WILTON — A state fire investigator said Tuesday that someone set fire to a 200th anniversary banner strung across the front of the First Congregational Church on Main Street on Monday night. The banner was destroyed and clapboard siding was damaged, Jeremy Damren of the Office of the Maine State Fire Marshal said. A passerby saw […]
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Rumford, Dixfield boaters injured in Richardson Lake crash
TOWNSHIP C — The Maine Warden Service is continuing its investigation into a boating accident on Lower Richardson Lake that seriously injured three of four people from Rumford and Dixfield on Saturday night. Cpl. John MacDonald identified the four as Christopher and Ann Broughton of Rumford and Gary and Cynthia Giroux. The Girouxs reside in […]
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Livermore board approves paving bids
Selectpersons on Monday approved spending $2,500 to have Spencer Group Paving of Turner pave around the new concrete pad at the Livermore Town Office-Fire Station complex on the Crash Road. The money will come from the building maintenance account. (Sun Journal file photo) LIVERMORE — Selectpersons on Monday night approved several paving bids and the 2018-19 guidelines […]
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Artful expression at Mt. Blue Middle School
Mt. Blue Middle School student Olivia Thayer, 14, of Starks works on the base of a project during Exploratory Art class Monday in Farmington. When completed, the piece will be a John Deere emblem, Thayer said. (Dee Menear/Franklin Journal)
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Apple Pumpkin Festival held in Livermore Falls
Samuel Ankeles of Brunswick smiles after a trip down the inflatable slide at the Apple Pumpkin Festival in Livermore Falls ON Saturday. He was there with his grandparents, Nick and Cindy Rehagen, who live in Livermore Falls. (Pam Harnden/Livermore Falls Advertiser) The SkyStreakers R/C Club of New Gloucester brought several remote control planes and helicopters […]
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Farmington man sentenced to 20 years for raping two girls
SKOWHEGAN — A Farmington man was sentenced this week to 20 years in state prison for raping two girls in the past four years, at least once while threatening to use a hammer. Joseph L. Magee, 40, of Lamkin Lane, pleaded guilty to five of 20 counts of gross sexual assault on the girls — […]
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Jay woman injured in crash
FARMINGTON — A Jay woman was transported to Franklin Memorial Hospital on Thursday morning with minor injuries when a car turned in front of her near Farmington Smoke Shop, 218 Wilton Road, police officer Jesse Clement said. Christine Dunham, 25, was traveling southbound in a 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe when a 2007 Chevrolet Impala driving by Susan […]
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Wilton 20-year-old identified as victim in fatal South Portland crash
South Portland police have identified the Southern Maine Community College students involved in a fatal single-car crash earlier this week. Patrick Donaghue, 20, of Wilton, was a passenger in the car and died as a result of the crash. The driver was William Blanchard, 18, of Gorham. He survived. Police said Blanchard called them around […]
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RSU 73 chief networking with staff, officials
LIVERMORE FALLS — Regional School Unit 73 Superintendent Todd LeRoy told directors Thursday night he is focusing on improving education for students and building relationships with town managers in his first month on the job. LeRoy, who was named to the position last month, said he has met weekly with members of the administrative team, […]
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Farmington dam removal could help salmon population
FARMINGTON — Residents on Wednesday night got a brief overview of the history of Atlantic salmon in Maine and how the removal of a local dam could fit into recovery of the endangered species. Catherine Schmitt, communications director for Maine Sea Grant, and Paul Christman, a marine scientist with the Maine Department of Marine Resources, […]