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 […]
Franklin
News and information about Franklin County from the Sun Journal.
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn
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 […]
advertisement
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
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 […]
Posted inFranklin, sj-web
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 […]
Posted inFranklin, sj-web
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 […]
Posted inFranklin
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 […]
Posted inFranklin
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)
Posted inFranklin, sj-web
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 […]
Posted inFranklin
Front Street section to be temporarily closed, reduced to one lane in September
FARMINGTON — The south end of Front Street will be closed beginning Saturday, with the closure continuing through September so a large culvert can be replaced. Traffic moving north or south on Front Street will be detoured over Depot Street, next to Farmington Farmer’s Union and University of Maine at Farmington’s South Hall, during the […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
RSU 9 directors adopt dual grading system
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted 12-4 Tuesday evening to have the traditional 0-100 grades and 1-4 proficiency-based education grades. Last week, the board voted unanimously to have administrators propose a plan that would incorporate both grading systems. Proficiency-based education is an academic instruction, assessment, grading and reporting system that requires students to […]