JAY — An apartment on Church Street was destroyed by fire Sunday morning. Firefighters from several area towns battled the stubborn blaze at 12 Church Street. The extensive damage to the structure displaced 13 residents. The fire was first reported sometime after 9 a.m. Sunday. Firefighters responded to reports of smoke. Images from the scene […]
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Man injured in collision in Phillips
PHILLIPS — A Florida man complained of chest and knee pain Friday after a commercial dump truck and an SUV collided at the intersection of Route 4 and a ramp that connects to Park Street. A dump truck driven by Leonard Hutchinson, 58, of Carthage was making a left turn onto Route 4 from the […]
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Jay POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony
Members of United Bikers of Maine ride to the 28th annual National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony Friday evening in Jay. They, along with veterans and community members marked the 28th annual event at the POW/MIA Remembrance Bridge Monument of all Wars. (Pam Harnden/Livermore Falls Advertiser) United Bikers of Maine members, veterans and community members attend the 28th […]
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Jay to vote on $3.9 million bond for sewer system
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 […]