This year a literacy fair was added to the annual book sale held at the Farmington Elks Lodge to support Literacy Volunteers of Franklin and Somerset counties. Literacy Volunteers Executive Director Barbara Averill, center, points out origami shapes created by Eddie Yuen, at left. Yuen held a workshop on origami and later played a Chinese […]
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Students demonstrate tree-felling skills
FARMINGTON — Felling a tree can look pretty straightforward, but forestry students proved Friday that’s it’s anything but. Closely supervised by instructors and judges, about 70 students competed on the second day of the 42nd Annual Loggers Meet at the training area next to Mt. Blue High School on Seamon Road. Students came from the […]
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Fire destroys one camp, heavily damages second in Livermore
LIVERMORE — A camp, shed and fence were destroyed in fire that heavily damaged another camp on Brettons Pond early Friday, fire officials said. “There is no evidence of crime,” investigator Chris Stanford of the state Fire Marshal’s Office said. The fire started in a shed belonging to Henry Gagnon of New Gloucester, and spread […]
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Jay drinking party
JAY — A story published on Page B1 of the Region edition Friday should have reported that Livermore Falls Police officer Darian Nadeau assisted Jay police in breaking up an underage drinking party. It was a reporting error.
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Livermore camp destroyed by fire; second one damaged
LIVERMORE (WGME) — Firefighters from several towns were called in for a fire that destroyed one camp and damaged another in the Town of Livermore early Friday morning. The fire was on Keith Street. Livermore firefighters say it started in one of the camps around 2:45 a.m. and then spread to the second building. One […]
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Mt. Abram students near goal for new track
SALEM TOWNSHIP — Mt. Abram High School track and field athletes are well on their way to rebuilding their overgrown grass and dirt training area into a modern track, Regional School Unit 58 directors were told Thursday night. Principal Shelly Tranten asked directors last month to approve developing a stone-dust running track and improve the […]
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New location approved for LaBaron Bonney Co. in Wilton
WILTON — The Planning Board on Thursday approved an application for an automotive upholstery plant inside the former tannery building owned by John Black. LeBaron Bonney Co. owner Scott Holbrook has said he plans to hire 11 to 15 people at the plant. He told the Planning Board that he has already hired three locals, who are […]
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Safety, skill, speed tested at loggers meet in Farmington
FARMINGTON — Teams from four technical schools competed Thursday in the 42nd Annual Loggers Meet, which included demonstrations of skills that loggers, wood harvesters and foresters need to be successful in their work. The two-day event hosted by the forestry and wood harvesting program at the Foster Career and Technical Education Center will continue Friday […]
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Rangeley to hold public meeting on goals for downtown revitalization
RANGELEY — The Rangeley Region Economic Opportunity Committee will hold a public workshop Wednesday, May 30, to offer residents and business owners opportunities to develop goals for revitalizing the downtown areas of Oquossoc and Rangeley. The workshop will be conducted jointly with Wright-Pierce, an engineering firm based in Topsham, from 6 to 8 p.m. at […]
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Woman injured in Rangeley Plantation crash
RANGELEY PLANTATION — A woman from Maine and Florida was injured Thursday when she fell asleep at the wheel, went off Bemis Road and struck a tree, according to Deputy Brad Scovil. Janet Birkens, 87, complained of head and neck pain, and was taken to a hospital by a NorthStar EMS ambulance, according to Franklin […]