JAY — Rep. Tina Riley, D-Jay, will hold public office hours Thursday in all three towns in her House district. Riley will start the day at the Livermore Town Office from 10 to 11 a.m. From 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., she will be at the Livermore Falls Town Office, and will end the day at the Jay […]
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D-Day observance planned in Farmington
FARMINGTON — A service in observance of D-Day, June 6, 1944, will be held at noon Wednesday on Center Bridge on Main Street. It will start at the Park-N-Ride near Rite Aid on Main Street and people will walk up to the center of the bridge over the Sandy River. People who plan to participate […]
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This week's agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Casco: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Dixfield: Special selectmen meeting, 1 p.m., Town Office Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Oxford County Commission, 9 […]
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Lilac festival lures crowd
PHILLIPS—The day was perfect for the third annual Welcome to Summer celebration in Phillips. One of the weekend’s activities was the 13th year of the annual Lilac Festival on Number Six Road, 5 miles north of the busy downtown. A steady caravan of vehicles, many with out-of-state plates, traveled the 2 miles of gravel road […]
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Envirothon win brings mixed emotions at Spruce Mountain
JAY — A Spruce Mountain High School team has earned the right to attend the National Conservation Foundation-Envirothon in Pocatello, Idaho, from July 22-28. Team 1 members Bryan Riley, Orion Schwab, Jonathan Brenner, Hunter Quirrion and Jordan Daigle were the high scorers in aquatics, soils, wildlife and current issues at the Maine Envirothon on May 25 […]
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Kingfield voters say no to recreational marijuana businesses
KINGFIELD — Voters at the annual town meeting Saturday decided not to allow adult recreational marijuana establishments in town. The vote was 75-42. The majority of the 129 voters at Kingfield Elementary School indicated their opposition to allowing any retail marijuana establishments in the northern Franklin County town.. The decision does not include licensed medical […]
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Man who held hostages at Jay mill found dead
NORRIDGEWOCK — A local farmer who was sent to prison in 2012 on kidnapping and other charges stemming from an incident at a Jay paper mill was found dead Thursday after he was pinned under a piece of farm equipment, police said. Francis Gordon Smith III, 56, was pinned under a manure spreader at his […]
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Dixfield teen killed in Weld crash was 4-time state wrestling champion
WELD — A former state wrestling champion from Dirigo High School was mourned Friday and remembered as a fierce competitor and a good friend. Griffyn Smith, 19, of Dixfield died when the 2005 Toyota Corolla he was a passenger in went off West Side Road in Weld, hit a tree and rolled over about 11:30 p.m. […]
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Franklin County budget panel OKs $6.56M budget
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Budget Committee approved a $6.56 million budget Thursday night after debate over funding nonprofit social service agencies. The vote was 8-1 with Bob Luce the lone dissenter. The 2018-19 spending plan represents a roughly 5 percent increase over the current $6.21 million budget and includes across-the-board wage increases for employees […]
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Show and touch at Livermore school
Kindergartners at Spruce Mountain Primary School in Livermore sit in the bucket of Jay’s front-end loader Thursday during Touch-A-Truck. Schoolchildren were able to explore big trucks and heavy equipment parked at the school playground. Kindergartners are Amelia Dee, Piper Jordan, Shawna Burnell, Eli Ayer, Aubrey Stevens, Phoebe Paradis, Loki Weisis, Madison Gordon, Alexis Colson, Brady […]