LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted Thursday to appoint two sewer trustees, the town manager and the superintendent of the Sewer Department to a Sewer Project Steering Committee. Jay will also have officials on the committee to oversee an upgrade to the Livermore Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant. Livermore Falls Selectmen George Cummings and Rod Heikkinen, as […]
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Voters approve two budget articles in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — Residents voted Thursday to approve two budget articles that failed at the polls on June 12. They include money for wages, selectmen stipends, office supplies and legal services. Ron Aseltine moderated the town meeting, which was attended by 22 voters. Resident and former Selectman Tom Barker asked that the votes be conducted […]
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Chesterville adopts Food Sovereignty Ordinance
CHESTERVILLE — Voters unanimously passed a Food Sovereignty Ordinance at a special town meeting Thursday. The law allows food producers and processors to sell locally grown or processed food directly to consumers without being subject to state licensing and inspections. Producer-to-consumer transactions must be conducted where food or food products are produced, such as at […]
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Franklin County officials release details of CMP request, cry foul
A group of Franklin County officials have requested millions of dollars’ worth of investment from Central Maine Power Co., including internet expansion, scholarships, tax relief and economic development, to compensate for a proposed $950 million, Canada-to-Massachusetts power line that would cut across the region. But the memorandum of understanding request by local officials, which they earlier […]
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Mt. Blue's Ryder earns prestigious national teaching award
FARMINGTON — A Mt. Blue High School language arts teacher has been recognized as one of the nation’s top educators. The National Education Association Foundation on Monday named Dan Ryder of Jay as a recipient of the prestigious 2019 Horace Mann Award for Teaching Excellence. Horace Mann representative Jake Kenyon surprised Ryder and his peers […]
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Two Wilton residents, Mass. woman face federal drug charges
FARMINGTON — Two Wilton residents and a Massachusetts woman have each been indicted on a federal charge of conspiracy to distribute and possession of the opioid fentanyl. Dennis Ayala, 55, and Andrea Hoffman, 35, both of Wilton, and Patricia “Mama” Pimentel, 24, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, were charged Aug. 23 with conspiracy to distribute and possess […]
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Farmington officials, public tour proposed solar farm site
FARMINGTON — More than a dozen people, including local officials, toured the site of a proposed 490-acre solar farm Wednesday, taking the opportunity to ask representatives from NextEra Energy about their plans for what the company says will be the largest solar farm in New England. “We want people to have a full understanding of […]
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Students attend first day of school in RSU 73
Doris Allen, left, who works in the Food Service Department for Regional School Unit 73, checks in fourth-grader Kailee Parker for breakfast on the first day of classes Wednesday at Spruce Mountain Elementary School in Jay. The district provides free breakfasts for students. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal) Linda Flagg walks with her son, third-grader Lyric […]
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First day of first grade in Farmington
Heather Patterson of Farmington and her daughter, Audrey, 6, walk to school on the opening day of school Wednesday. Audrey is a first-grader at W.G. Mallet School in Farmington. (Dee Menear/Franklin Journal)
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Search for Kimberly Moreau turns to Livermore property
LIVERMORE — Maine State Police searched a private property Monday on Strickland Ferry Road looking for evidence that could help locate Kimberly Moreau of Jay, who has been missing for 32 years. Nothing was found, according to Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. Moreau was last seen at about 11 p.m. on May […]