LIVERMORE — Selectpersons learned Tuesday night that a 2008 town policy outlines rules and regulations for cemetery plantings and decorations. Administrative Assistant Amy Byron said former Administrative Assistant Kurt Schaub contacted her after reading a recent newspaper article about complaints from Robert Martin, who mows town cemeteries. Complaints included plantings covering neighboring stones and cans, plastic […]
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Temple man faces charge after crashing vehicle
FARMINGTON — A Temple man was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence after crashing his truck into a telephone pole Saturday on New Vineyard Road. Michael S. Kane, 51, was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital by NorthStar ambulance after the 5:04 p.m. accident, said Deputy Chief Shane Cote of the Farmington Police […]
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Franklin County contractor to reimburse county for sand
FARMINGTON — Madrid Township plow contractor Alan Brisard will reimburse the county $7,500 for sand he used from a county gravel pit in the township to treat Madrid roads. Brisard holds the winter maintenance contract for Madrid Township. The town of Madrid deorganized in 2000 as a municipal entity and is now an unorganized territory. […]
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Phillips man accused of sexually assaulting two children
FARMINGTON — A Phillips man is accused of sexually assaulting two children under age 15. Michael R. Harriman, 27, was arrested Friday on two counts of gross sexual assault, according to an affidavit filed with the court by Maine State Police Detective Michael Chavez of the Major Crimes Unit-South. Chavez was asked by his supervisor […]
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Spruce Mountain students plant chestnut trees for national project
JAY — Spruce Mountain middle and high school students and staff planted 160 chestnut tree seedlings behind the schools Tuesday morning as part of a national program to reintroduce the species. Maine Forest Service district forester Patty Cormier of Farmington asked middle school teacher Rob Taylor about the project and he got permission from Jay […]
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Jay to award road rebuild contract
JAY — Selectpersons will hold a special meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Town Office to award a construction contract for the Old Jay Hill Road project in North Jay. Five bids were received to rebuild a section of the road to handle heavy equipment or trucks hauling heavy loads such as granite curbing. […]
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This week's agenda
Monday Hartford: Food Bank, 4 p.m., Town Hall Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Jay: Selectmen, 3 p.m., Town Office Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Conservation Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Board of Assessors, 3 […]
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Face Time: Linda Chretien — spinning sweetness
LIVERMORE FALLS – When Linda Chretien dons her hairnet and gloves, and starts the cotton-candy machine spinning, the sweetness starts to fly. She is a baker, a cotton candy maker and a popcorn flavorer. “I am used to buying sugar, but I never thought I would be buying it in 50-pound bags,” Chretien said. Chretien […]
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Farmington man charged in heroin case
FARMINGTON — A local man convicted of manslaughter in 2000 and terrorizing in 2009, is now accused of supplying heroin to a woman who overdosed twice in July. Jeremiah Dean Paulton, 34, of Farmington was arrested Thursday on a felony charge of criminal conspiracy, according to an affidavit for an arrest warrant filed Wednesday with […]