FARMINGTON — The Regional School Unit 9 board of directors approved a 20-cent increase in school lunches for the coming school year Tuesday night. The decision followed a lengthy discussion about the $47,200 in unpaid lunches. The increase will set the lunch price at $2.30 for elementary students, and $2.55 for middle/high school students. Reduced-price […]
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Strong to apply for state funding to improve recreational river access
STRONG — Selectmen on Tuesday approved pursuing state funding for a paved access road, parking lot and launch site on the Sandy River. Selectman Mike Pond told board members he talked with state officials who encouraged him to apply for funding for improved recreational access to the river. A paved road would go from the […]
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Farmington pushes for compensation for CMP power line
FARMINGTON — The Board of Selectmen is backing Sen. Tom Saviello, R-Wilton, in pursuing additional benefits from Central Maine Power Co. as compensation for a proposed power line from Quebec to Massachusetts that would run through six communities in Franklin County. “We are going to house in Franklin County 20 miles of this power line,” […]
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Chesterville selectman pleads guilty in bad check case
FARMINGTON — A Chesterville selectman pleaded guilty Tuesday to writing a bogus check and was ordered to pay a $150 fine, according to a court document. Tiffany Estabrook, 40, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Farmington District Court to negotiating a worthless instrument. She was accused of writing a $260 check to C.N. Brown, according to the […]
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Jay ups pay for reserve police officers
JAY — Reserve police officers will see an increase in pay of $2.71 an hour, selectpersons agreed Monday. The vote was unanimous to raise the hourly rate for reserve officers from $13.79 to $16.50. It is the same amount the Livermore Falls Police Department pays its reserve officers, Jay Police Chief Richard Caton IV said. […]
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Getting new shoes at the fairgrounds
Rex Ellis shoes Swift Image, a 5-year-old standardbred, at one of the barns Monday afternoon at the Farmington Fairgrounds. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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Former Farmington man convicted in sex case
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County Superior Court jury found a former Farmington man guilty Tuesday of having unlawful sexual contact with a girl under age 12 in 2014. It took the jury about 30 minutes to convict Ross Adams, 52, 0f Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, of felony unlawful sexual contact. The incidents occurred between July 4 […]
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Livermore board elects officials, approves equipment purchase
LIVERMORE — Selectpersons elected their board chairman and vice chairman Monday evening and appointed two Regional School Unit 73 directors. Selectman Mark Chretien was elected chairman and Wayne Timberlake vice chairman. Selectmen Tom Gould and Benjamin Guild were not present. Selectpersons unanimously voted to appoint Shannon McDaniel and Steven Langlin to one-year terms on the […]
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Jay water district issues boil water order
JAY — The Jay Village Water District issued a boil-water order Monday night for all customers on School Bus Road, Ludden Drive and Barker Street. The district is working on a waterline break on Ludden Drive and once it’s fixed, water samples will be sent to Augusta to be tested for E.coli and coliform bacteria. […]
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Jay opts to send sewage for treatment in Livermore Falls
JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to go with a pump station and force main system to send sewage from North Jay to an existing collection system to a Livermore Falls plant for treatment. The board opted not to upgrade the North Jay Wastewater Plant. The Jay plant is nearing 20 years old and needs to […]