Farmington Wastewater Department employee Joe Hartigan, left, sweeps up cold patch asphalt while employee Ethan Tracy tamps down material around the edge of a manhole cover Monday on Quebec Street in Farmington. The added material will prevent plow trucks from catching the lip around cover this winter. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal) Farmington Wastewater Department employee Ethan […]
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News and information about Franklin County from the Sun Journal.
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This week's agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Casco: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Fire Department Auxiliary, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: […]
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Bushels of fun for Maine Apple Sunday
Arthur Hayford drives a wagon through Boothby’s Orchard & Farm in Livermore during Maine Apple Sunday. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Jovie Salgado, 1, inspects an apple she, her parents and sister from Rumford picked at Boothby’s Orchard & Farm in Livermore during Maine Apple Sunday. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LIVERMORE — Visitors at Boothby’s Orchard & Farm […]
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Livermore Falls chief suggests truck replacements
LIVERMORE FALLS — Fire Chief Edward Hastings IV has proposed replacing three trucks to give his department better equipment to meet the town’s needs. He told selectmen at their meeting Tuesday that it’s an appropriate time for the discussion, given that residents voted in June to explore building a new station in East Livermore and […]
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Farmington, Jay men charged with domestic violence
FARMINGTON — Two Franklin County men were arrested this week in separate domestic assault cases, one of them involving a woman hit with a frying pan. Ryan Cunningham, 28, of Farmington was charged with felony domestic violence assault with a dangerous weapon, according to police. Farmington police officer Darin Gilbert said in an affidavit that […]
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Opponents of power line project rallying today in Augusta
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)