STRONG — Selectmen held an emergency meeting Tuesday, agreeing to schedule the Pond Road paving project now that $40,000 in donations toward the job has been secured. “We have all $40,000,” Treasurer Sandra Howard said Tuesday night. Selectmen told voters at a special town meeting June 18 that they expected $40,000 in private donations. Voters approved […]
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Livermore Falls sets special town meeting on budget articles for Aug. 30
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen agreed Tuesday to hold a special town meeting Thursday, Aug. 30, at the Town Office to vote on two budget articles that residents rejected in June. The traditional town meeting, scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., will include a vote by a show of hands, not a referendum. The board voted […]
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RSU 9 continues proficiency-based standards discussions
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted unanimously Tuesday to have administrators propose a double-grading system that would include both overall course scores and proficiency-based standards reporting. The proposal will be reported to the board at the next meeting, Tuesday, Aug. 28 for review. This decision followed a motion to discontinue implementation of proficiency-based […]
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Jay tax bills going down
JAY — Selectpersons voted unanimously Tuesday to set the 2018-19 tax rate at $20.25 per $1,000 of property valuation, which is $2.25 less than last year’s rate. The owner of a home and property valued at $75,000, and factoring in a $20,000 Homestead Exemption, would pay a tax bill of $1,113, which is $124 less […]
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Franklin commissioners want to know how nonprofit will use money
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners are seeking an explanation from an area nonprofit for how the group will use county money budgeted for its organization before handing over the money. At a meeting Tuesday, the commission voted unanimously to send a letter to Western Maine Community Action, a Wilton-based nonprofit that specializes in helping low- […]
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Franklin County commissioners decline to take action on opioid lawsuit
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners declined Tuesday to take action on a nationwide effort to sue pharmaceutical companies that make and distribute opiates. A lawyer for the class-action lawsuit said the move was a “great disservice” to the county and could mean the loss of $50,000 to $1 million if the suit is successful. More […]
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Eustis woman pleads guilty to threatening former neighbor
FARMINGTON — A Eustis woman pleaded guilty in a Farmington court Tuesday to using a BB air rifle to threaten a man walking his dog near her home last year. Marcia L. Higgins, 65, entered her plea to criminal threatening, based on her belief that she is not guilty but thinks that based on the […]
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Tony McLaughlin, former admissions director at UMF, dies at 76
Tony McLaughlin, the former longtime director of admissions at the University of Maine at Farmington, died Saturday. He was 76. McLaughlin died at his home in Wilton following a recent diagnosis of bladder cancer, his wife, Carolyn McLaughlin, said Monday. “He was so humble,” she said. “When people asked him where he worked, he never […]
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Carthage man accused of terrorizing people with gun in Wilton
FARMINGTON — A convicted felon from Carthage is accused of terrorizing people with a handgun after an argument at a social gathering Friday afternoon in Wilton. Wilton police arrested Michael C. Ringer, 49, on Saturday morning at his residence on Coyote Lane. He was charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and […]
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Kingfield taxpayers to receive lower tax bills
KINGFIELD — Property owners can look forward to a lower tax bill for the 2018-19 fiscal year. The board’s assessing agent, Selectman Ray Meldrum, said Monday night that he calculated the town added $1.2 million to the property tax rolls since the last valuation. People have built camps and homes, he said, and Poland Spring […]