JAY — A special town meeting will be held Monday for voters to decide whether to borrow up to $3.9 million to install a new system to send sewage from North Jay to Livermore Falls for treatment. The meeting is at 6 p.m. at the Town Office. The plan is to eliminate use of the […]
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Farmington man accused of assaulting a police officer at the fair's truck pull
FARMINGTON — A local man is accused of assaulting a police officer who tried to get him off the track during a truck-pull contest at the Farmington Fair on Thursday night. Alfred R. McCrillis, 65, of Farmington was arrested on a felony charge of assault on an officer, Deputy Police Chief Shane Cote said. McCrillis […]
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Farmington woman injured when car goes off Route 43
FARMINGTON — A local woman was injured Thursday when the vehicle she was driving crossed the centerline on Route 43 and partially landed in a deep ditch. Hope Norton, 21, of Farmington was taken by a NorthStar EMS ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital, Franklin County Deputy Police Chief Shane Cote said Friday. She was later […]
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Culvert replaced in Farmington
Workers from Ranger Contracting of Fairfield install a large culvert and new drainage system on Front Street in Farmington on Thursday. It goes together like Legos in three tiers, gradually narrowing at the top with a bridge deck that will be 64 feet long, foreman Caleb Moody, left, said. The overall project will include new […]
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RSU 58 board announces hires, resignations
KINGFIELD — Regional School Unit 58 directors bid farewell to several staff members and welcomed others Thursday night. The board welcomed Johanna Prince as Kingfield Elementary School principal. Prince is the director of University of Maine at Farmington’s graduate programs. She also served until recently on the RSU 58 board as a representative for Kingfield. […]
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Farmington to hold POW-MIA ceremony
FARMINGTON — The public is invited to attend a ceremony marking National POW/MIA Recognition Day at 5 p.m. Friday in Meetinghouse Park. Gordon Webber, commander of the James A. McKechnie Veterans of Foreign War Post, said the names of veterans listed as missing in action and identified in the last year will be read. National […]
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Strong investigates employee use of town accounts for personal purchases
STRONG — The Board of Selectmen is investigating employee use of town accounts with retailers. “We have been made aware of people using the town account to make purchases without us knowing it,” Chairman Richard Worthley said in a phone call Monday. The phone call followed a Freedom of Access Act request for invoices pertaining […]
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Rangeley to receive $11.47 million to extend airport runway
RANGELEY — The town has learned it will receive almost $11.5 million to expand the runway at Stephen A. Bean Municipal Airfield for emergency medical services. The funding will also cover other key enhancements to support air medical transport in the rural area. “Of course this a good thing for the Rangeley Lake’s area and town […]
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Rangeley's airport to get $11 million for runway, safety boosts
RANGELEY (AP) — An airport in rural Maine is getting more than $11 million in federal funding to extend its runway and make other improvements. The money is going from the Federal Aviation Administration to the town of Rangeley, which is home to Steven A. Bean Municipal Airport. Republican Sen. Susan Collins says the enhancements […]
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USDA secretary, Bruce Poliquin hear needs of rural areas in Farmington
FARMINGTON — Representatives of several professions and nonprofit services from Maine’s rural counties met Wednesday with the U.S. secretary of agriculture and stressed the need for federal support for high-speed internet access, telehealth services and fighting opioid addiction. USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue and U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine, participated in the discussion at Franklin Memorial […]