Fairfield-area school district votes to join regional service center

SAD 49 is the sixth district in the greater Waterville-Skowhegan area to join the Kennebec Alliance Regional Service Center following Waterville, Winslow and Vassalboro.

Benton skier Inducted into Maine Ski Hall of Fame

Fairfield area school district passes budget after two failed referendums

After two previous budgets were thwarted at referendums in June and July, a $27.12 million budget was approved by voters on Thursday.

Residents of Fairfield area school district approve revised budget

If the newest $27.12 million budget isn't passed by voters on Sept. 12, it will be the third failed budget in a matter of months.

Three new members of Fairfield area school board appointed at council meeting

Beth Lambert, Judy Reeves and Rae Davis-Folsom are the newest members of SAD 49's School Board, filling the positions which were left vacant after a trio of resignations on July 10.

Fairfield vacancies on SAD 49 school board to be filled at council meeting

Six Fairfield residents applied to fill the three vacancies on the board after the resignations of Shelley Rudnicki, Tim Martin and Caroline Toto-Lawrence.

2019-20 school bus schedules

Augusta, RSU 12 (Chelsea, Whitefield, Jefferson and Palermo), SAD 49 (Albion, Benton, Clinton and Fairfield), Whitefield Elementary School

Fairfield council postpones appointing new school members over notice concerns

Fairfield's Town Council is now accepting applications to fill the three vacancies on SAD 49's school board until Aug. 21 and will be appointing members at the next meeting on Aug. 28.

Fairfield-based school district hires interim superintendent, high school principal

After a year of turmoil which culminated in the resignations of the high school principal and superintendent, SAD 49 finds some stability in two new hires.

Identities of victims in Clinton wagon crash released

Clinton police Chief Rusty Bell said two women remained hospitalized Wednesday after the crash Sunday in which a horse-drawn wagon carrying four passengers struck a utility pole, parked car and another utility pole before coming to rest in the street.