INDUSTRY — A New Vineyard woman was injured Thursday morning when a Jeep crossed the centerline on Industry Road and collided head-on with a car she was driving, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. Clarence Brown 23, of Anson was traveling east at about 5 a.m. in a Jeep Commander when it struck a […]
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Livermore Falls manager checking to see what owners plan to do with burned house
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen authorized the town manager Tuesday to contact the owner of a fire-damaged home on Main Street to see if he will have it torn down, otherwise the town may do it. The home at 100 Main St. is owned by Percy Tassie of Rhode Island, who had no insurance on it, […]
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North Carolina hiker rescued again from Appalachian Trail
REDINGTON TOWNSHIP — For the second time in less than two weeks, a North Carolina woman was carried off the Appalachian Trail on Tuesday after becoming ill. Andrea Pincumbe, 21, of Asheville, called the Franklin County Regional Communications Center in Farmington at about 8 a.m. from the Poplar Ridge lean-to atop Saddleback Mountain to say […]
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Colorado kid enjoys summer in Farmington
Christopher “Topher” Lamar, 6, of Gunnison, Colorado, whose mother grew up in the area, cools off Wednesday at the Hippach Field Wading Pool in Farmington. Lamar and his family are visiting his grandparents in Vienna. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal) Christopher “Topher” Lamar, 6, of Gunnison, Colorado, whose mother grew up in the area, cools off Wednesday […]
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Franklin County commissioners OK memo on courthouse renovations
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding on renovating the Superior Court building. The renovation is scheduled to start this week and includes carpeting and painting in the main court and other rooms at a cost of $29,200. The cost will be split evenly by the county and the state. According […]
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Farmington to install cameras downtown
FARMINGTON — The town is moving ahead with plans to install downtown security cameras that would cover major municipal parking lots, intersections and downtown businesses and assist in police investigations of crimes. The downtown Tax Increment Financing advisory committee Tuesday approved a motion to allow Farmington Deputy Police Chief Shane Cote to pursue installation of […]
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UMF Fitness Center director dies
FARMINGTON — Jim Toner, the director of the University of Maine at Farmington’s Fitness and Recreation Center and a former director of both parks and recreation and public works in Waterville, died Monday of cancer. Toner, 59, served as director of the Fitness and Recreation Center, or FRC, since 2006 and was the founder of […]
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Rumford woman injured when car strikes truck in Wilton
WILTON — A Rumford woman received minor injuries Tuesday when the car she was driving struck a pickup truck on Route 2 East, police officer Kevin Lemay said. Kera Radcliff, 32, was taken by a NorthStar EMS ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, Lemay said. She was behind a truck driven by Don Hamann, […]
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Phillips man accused of drunken driving after crash
SANDY RIVER PLANTATION — Police said a Phillips man was arrested on a drunken-driving charge after he crashed his car, drove away and was stopped by two vehicles that pursued him to Route 4 in Avon. John C. McCarter, 30, was charged with misdemeanor operating under the influence of alcohol, leaving the scene of a […]
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Kingfield selectmen accept wastewater system bids
KINGFIELD — Selectmen on Monday night accepted bids for wastewater system upgrades and maintenance on residential pump stations. Fenwick Construction’s bid of $13,627 for septic replacement work was approved, along with Jordan Construction’s bid of $124,040 to do pumping station upgrade work. The pumping station upgrade plans will be reviewed and approved by Maine-Land Development […]