RANGELEY PLANTATION – Rescuers pulled a man and his wife out of their burning home Friday as a house at 4 Swains Road went up in flames. Rangeley Fire Chief Mike Bacon and police Sgt. Jared Austin went into the home to retrieve the couple as flames burned through the upper floors at about […]
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This week’s regional agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Social Services Committee, 3:30 p.m., Municipal Center Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall Livermore: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Bethel: Conservation Committee, 4 p.m., Town Office Bethel: Rec Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center […]
Auditor to recommend sewer rate increases for Livermore Falls
Town Manager Stephen Gould said recommended increases are 25 percent this year, and 20 percent each of the next three years.
Kingfield road project funded, moving toward final design phase
A Maine Department of Transportation project to reconstruct 2.33 miles of Routes 16 and 27 has been funded through a federal BUILD grant.
Phillips and Avon to hold meeting on SAD 58 withdrawal
An informational meeting with educational consultant Mark Eastman is set for May 18 in Avon.
Spruce Mountain High School student brings beer in her water bottle to school
Student faces a civil violation of a minor in possession of alcohol.
Weld woman injured in Wilton wreck
The truck got onto the soft shoulder on Colby Miller Road, went into a ditch, rolled onto its side and took down a utility pole.
A former redemption center vandalized in Livermore Falls.
Glass doors and front windows were broken out of a vacant building on Route 4.
RSU 73 food service director arrested, charged with driving drunk
A Franklin County sheriff’s deputy who conducted a traffic stop said a Freeman Township driver showed signs of intoxication.
Franklin County committee reviews preliminary budget numbers
The Budget Committee will take a first vote on the spending plan May 20, after which it will head to a public hearing June 5.