CARRABASSETT VALLEY — A book talk and community share will be held Friday, Dec. 6, at 4 p.m. in the Begin Family Community Room of Carrabassett Valley Public Library. The public is invited to come listen to a reading of A Town Built by Ski Bums, The Story of Carrabassett Valley by its author Virginia […]
Pam Harnden
Staff Writer
Pam Harnden, of Wilton, has been a staff writer for The Franklin Journal since 2012. Since 2015, she has also written for the Livermore Falls Advertiser and Sun Journal. She covers Livermore and Regional School Unit 73 school board meetings. She writes about people and community events in the greater Franklin County area and is the go-to person for school robotics competitions. Pam is a member of the Old Crow Indian Band and a supervisor for the Franklin County Soil and Water Conservation District. She enjoys cooking, gardening, flower arranging, reading, music and spending time with her grandchildren. Pam has a bachelor's degree from the University of Maine at Orono and has been involved personally and professionally with numerous agricultural endeavors.
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Mt. Blue Middle School Honor Roll
FARMINGTON — The first quarter Honor Roll for Mt. Blue Middle School has been announced. Grade 6 High Honors Sabastian Allbee, Quinn Allen, Brandon Atwood, Tyler Atwood, Landen Bean, Wiley Billings, Solomon Bobson, Anabelle Boucher, Daniel Caruso, Lennox Caton, Audrey Civiello, Declan Clark, Maple Corey, Harrison Cote, Nova Cowell-Sarofeen, Michaela Cundick, Poppy Davis, Savannah Doray, […]
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SeniorsPlus to launch capital campaign for new building on Giving Tuesday
LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus, the designated Area Agency on Aging serving Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford counties, will announce the launch of the public phases of a $5.5 million capital campaign for construction of a new education and nutrition center on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 10 a.m. at its headquarters at 8 Falcon Road, Lewiston. The public […]
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Essentials FARMINGTON — The Essentials Closet ministry at Old South Church in Farmington offers personal care products free of charge to people in the greater Farmington area who are having trouble making ends meet. The Essentials Closet is open the second Monday of the month from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., and the fourth Wednesday […]
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Thanksgiving may be challenging for some local families this year
With increasing costs to operate and more families seeking assistance, the Farmington Care and Share Food Closet will not be giving out Thanksgiving food baskets this year.
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Narrow Gauge Pathway reopens in Carrabassett Valley
The trail has been closed for 11 months following flooding in December of 2023.
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MaineHealth Franklin Hospital emergency department remodel to begin Dec. 9
The project is expected to take about 2 years to complete.
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Livermore Falls board awards police cruiser bid to Augusta company
Livermore Falls selectmen voted 3-2 to go with Quirk Auto Group’s lower bid and because the vehicle is in stock.
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Shelley Jamison of Bessey Insurance retires after 35 years
TURNER — Shelley started working in the insurance industry in 1990 with her mother, Norma Bessey Colby, when Bessey Insurance Agency was run out of her home. Mom had taken over the agency from her parents, Marion [Waterman] Bessey and Gerald Heald Bessey in 1977. Bessey Insurance was formed in 1939, based at Shelley’s grandparents’ […]