The National Weather Service has issued alerts for high rip current risk Thursday and a high surf advisory from Friday morning to Saturday night.
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Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser, Maine, News, The Franklin Journal
Jay, Wilton diving deeper into questions about police coverage in towns
The committee is exploring options to either form one police department, go with Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, or just share services.
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Posted inMaine, Mark LaFlamme, News
More memories coming down in Lewiston | Column
Watching the former Sun Journal office building at 40 Pine St. come down this week brought up lots of memories for Mark LaFlamme, and maybe a tear or two.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Former Oxford Plains winner shows off wheels
Gary Dwinal and his wife, Cathy Dwinal, took a drive Wednesday through the grounds at Oxford Plains Speedway.
Posted inMaine, News, The Franklin Journal
Phillips dump truck rolls onto side after getting entangled in utility wire
Christopher Steward, 53, who works for the town of Phillips, was not injured but was taken to the hospital as a precaution.
Posted inLocal News, Maine, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Interim principal appointed to lead Mexico elementary school
Earlier in the summer, Superintendent Deb Alden suggested that a public tour of the new Mountain Valley Community School might be possible in August, but that’s not going to happen.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education, The Bethel Citizen
Region 9 buildings still closed due to inadequate water supply
The welding building and culinary arts buildings were completed in January.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education, The Franklin Journal
Farmington-based school board sets $25 meeting stipend
The RSU 9 board voted Aug. 12 to set stipends for meetings and named Wayne Kenney as alternate delegate to the Maine School Boards Association.
Posted inFact Brief, Maine, News, Politics
Does Maine require a two-thirds majority to redraw congressional districts? | Fact brief
Redistricting has become a hot political issue nationally as Texas Republicans move to redraw the state’s map in the hopes of picking up more U.S. House seats.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Lisbon man sentenced to 3 years for stealing from site of quadruple homicide in Bowdoin
Arden Shaw pleaded guilty to stealing U.S. Border Patrol equipment from the home where a quadruple homicide occurred. He was sentenced in federal court Tuesday.