STRONG — A resident who offered to clear sidewalks of snow this winter was asked by a selectman Tuesday night to draft an article for the March town meeting for approval to buy equipment. Steven Johnson, who lives on Main Street, said he is new to the area and was distressed to learn the town […]
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Over 400 cyclists set to arrive in Farmington Friday
Pathway to the Peaks is the name of this year’s BikeMaine tour, with a route that goes from Skowhegan to Pittsfield to Kingfield, then to Rangeley, Hartford, Farmington and back to Skowhegan. FARMINGTON — Over 400 cyclists are on their way to Farmington this week as part of BikeMaine 2017. The fifth annual ride, sponsored […]
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Catholic Rural Life Festival to show 'Growing Local'
FARMINGTON — The Catholic Rural Life Festival will show the film “Growing Local” at 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, in St. Joseph Parish parking lot, 133 Middle St. Admission is free. The film explores the growing pains of the local food movement and the uncertain fate of the farmers and farmland that keep it alive. […]
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RSU 9 voters reject budget; board to develop new proposal
FARMINGTON — Voters rejected a Regional School Unit 9 budget for the third time Tuesday. The vote was 1,608 to 2,893. With the failure of the $32.65 million spending plan, the school board must develop a new proposal to bring to voters in the 10 district towns. “I am extremely pleased in the overwhelming support […]
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Farmington's K-9 officer now on duty
FARMINGTON — The training is over and Farmington Police Department’s drug-detecting K-9 is on the job. Police officer Michael Lyman and Axel, a nearly 1-year-old German shepherd, graduated Sept. 1 from an eight-week training course at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro. Lyman and Axel Tuesday demonstrated the dog’s ability to find about one-fifth […]
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POW-MIA ceremony Friday in Farmington
FARMINGTON — A National Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Recognition Day ceremony will take place at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15, in Meetinghouse Park. The public is welcome, Gordon Webber, commander of the James A. McKechnie Veterans of Foreign War Post, said. The National POW/MIA Recognition Day is observed on the third Friday of September each […]
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Rangeley man pleads guilty in crash that claimed Wilton man's life
FARMINGTON — A Rangeley man was sentenced Tuesday to serve two years of a nine-year sentence for driving drunk, which resulted in the death of another driver. Rusty LeRoy Knox, 35, of East Wilton, a self-employed logger, husband of his school sweetheart and the father of four, died at the scene on Lambert Hill Road […]
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Jay man pleads not guilty to murder charge
FARMINGTON — A Jay man accused of killing his girlfriend July 11 while she slept at her Jay home pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a charge of intentional or knowing murder. James “Ted” Sweeney, 57, who is deaf, signed not guilty to an American Sign Language interpreter who spoke his answer out loud during an […]
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RSU 9 students rally in support of schools
RSU 9 validation referendum vote Sept. 12 Chesterville: Noon to 8 p.m., Town Office Farmington: Noon to 7 p.m., Community Center Industry: 2 to 8 p.m., Town Office New Sharon: Noon to 6 p.m., Town Office New Vineyard: 1 to 7 p.m., Smith Hall Starks: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Community Center Temple: 1 to […]
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Skateboarder struck by vehicle in Wilton
WILTON — Police say an adult skateboarder was hit by a vehicle on Main Street on Friday morning. Dakota Cochran, 22, of Wilton came off a side street near the library and went in front of a vehicle at about 10:30 a.m., Police Chief Heidi Wilcox said Monday. He was struck by a 2013 Chrysler […]