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WinterKids Winter Games a hit in Kingfield

KINGFIELD — Dozens of youngsters zoomed down Little Baker Hill on colorful flying saucers and inner tubes Friday afternoon as they passed the watchful adults tasked with keeping them safe. They crashed happily and frequently into each other on the hill overlooking the SnoWanderers Sled Shed and the frozen Carrabassett River. Even though they were intent […]

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Local ?students? going? ?for? gold? ?in? WinterKids? ?Winter? ?Games

KINGFIELD — Kingfield Elementary school has been selected to represent Franklin County during the WinterKids Winter Games. One elementary school from each of Maine’s 16 counties will compete in the games, a four-week physical activity and nutrition challenge during January. Each school can earn up to a total of 125 points for the successful completion of […]

Posted inLewiston-Auburn

WinterKids Winter Games begin

Park Avenue Elementary School sixth-graders Maddox Demers, left, and Stephen Michaud-Simpson hold a sign they and classmates made for the parade around the school Wednesday morning to kick off WinterKids Winter Games. The four-week physical activity and nutrition challenge will continue all month. One elementary school in each of Maine’s 16 counties was selected to […]

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Mt. Abram hosting downhill races this weekend

GREENWOOD — A Maine-based nonprofit organization dedicated to getting children to stay active during the winter months is holding its third annual Downhill 24 event from noon Saturday, Mar. 7 to noon on Sunday, March 8, at Mt. Abram Ski Area. Rob Wilber, the marketing and communications manager of Portland-based nonprofit organization WinterKids, said teams of […]

Posted inThe Bethel Citizen

WinterKids Downhill signups still open

The second annual WinterKids Downhill 24, a fun, fast-paced 24-hour ski challenge, will take place this Saturday and Sunday, March 8 and 9, at Mt. Abram in Greenwood. At last year’s event which was called the Downhill Derby, over 150 participants skied or snowboarded to help raise $45,000 for WinterKids programs. This year’s event is […]