Two people injured in snowmobile crash in Livermore.
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This week's agenda
Monday Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen and Board of Assessors, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Fire Department Auxiliary, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Economic Development Committee, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Casco: Selectmen, 6:30 […]
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Face Time: Nancy Chaney of Jay — knitting together nursing and crafts
JAY — Nancy Chaney is a registered nurse who learned to knit and crochet from her mother years ago. She expanded her crafting skills to sewing, making quilts and jewelry. She has worked at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington for 18 years, currently as a clinical coordinator, which is like a nurse supervisor. Chaney usually […]
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Sugarloaf youth program offers fresh air, exercise and lifelong enjoyment
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — It can be seen as an affordable opportunity to substitute television and computer games with fresh air and exercise. The Sugarloaf Regional Ski Educational Foundation has funded the Ski/Skate Program for SAD 58 elementary school students for the past 52 years. The Sugarloaf Mountain Ski Club supports and promotes the program, which […]
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Truck rolls over in Farmington
The pickup truck rolled onto its roof in the road, and the driver received a slight cut on his hand but was not taken to a hospital.
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Wilton man to plead guilty to federal fentanyl charge, daughter pleads guilty
FARMINGTON — A Wilton man agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to distribute 40 or more grams of fentanyl, according to a document filed in U.S. District Court on Thursday. Dennis Ayala’s daughter, Andrea Hoffman, 35, also of Wilton, pleaded guilty to the same charge Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Portland, […]
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East Dixfield, Farmington women injured in Wilton crash
WILTON — Two women were injured Friday morning when the vehicles they were driving collided at the intersection of Route 156 and Route 2 at 11:22 a.m. A 2008 Ford Focus driven by Crystal Currier, 34, of Farmington, was coming to a stop on Route 156 but slid through the stop sign and collided with […]
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Chesterville board nixes school withdrawal article
Moderator Mike Chase, left, of Farmington and Regional School Unit 9 Director Craig Stickney of Chesterville listen to questions Wednesday night at a Chesterville forum hosted by Stickney. (Franklin Journal photo by Dee Menear) CHESTERVILLE — The Board of Selectmen voted 4-1 Thursday evening not to put an article on the March 11 town meeting […]
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Banking on balance in Jay
Fifth-graders, from left, Breanna Lee and Isabelle Martin, both of Jay, and Izaiah Hiscock of Livermore Falls walk along a snowbank Thursday on the playground during recess at Spruce Mountain Elementary School in Jay. (Sun Journal Photo by Donna M. Perry) Fifth-graders, from left, Breanna Lee and Isabelle Martin, both of Jay, and Izaiah Hiscock of Livermore Falls walk along a snowbank on […]
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Livermore Falls voters to decide on treatment plant upgrade, firetruck
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted Tuesday to hold a special town meeting Feb. 26 to ask voters to finance a $5.75 million upgrade of the Wastewater Treatment Plant and pay for a firetruck. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the Town Office. The treatment plant was built in the 1970s and underwent a nearly […]