SALEM TOWNSHIP — The Regional School Unit 58 school board reviewed the post-audit status of the district budget and adjustments required in some of its cost centers Thursday night. The board reviewed the current budget, which was approved in June by voters in Kingfield, Strong, Phillips and Avon. Because the 2018-19 fiscal year salaries and […]
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Planning board approves Jarden access road, expanded parking
Wilton Planning Board approved a permit application from Jarden Plastic Solutions for a new Pleasant Street employee-designated entrance. A 98-space employee parking lot will be built to the left of the building. WILTON — The Planning Board voted unanimously Thursday night to approve Jarden Plastic Solutions’ application for an employee entrance and expanded parking lot on […]
Two women taken to hospital after Farmington collision
Two women complained of pain Thursday morning and were taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington after a 2016 Jeep Compass (seen in photo) driven by Lorie Nickerson, 41, who has an East Dixfield post office box address, collided with a 2008 Honda Accord driven by Caley Miranda, 23, of Farmington at the entrance to Mt. Blue Plaza […]
Livermore Falls selectman would like to see more community policing
LIVERMORE FALLS — A selectman would like to see police officers out in the community — in a relaxed way — so police get more acquainted with residents, especially children. A proposal to put in a new playground at the Recreation Field was put on hold last month because of vandalism to an existing play […]
N.H. recycling company collecting clothing, shoes from town waste stations
LIVERMORE FALLS — A bin to collect clothing and shoes was delivered to the Transfer Station on Tuesday as part of a New Hampshire recycling company’s effort to help those in need and curb landfill materials. Apparel Impact LLC of Manchester, N.H., is providing the bins to towns in Franklin, Oxford and Androscoggin counties. The […]
Wilton Transfer Station to reopen Thursday
WILTON — The Transfer Station will reopen Thursday, Town Manager Rhonda Irish said in an email Wednesday night. High winds toppled trees and snapped poles Monday night and Tuesday morning, forcing the station to close Tuesday and Wednesday to clean up the debris and get electrical service back. Power was restored at 4 p.m. Wednesday […]
Livermore Falls board OKs property cleanup
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted Tuesday to allow two men to clean up a tax-acquired property on Route 106, if they have liability insurance and put in writing the town will not be liable if they get injured. Town Manager Stephen Gould said he had an offer from Mark Smith and David Blais to clean […]
Trees, wires downed in Wilton
A tree took down power, cable and phone lines on Black Road in Wilton during high winds Tuesday morning. Trees and lines started falling at about 2:48 a.m., Wilton Deputy Rescue Chief Tom Doak said. A power outage also kept the Jay Town Office from opening Tuesday morning after it was discovered the town’s generator […]
Farmington jail leader pleads for more officers
FARMINGTON — The assistant administrator of the Franklin County Detention Center delivered a five-page letter to county commissioners Tuesday, pleading with them to hire more corrections officers to meet the growing needs of the jail. “If we do not address our staffing issues with significant action, and soon, we can expect the resignation of a […]
Farmington woman accused of assault with knife
FARMINGTON — A local woman is accused of assault with a knife. Detective Marc Bowering arrested Erika Marchetti, 40, of Farmington on Saturday on a felony charge of aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon. She was released on $500 bail from the Franklin County jail later that day. Bowering was conducting an investigation into a […]