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 […]
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Regional agenda
Monday Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library. Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office. Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office. Livermore: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office. Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office. Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office. Tuesday Farmington: RSU 9 board of directors, 7 p.m., Mt. Blue Campus. Paris: Planning Board, 7 p.m., […]
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Face Time — Rangeley's Kyle Haley records nature's beauty
Kyle Haley, 24, of Rangeley, started off taking photos using disposable cameras when he was younger, then graduated to a point-and-shoot digital camera and the rest is history. The 2012 graduate of Rangeley Lakes Regional School fell in love with taking landscape photos when he was on a trip to Alaska. The Rangeley native works […]
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Jay board to consider sewer options
JAY — A feasibility study shows it would be more affordable in the long run to build a system to send sewage from North Jay to be treated in Livermore Falls than to continue to upgrade the Jay plant. In the short term, it would cost less to upgrade Jay’s plant, but it would need […]
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Phillips voters set budget for FY 2018-19
PHILLIPS — Residents gathered Thursday night at the Phillips Area Community Center to elect municipal representatives and set the budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year. In the three-hour meeting, voters approved the $1.3 million budget, which is $9,257 more than current spending. Nick Caton defeated Margaret Cosenza and incumbent selectman Lincoln Haines for a seat […]