down from the position Nov. 1. to center her “career goals” and focus on her home and family.
Published
September 1, 2022

Farmington bookstore participating in ‘Gender Queer: A Memoir’ giveaway

Devaney, Doak and Garrett Booksellers in downtown Farmington has partnered with Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance to offer teenagers and educators free copies of “Gender Queer: A Memoir” following its ban from the Dirigo High School library in Dixfield.
Published
September 1, 2022

Cape Cod Hill School starts year as Community School

The Community School grant will provide students with before- and after-school programs, academic enrichment programs and other services to put Cape Cod Hill School “on an equitable playing field with” schools in bigger communities in Regional School Unit 9, Principal Lisa Sinclair said.
Published
August 30, 2022

UMF student finds new passion in crystal collecting

Cylus Hill, owner of an up-and-coming crystals and minerals business, loves the “joyful,” “mind-boggling,” “fascinating nature of crystals.”
Published
August 30, 2022

RSU 9 moves forward handling elevated lead levels in water fixtures

Remediation test results (following results of elevated levels at across Regional School Unit 9 in May) lay out plans for each school.
Published
August 25, 2022

Suffrage plaque for Isabel Greenwood unveiled in Farmington

Isabel’s plaque is a part of National Votes for Women Trail, which honors suffragists who worked to get women the right to vote with historical markers across America.
Published
August 25, 2022

New interim president says he can help UMF with experience in crisis management

The Franklin Journal in Farmington sat down with the University of Maine at Farmington’s new interim president, Joseph McDonnell, to learn more about his background, his interest in higher education, and more.