WILTON — Three teams from Spruce Mountain High School in Jay won the top three places at the Southwestern Regional Envirothon on Thursday at Kineowatha Park. Spruce Mountain adviser Rob Taylor said, “I’m really pleased with my rookie team. This is their first time being at a competition like this.” Tanna Herlihy, from the second place […]
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Food insecurity addressed at Farmington summit
FARMINGTON — The 2nd Annual Greater Franklin Food Summit on Wednesday afternoon identified bright spots, challenges and opportunities facing the region’s food system. United Way of the Tri-Valley Area and the Healthy Community Coalition coordinated the first summit a year ago. UWTVA Executive Director Lisa Laflin said 73 percent of actions from that summit have […]
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Chesterville woods fire burns over 2 acres
CHESTERVILLE — Flames that spread over 2 1/2 acres of woods Wednesday behind residences on Adams Road were caused by a fire that had been started to burn debris, according to Mark Rousseau, a forest ranger with the Maine Forest Service. Thirty-one firefighters from Chesterville, Farmington, Industry, Jay, New Sharon and Wilton responded, according […]
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Road construction begins on Old Jay Hill Road
A crew from C.H. Stevenson Inc. of Wayne installs a drain pipe Wednesday along Old Jay Hill Road in Jay. A section of the road is being rebuilt to handle heavy equipment and trucks hauling heavy loads for Polycor, a granite curbing manufacturer. No through traffic is allowed on the road during the construction project. Stevenson […]
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Maine Fiddlehead Festival to focus on farms, food and fiddleheads
Fiddleheads, farmers, foragers and food-lovers will be the focus of the seventh annual Maine Fiddlehead Festival on Saturday on Academy Street in Farmington. (Pam Harnden/Livermore Falls Advertiser) FARMINGTON — The seventh annual Maine Fiddlehead Festival will be held Saturday, May 5, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Emery Community Arts Center on Academy […]
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Festival schedule
Tent Talk Schedule 10:15 to 11 a.m., Edible Mushrooms, Cynthia Stancioff 11 a.m., Birch Syrup, Temple Tappers 11:45 a.m., Fiddlehead Walk and Talk, Dave Fuller 12:30 p.m., Plant Based Diet, Lori Ireland 1:15 p.m., Super Local Meat: Raising Rabbits on Pasture, Ashirah Knapp 2 p.m., Hemp Farming and Research, Erica Haywood Live Music Schedule 10 […]
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Livermore Falls: Selectmen address RCAM funding issue
LIVERMORE FALLS — Rural Community Action Ministry supporters Tuesday night protested the selectmen’s decision not to fund the nonprofit agency in the 2018 municipal budget. It was reported that at a public hearing on the budget April 23, selectmen had previously decided not to fund RCAM because alcohol was being served at its meetings. “We […]
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RSU 9 voters to consider proposed $35.5 million spending plan
FARMINGTON — A proposed $35.5 million budget for Regional School Unit 9 will go to a districtwide budget vote at 7 p.m. Monday at the Mt. Blue Campus on Seamon Road. The amount approved by voters there will go to a validation referendum Tuesday, May 15, at polling stations in Chesterville, Farmington, Industry, New Sharon, […]
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A spring cleaning for Hippach Field
Charity Sargood, an employee of the Farmington Parks & Recreation Department, power-washes an entry to Hippach Field on Tuesday. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal) Charity Sargood cleans near an entryway to Hippach Field on Tuesday using a power-washer. Sargood and other employees of the Farmington Parks & Recreation Department were doing spring cleaning and plantings around […]
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Chesterville selectman charged in bad check case
FARMINGTON — A Chesterville selectwoman was arrested Thursday on a warrant charging failure to appear in court on a bad check charge. According to the complaint filed in court, Tiffany Estabrook, 40, was supposed to appear in a Farmington court on April 24 on a misdemeanor charge of negotiating a worthless instrument. The amount of […]