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 […]
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Rumford man sentenced in cane attack on Jay woman
FARMINGTON — A Rumford man was found guilty Tuesday of hitting a Jay woman with a metal cane, causing a wound that required 14 stitches to close. The incident happened on Dec. 31, 2017. Justice Robert Mullen sentenced Ronald E. Tarckini, 66, to four years in prison with all but 264 days suspended and four […]
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Fournier retires after 38 years with Jay PD
Cpl. Jeffrey Fournier, known as J3, has retired after after 38 years with the Jay Police Department. Fournier’s final day with the department was Friday. (Submitted Photo) Cpl. Jeffrey Fournier, known as J3, has retired after after 38 years with the Jay Police Department. Fournier’s final day with the department was Friday. (Submitted Photo)
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Freshman move in at UMF
The last of Sandi Wood’s 10 children are out of the house. Wood helped her 18-year-old daughter, Melissa, move into Mallett Hall on the University of Maine at Farmington campus Saturday morning. “I am the baby of the family,” said Melissa Wood, one of the nine children adopted by Sandi and David Wood. They have […]
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Thomas Eastler, Maine’s “father of the racewalk,” remembered for persistence
FARMINGTON — Thomas Eastler, who helped make racewalking a high school sport in Maine and contributed to its popularity throughout the state and nation, died Thursday at age 73. The Farmington resident, a professor of natural sciences at the University of Maine at Farmington for 41 years, was a USA Track & Field official for […]
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Man accused of driving toward kids in Kingfield
FARMINGTON — A Salem Township man remained jailed Friday, accused of driving down an embankment toward children who had thrown his protest signs into the Carrabassett River in Kingfield, according to law enforcement officials. James O’Brien, 68, was arrested Thursday on misdemeanor charges of violation of condition of release, reckless conduct, criminal mischief and driving […]