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 […]
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Train between the rain at Farmington Fairgorunds
Rex Ellis shoes Swift Image, a 5-year-old standardbred, in one of the barns Monday afternoon during a light rain at the Farmington Fairgrounds. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Christine Holt drives her horse, Max, as her stable owner, Mike Cushing, drives Peach around the track Monday morning at the Farmington Fairgrounds. Holt and Cushing used a break […]
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Farmington man charged with 16 counts of sexual assault on child
SKOWHEGAN — A Farmington man has been indicted by a Somerset County grand jury on 16 counts of rape of a child, some alleging compulsion and threats. Joseph L. Magee, 40, of Lamkin Lane remains at Franklin County jail on $100,000 cash bail. A jail intake officer in Farmington said Magee is being held on […]
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Ex-Farmington man on trial for sexual contact with young girl
FARMINGTON — A girl testified Monday that former Farmington resident Ross Adams had sexual contact with her several times in 2014, but she did not confront him because she feared his anger. The trial of Adams, 52, of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, opened Monday in Franklin County Superior Court before a 12-member jury. Adams was indicted […]
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Mud, mud, kids love mud
Daric Decker, 11, of New Sharon washes his feet after playing Monday on muddy Hippach Field in Farmington during Farmington Recreation Department’s day camp. His sister, Aliza, 10, rinses her hands. (Liz Marquis/Sun Journal)
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Jay, Livermore Falls join media alliance
Select boards in Jay and Livermore Falls have authorized town managers this month to sign an agreement to join a local cable access alliance that would offer services to residents. Central Maine Media Alliance is an education, government media and television station management organization serving municipalities. The agreement allows the alliance to operate the local […]
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Franklin County commissioners to consider ambulance fee
FARMINGTON — Franklin County Commissioners are divided over whether to consider charging a fee to NorthStar Ambulance for its use of county dispatch services ahead of a discussion with ambulance representatives Tuesday. The private ambulance service, based in Farmington, responds to about two-thirds of the calls to county dispatch, but doesn’t pay for use of […]