Stories about New Sharon

Voters approve RSU 9 budget

FARMINGTON — Ten towns in the Mt. Blue Regional School District voted by a solid margin on Thursday to approve the 2012-13 budget. After a lengthy and confrontational hearing on Monday night, voters approved a slate of warrant articles that sent the proposed $28.9 million budget to v...

Cape Cod Hill School students create school banner

NEW SHARON — A bright, colorful banner now hangs in the lobby at Cape Cod Hill School as a reminder of the school's new vision. A community project created by Janet Plouffe's sixth-grade art class, the banner bears the school's vision and mission, "Expanding the mind, Encouraging the...

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Group making afghans, quilts WILTON — Wilton Day Group will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 10, at St. Luke's Church to make afghans and quilts. Participants are asked to bring squares. Local Council to meet May 12 FARMINGTON — The ...

E. Ferreira: Statements unjustified, insulting

Gov. Paul LePage’s public statement that state workers are "corrupt" requires this Maine citizen to respond. LePage has disparaged an entire segment of Maine (state workers) with a serious allegation (corruption) and for which he presents no evidence, nor apparently intends to. That ...

Farmers' markets announce summer schedule

FARMINGTON — Farmers’ markets around Franklin County are gearing up for the summer season. A Friday outdoor market opened April 27 in Farmington and continues through October. Saturday markets take place in Farmington, Phillips and New Sharon. A Wednesday market is held in King... 1

Farmington students take to the woods to learn sustainable living skills

TEMPLE — On a misty Thursday morning when most of his classmates were sipping from juice boxes at school, third-grader Adam Loeuen was learning to quench his thirst from a bubbling spring deep in the Maine woods. Loeuen, along with 40 classmates from the W.G. Mallett School in Farmin...

Franklin County arrest log

* Shannon L. Dupree, 34, Wilton, warrant unpaid fines/fees, April 25, given time to pay fines, Wilton Police Department. * Jeston C. Davis, 20, North Jay, burglary, theft, April 25, no bail listed as of April 27, Jay Police Department. * Joshua W. Peaslee, 25, Jay, burglary, violati...

New Sharon man injured when car hits tree, rolls

FARMINGTON — A New Sharon man was injured early Monday when he hit a tree with his car and rolled it over after swerving to avoid hitting a deer on Weeks Mill Road, Farmington police Detective Marc Bowering said.

New Sharon store kicks off whoopie pie fest

NEW SHARON — If the tastiness of a whoopie pie was judged by the amount of filling smudged on a face and the pie and cream squished between fingers, Douin's Market would be a winner all the time. Eight-month-old Landen Gilbert of New Sharon had just the look. He sat on a picnic ...

Nine RSU 9 towns accept Starks into district

RSU 9  Town Votes Chesterville:  21 yes, 5 no Farmington:  97, 7 Industry:  26, 3 New Sharon:  45, 7 New Vineyard:  26, 1 Temple: 20, 0 Vienna: 14, 2 Weld: 17, 2 Wilton: 55, 7 TOTAL VOTES: &nb...