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Franklin, Maine, News, The Franklin Journal

Franklin County hires programming and reentry coordinator from Wilton for a jail grant project

by Donna M. Perry February 24, 2025February 24, 2025

Two corrections officers were also hired to be paid out of a $1 million, to be dispersed over three years to address substance use and opioid use recovery, and recidivism.

Maine

Maine’s state dog may become the Seppala Siberian sled dog

by Steve Collins February 24, 2025February 25, 2025

Legislators sympathetic to push to honor the legendary Togo’s descendants

Androscoggin County, Business, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News, Oxford Hills

Judy Meyer resigns as Sun Journal executive editor

by Steve Collins February 24, 2025February 24, 2025

Meyer, who started as a journalist with the paper in 1990, has become a champion of open government access and the public’s right to know.

Maine, Maine Crime, News

Trial starts for man accused of assaulting girl at Augusta home

by Keith Edwards February 24, 2025February 24, 2025

Kenneth D. Marin, 61, is accused of sexually assaulting a girl when she was between 6 and 11 years old.

Franklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, News

Livermore Falls sets public hearing March 4 to review town meeting warrant

by Pam Harnden February 24, 2025February 24, 2025

Selectmen approved annual town meeting warrant articles in a special meeting Thursday evening and set a hearing for 6:30 p.m. March 4 at the Livermore Falls Town Office for voters to review them and ask questions.

News, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times

Rumford moose roaming Rumford streets this winter

by Bruce Farrin February 24, 2025February 25, 2025

A young male moose continued his monthslong wandering of the streets Monday.

Maine, Politics

Will Mills’ confrontation with Trump be a prologue for a US Senate campaign?

by Rachel Ohm February 24, 2025February 25, 2025

The governor’s exchange with President Trump over transgender rights last week elevated her national profile, with one political scientist saying it could push her to run for U.S. Senate in 2026.