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Temple voters approve road committee, revaluation

TEMPLE — Town meeting voters authorized selectmen Monday night to form a committee to make a plan for town roads. About 50 residents gathered to consider the road committee, a town revaluation and raising a municipal budget, among other articles, Selectman Kathleen Lynch said Tuesday...

Ann Bryant, Staff Writer • Franklin • Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Temple town meeting set for Monday

TEMPLE — During the annual town meeting Monday, residents will consider authorizing a townwide property revaluation and forming a committee to create a plan for town roads. They will also acknowledge the service of a retiring longtime selectman. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Mo...

Ann Bryant, Staff Writer • Franklin • Thursday, March 8, 2012

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CSA fair FARMINGTON — The Winter Farmers market has announced a CSA fair from 9 to noon Saturday, Feb. 25, in the West Farmington Grange Hall. Support local agriculture by visiting area farmers and learning about the many CSA opportunities available in Western...

• Connections • Friday, February 24, 2012

4-H club holding hay-raiser for horse rescue shelter

TEMPLE — Members of the Giddy Up & Go 4-H Horse Club are preparing for Saturday's hay collection to benefit The Double B Equine Rescue in Industry. Shortly after forming in 2008, the club began supporting the nonprofit shelter on Route 148. Club members are looking for donations ...

• Franklin • Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Dorothy Elaine Richmond

FARMINGTON — Dorothy Elaine (Parker) Richmond died Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Farmington, with her family, the Rev. Susan Crane and the Pierce House staff at her side. She was born Oct. 21, 1913, in Dover-Foxcroft, to John Stanley and Jessie Maude (Brown) Parker. She was born in the sam...

• Obituaries • Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Endangered Atlantic salmon eggs planted in Sandy River in Strong

Atlantic salmon eggs
The Maine Department of Marine Resources conducts a salmon egg planting on the Sandy River in Strong.
Feb 9, 2012
The Maine Department of Marine Resources conducts a salmon egg planting on the Sandy River in Strong.
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Jason Bartlett, left, of the Maine Department of Marine Resources, with the help of volunteer Ernie Hilton, center, and Steve Shepard, right, of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service place tubes in the gravel of the Sandy River in Strong on Thursday as they planted Atlantic salmon eggs. 1

Terry Karkos, Staff Writer • Franklin • Friday, February 10, 2012

Farmington man gets seven days in jail for stealing scrap metal

FARMINGTON — A second man pleaded guilty Wednesday in Franklin County Superior Court to stealing scrap metal from a Temple property in August 2011. Charles N. Rogers, 53, of Farmington pleaded guilty to theft. Justice Michaela Murphy sentenced him to serve seven days in jail ...

Donna M. Perry, Staff Writer • Franklin • Thursday, February 9, 2012

Farmington man pleads guilty to theft of scrap metal

FARMINGTON — A local man pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor charge of theft for stealing scrap metal from a Temple property in August 2011. He will serve 48 hours in jail Roy Gordon, 41, of Farmington was one of six men accused of stealing metal, mostly used automobile parts, in ...

Donna M. Perry, Staff Writer • Franklin • Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Lewiston shelter animals in demand; adopters wait in lines for hours

LEWISTON — People wait in line overnight for concert tickets. For hot movies. For Black Friday deals. And now, for pets at the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society. The Lewiston animal shelter has experienced such a surge in adoption requests for dogs and cats that potential ad... 3

Amber Waterman, Staff Photographer, and Lindsay Tice, Staff Writer • Lewiston-Auburn • Saturday, January 14, 2012

Starks voters seek to join RSU 9

FARMINGTON — An effort that could bring Starks into Regional School District 9 moved a step forward this week. On Tuesday, two-thirds of the residents of the Somerset County town voted 164-27 to support withdrawing from RSU 59 based in Madison and join RSU 9. At the RSU 9 boar...

Betty Jespersen, Special to the Sun Journal • Franklin • Thursday, January 12, 2012

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