James Peters was found guilty for intentionally or knowingly endangering the welfare of his fiancee, Joyce Brackett, 83, in 2021.
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Posted inFranklin, Maine, The Franklin Journal
Meeting March 19 to review Farmington town meeting articles
The meeting will provide an opportunity for voters to learn and ask questions about proposed budget amounts for the coming year.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Edgecomb man to be arraigned in Turner homicide
Luke Krott is accused of shooting and killing 34-year-old William ‘Nate’ Robinson of Austinville, Virginia, in Turner in late 2024.
Posted inMaine, News, Oxford Hills
Stow town meeting to take up road committee, water extraction
The annual town meeting is looking to raise $512,000 through taxation to fund town services for the next year.
Posted inFranklin, Maine, News, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times, The Franklin Journal
Rumford students sent to hospital after truck strikes bus in Farmington
Four were taken to a Farmington hospital with suspected minor injuries after a bus and truck collided at a ‘very low speed,’ police said.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Maine Senate kills budget deal as parties fail to break deadlock
The compromise deal rejected Thursday would have restored full MaineCare funding to hospitals and other medical providers. Lawmakers will now have to negotiate a new bill.
Posted inNews, River Valley
Roxbury to officially name town administrator at Sunday’s annual town meeting
Town Treasurer and Tax Collector Renee Hodsdon will be officially named town administrator at the meeting.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools & Education
Maine, other states file lawsuit after mass Education Department layoffs
More than a dozen states filed a federal lawsuit alleging cuts to the U.S. Department of Education’s workforce, including all of the staff at a regional office in Boston, will harm students from public K-12 schools to higher education.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Backers of offshore wind and an outspoken foe unite against Sears Island terminal
Nearby Mack Point was again cited as an alternative because it’s an industrial site of an energy and port services company.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Oxford Hills, The Bethel Citizen
Police charge man they say drove car into Sunday River ski lift
Oxford County Sheriff’s deputies say Jesse Bates of Mexico drove his vehicle onto the slopes and into equipment Sunday.