WILTON — The Recreation Department will offer free lunches to children ages 18 and under this summer starting Monday, June 30. The meals will continue through Aug. 7. This is the second year the Recreation Department will be running the program. Lunches are available from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Thursday at Kineowatha […]
June 2014
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Compost still available at Sandy River Recycling Facility
FARMINGTON — The Sandy River Recycling Facility still has compost for sale. It may be purchased for $15 per skid steer bucket load at the facility off Dump Road from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday until the end of July.
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Eaglecam viewers want Maine to intervene on behalf of fledglings
Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream Concerned viewers from across the country have been focusing on a Maine eagle nest featured on a webcam, demanding that wildlife professionals intervene to help an eaglet they say is not being fed properly by its parents. But officials with the Biodiversity Research Institute, which has maintained the camera […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Sheriff updates Franklin County commissioners on increased jail payment
FARMINGTON — Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. updated commissioners Tuesday on the Maine Board of Corrections action June 17 to reduce the jail’s operating budget by $100,000. Nichols and commission Chairman Fred Hardy of New Sharon went to the Board of Corrections to request a new transport van to replace a 7-year-old one with […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Fallen line knocks out power for 2,800 in Oxford Hills, traps woman in car
NORWAY — Over 2,800 residences were temporarily without power Tuesday afternoon after a power line fell from a pole at Fair and Winter streets, briefly trapping a woman in her car. Kimberly Eastman of Sumner said she was driving her Nissan SUV south on Fair Street near Winter Street around 1:30 p.m. when an power […]
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Drones banned from Acadia and other national parks
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — If you’re planning a trip to Maine’s only national park and think you might order drone deliveries of batteries or bug spray during your visit, you’ll have to reconsider. Late last week, the director of the National Park Service sent out a memo instructing all park superintendents to ban the use […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Franklin County commissioners add $13,947 for restitution specialist
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted 2-1 Tuesday to approve a $5.65 million budget for 2014-15. Chairman Fred Hardy of New Sharon voted against it. The budget is $13,947 more than what the Franklin County Budget Advisory Committee approved June 18. The additional money is for the county’s 25 percent share of a restitution specialist […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Coulombe charged with OUI after Auburn crash
AUBURN — Local liquor consultant Scott M. Coulombe has been charged with operating under the influence resulting in an injury after a two-vehicle crash on Hotel Road on Thursday. The charge is a felony, punishable by up to five years in jail. According to the accident report, Coulombe, 40, of 64 Clubhouse Lane was driving […]
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Former Maine State Police chief stays quiet at his sexual assault hearing
PORTLAND — The former head of the Maine State Police, who is accused of felony sexual assault against a young child, appeared at the Cumberland County Courthouse on Tuesday for preliminary talks in the high-profile case. Former Maine State Police Chief Andrew Demers, 74, a decorated law enforcement veteran once named a “Legendary Trooper” by […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Rumford recount reveals no change in selectman race winner
RUMFORD — Tuesday’s recount of selectmen’s race ballots for Jim Windover and incumbents Jeff Sterling and Jolene Lovejoy validated Sterling’s June 10 win. The race was among six candidates for two seats, with Sterling and Mark Belanger getting the most votes for election to three-year terms. Sterling received 571 votes, a number that did not change […]