LIVERMORE — A pilot commuter bus service between Farmington and Lewiston-Auburn will begin the last week in March, a Western Maine Transportation official told selectmen Monday evening. Craig Zurhorst, community relations director for WMTS Inc., said the new route was noted in a 2017 comprehensive transit feasibility study as being the highest priority for needed and desired […]
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Jay board splits on money for school resource officer
JAY — Selectpersons voted 3-2 Monday to put $50,000 in a separate line in the proposed 2019-20 budget for a resource officer at Regional School Unit 73. Budget Committee members voted 6-4 to do the same. Talks regarding the library budget and donations will continue at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the library at Spruce Mountain […]
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CMP plans to negotiate benefits with stakeholders
The company will meet Tuesday with stakeholders about securing more benefits for the state of Maine in exchange for a 145-mile transmission line from Quebec to Massachusetts.
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SAD 58 board to discuss declining enrollment and its effects
SALEM TOWNSHIP — Directors of School Administrative District 58 will hold a public workshop Thursday evening to discuss declining enrollment and its effects. The two-hour workshop begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Mt. Abram High School library. “I hope all take advantage of this event as a means to give input into the future decisions […]
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Sledding at Spruce Mountain
Caileb Williams, a third-grade student at Spruce Mountain Elementary School in Jay enjoys sledding Monday morning at Spruce Mountain Ski Slope in Jay. Students were treated to a morning of sledding as a reward for the school’s Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports program. (Franklin Journal photo by Dee Menear) Amy Espeaignnette, left, and her daughter Emily […]
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Cause of fire in Livermore Falls undetermined
LIVERMORE FALLS — The cause of a fire Saturday that destroyed a mobile home and claimed the lives of two dogs is undetermined, Fire Rescue Chief Edward Hastings IV said Monday. Megan Davis returned from work to find the home at 201 Pine Ridge Loop on fire, he said. “She lost two dogs in the fire,” […]
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Two out-of-state snowmobilers injured in Franklin County crashes
RANGELEY — A Connecticut man and a Massachusetts woman were injured in snowmobile accidents here and in Lang Township on Saturday. Their names were not immediately available. An 18-year-old man from Connecticut was injured when a ski on his snowmobile struck a frozen object on the surface of Rangeley Lake and he was thrown off, […]
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Jay Democratic Committee meeting
LIVERMORE FALLS — The Jay Democratic Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, in the meeting room in the back of the Bank Building. In the event of inclement weather, the meeting will be canceled.
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This week's agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Jay: Budget Committee, 6 p.m., Spruce Mountain High School Livermore: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen workshop, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Public hearing on ordinance regulating no through truck traffic, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center. Selectmen meeting to follow. Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county […]
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Photos: Patriots dominate the slopes at Sugarloaf
CARRABASSETT VALLEY (AP) — New England Patriots fans are showing their support on the slopes before they head indoors to watch the big game. More than 100 fans wearing Patriots jerseys shared a pregame moment Sunday by creating a sea of blue as they skied together at Maine’s Sugarloaf. Several skied with Patriots flags. The […]