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Franklin
News and information about Franklin County from the Sun Journal.
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, News
Jay’s preliminary estimates of damage for local roads, sewer lines nearly $4 million from June 29 storm
A section of the Whistle Stop Trail, a multiuse rail-trail owned by the state is shut down from U.S. Route 2/state Route 4 in Dryden village in Wilton to Jay Plaza in Jay.
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Posted inFranklin, Local & State, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Western Maine could see flash flooding this evening
A flood watch warning has been issued for northern Oxford and Franklin counties, and central Somerset county.
Posted inFranklin, News
USDA euthanizes 16 Canada geese in Rangeley
USDA Wildlife Service personnel lethally removed 16 geese Wednesday morning from Haley Pond in Rangeley, according to officials.
Posted inFranklin, Nation / World, News, The Franklin Journal
Firefighters recall the devastation they saw 10 years ago in Lac-Mégantic train derailment
Seven Franklin County fire departments responded early July 6, 2013 to assist Canadian firefighters after a train derailment, explosions, fire and tragedy.
Posted inFranklin, News, The Franklin Journal
Fourth of July parade lights up downtown Farmington
The Farmington Rotary club organized the procession.
Posted inFranklin, News, The Franklin Journal
Farmington celebrates early
Families were treated to free horse-drawn wagon rides prior to the fireworks display Monday night in Farmington.
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, News
Motorists ignore road closed signs, barricades and cones on heavily damaged roads in Jay
About 5 inches to 6 inches of rain fell in a two-hour span Thursday afternoon — leaving several roads flooded and closing many throughout Jay and other parts of Franklin County.
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Maine Crime, News
Jay police have suspect in CN Brown store robbery
The man walked into the gas station/service station and requested all of the money out of the register, Sgt. Russell Adams said.
Posted inFranklin
Massachusetts woman killed in ATV crash in Coplin Plantation
Officials: Abigail Divoll of Royalston, Mass., was a passenger in a side-by-side ATV driven by Matthew Tolman, 26, of Hubbardston, Mass., who reportedly suffered a serious head injury.