Opponents of a 145-mile transmission line project through western Maine are planning to rally Friday outside a Department of Environmental Protection building in Augusta as the review process intensifies for the New England Clean Energy Connect. “This is still part of the process where we want to build awareness and create a consensus,” said Sandra […]
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Livermore Falls man pleads guilty to possessing heroin in Jay
FARMINGTON — A Livermore Falls man pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing heroin May 29 in Jay. Ricky M. Fetterhoff, 54, entered the plea to the felony charge in Franklin County Superior Court. Three other drug charges, including unlawful possession of crack cocaine and two counts of unlawful possession of prescription drugs, were dismissed in a plea agreement. […]
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Small plane crashes near Bigelow Mountain
A couple from Vermont escaped injury Thursday when their small plane crashed into the side of the Bigelow Mountain Range in bad weather, authorities said. The floatplane was headed to the Greenville International Seaplane Fly-In when it crashed in Wyman Township, a section of unorganized territory just north of Carrabassett Valley, according to a news […]
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Voters to consider fire station study; playground equipment put on hold
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted Tuesday to put an article on the November ballot asking if voters want to spend up to $10,000 to study the feasibility of building a fire station in East Livermore, Town Manager Stephen Gould said Wednesday. Gould said he overlooked the item before the board’s executive session, which came near […]
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Finding shade in Jay
Spruce Mountain High School junior Hannah Holland, 17, of Wilton sits in the shade Wednesday while watching the Phoenix boys’ soccer team practice in Jay. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal)
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Farmington man found guilty in domestic violence case, sentenced
FARMINGTON — A local man scheduled for a new trial Friday on a charge of beating his then-girlfriend in 2016 pleaded no contest Wednesday and was freed from jail for time served. Wesley Villacci, 23, of Farmington pleaded no contest to felony domestic violence assault in exchange for a charge of violating conditions of release […]
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Livermore board stands firm on property sale
LIVERMORE — Selectpersons on Tuesday night were given updates on a tax-acquired property, the upcoming Landowner Appreciation Day, and additional work needed at the Town Office/Fire Station complex. By consensus the board agreed everything had been done properly regarding the tax-acquired Norton Road property. In July, two bids for the property, previously owned by Mary […]
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Livermore Falls tax rate stays the same
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted unanimously Tuesday to set the tax rate for 2018-19 at $21.60 per $1,000 of value of property, the same as last year. To accomplish that, selectmen also voted to use $100,000 from overlay to offset what could have been a tax rate of $22.20. The board also agreed to go […]
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Property issues and permitting discussed in Wilton
WILTON — Code Enforcement Officer Charles Lavin told selectpersons Tuesday night that a property owner on Thompson Street had received a 30-day notice to clean up the property. The action was taken after someone nearby reported seeing rats, he said. “I am just informing the selectboard that I sent the notice,” Lavin said. If cleanup […]
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Livermore Falls police searching for spray-painting vandals
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating reports of a vehicle, garage door and a camper being spray-painted with obscenities early Monday. The criminal mischief was reported Monday morning on Pine Avenue, High Street and at High and Spring streets, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Tuesday. A garage door had an obscenity sprayed on it […]