Organizations and others in the unorganized territory in Franklin County have until May 2 to submit applications for funds connected to economic development.
Donna M. Perry
Staff Writer
Donna M. Perry is a general assignment reporter who has lived in Livermore Falls for 30 years and has worked for the Sun Journal for 20 years. Before that she was a correspondent for the Livermore Falls Advertiser for five years. She covers Franklin County courts, police and spot news. She also covers police and spot news in northern Androscoggin County and town governments of Jay and Livermore Falls. In her spare time, she spends time with her family, including three grandchildren, and relaxes by reading books.
Posted inFranklin, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Third co-defendant in Franklin County drug case pleads not guilty
Oscarlin Peguero Ortiz, 25, of Bronx, New York, pleaded not guilty to a federal charge of possession with intent to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine base and aiding and abetting.
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Posted inFranklin, News, The Franklin Journal
New law could make Franklin County lose 10 budget committee members in same year
Commissioners are looking into having the law amended to require staggered terms to avoid losing 10 members elected March 26 all at once.
Posted inFranklin, Maine, Maine Crime, News, The Franklin Journal
Two New York men sentenced for 2016 armed robbery in Rangeley
A federal jury convicted Robert Holland and Andre Muller in 2023 for the second time each on a charge of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery at a Rangeley residence.
Posted inFranklin, News, The Franklin Journal
Franklin County accepts draft $11 million budget for county government, jail
The spending plan for 2025-26 is a combined $781,658 increase and will go to the Budget Advisory Committee for review.
Posted inFranklin, Maine, News, The Franklin Journal
Kingfield fire likely caused by self-combustion of oily rags, fire chief says
Mainely Provisions laundromat on Main Street is closed until further notice after it was damaged by fire Tuesday night.
Posted inFranklin, Maine, News, The Franklin Journal
Franklin County accepts low bid for Salem Township bridge
Jordan Excavation of Kingfield was the low bidder at $966,000 of four bids to replace a county bridge on Reed Road in the unorganized territory.
Posted inFranklin, News
Car crashes, burns in woods in Dallas Plantation
The driver, who was not immediately identified, was not injured.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Franklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, News
Livermore Falls man suffers smoke inhalation, singed beard in car fire
Cole Berry, 19, was working in a garage when a spark caught the fuel cell on fire, destroying the car, tools and garage.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Franklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Maine, News
Truck strikes pole, cuts power to Livermore Falls area
The driver of the tractor-trailer truck reached to fix his mirror and the tires of the rig got into the gravel shoulder of state Route 133.