WHITEFIELD — State police say a West Gardiner man is dead after the dump truck he was driving overturned in Whitefield. The victim is 62-year-old Robert Frith. Police say the truck went off Doyle Road around 1:30 p.m. Friday. It overturned on its side and struck a tree.

WHITEFIELD — A Maine woman wants to give away the 47 acres of woodlands she owns in the town of Whitefield to the person who can best put into words what they intend to do with the property. Martha Manchester, of Edgecomb, is holding an essay contest for the land assessed at $57,000. She hopes […]

WHITEFIELD — Fire departments quickly put out a fire in the gym of an elementary school in a small Maine town. The Kennebec Journal says firefighters from several departments responded to the fire at Whitefield Elementary School on Friday morning. Students were evacuated from the school. Town Clerk Aaron Miller says there was no smoke […]

WHITEFIELD — The tax collector in Whitefield has resigned after acknowledging she stole $17,000 from the town. Selectmen announced Monday that Robin White resigned last week after disclosing she had misappropriated the money over a two-year period. Her attorney, Roger Katz, says White has already repaid $6,000, and will repay the remaining $11,000 by the […]

WHITEFIELD — A helicopter has crashed in the woods of Whitefield and the single person on board was uninjured. Andrew Berry, a retired employee of Maine Helicopters, said one of the company’s helicopters crashed after 2 p.m. Friday when it was returning from Bangor. Berry says the pilot is an employee of the business and […]