RANGELEY — The Rangeley Lakes Snowmobile Club will host its 29th Snodeo for three days beginning Thursday. It is the club’s largest fundraiser of the year, according to events committee chairman Jonny Wakefield. “We do a lot of work to organize this weekend,” Wakefield said, “but we couldn’t do it without many, many hours from […]
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Franklin County Commissioners clarify position on agency funding
FARMINGTON — Commissioners confirmed Tuesday that they would not fund social service agencies that were not funded through the Franklin County budget last year. If requests from an agency or organization were funded through the county in the 2017-18 budget commissioners will accept requests, Chairman Charles Webster of Farmington said. Those agencies were put on […]
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Wilton driver sentenced for eluding deputy
FARMINGTON — A Wilton man was sentenced Jan. 9 to serve 30 days of a one-year sentence for eluding police in Chesterville last July. Theodore Fischer, 28, pleaded guilty in Franklin County Superior Court to a felony charge of eluding an officer and a misdemeanor charge of operating while license suspended or revoked. Assistant District […]
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King speaker: Build bridges, not walls
FARMINGTON — A Muslim scholar and coordinator of Multicultural Student Affairs at the University of Southern Maine suggested Monday at a service honoring Martin Luther King Jr. that people build bridges rather and walls. “Martin Luther King Jr. would be standing in solidarity with immigrants,” Reza Jalali told those at the annual service hosted by […]
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Farmington woman found not competent to stand trial
FARMINGTON — A domestic violence assault charge against a local woman was dismissed Jan. 9, after the court found she was not competent to stand trial. The court also found that Megan D. White, 26, probably won’t be competent in the foreseeable future, based on forensic reports, according to the order signed by Active-Retired Justice […]
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Nine people escape burning house in Phillips
PHILLIPS — Two families escaped a burning apartment building Sunday after a grease fire on a kitchen stove spread into walls and the ceiling, Fire Chief Mark Rousseau said Monday. Nine people were affected, according to a news release from the American Red Cross. Their names were not immediately available. The second-floor fire extended into […]
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This week's agenda
Monday Casco: Open Space Commission, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Jay: North Jay Water District Board of Trustees, 6 p.m., Jay Niles Memorial Library Jay: Jay Village Water District board of trustees, 7 p.m., […]
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Derbies 2018: Ice-fishing, anyone?
Will Grant, left, and Cole Bard, both of Winthrop, try to set an ice-fishing trap on Cochnewagon Lake in Monmouth during the Annual Jack Traps Ice Fishing Derby in 2015. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Jan. 27, Denmark, Denmark Rod & Gun Club: Little Moose Pond, Hancock Pond, Sand (Walden) Pond, Granger Pond and Beaver Pond in […]
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Ice-fishing 'awesome' this year
Some may have called Seamus Foley of Bryant Pond crazy for ice-fishing on a cold, soggy day such as Saturday, but in Foley’s opinion, it was the people off the ice who were crazy, because the fishing was “awesome.” That seems to be the pattern this year, because over in Livermore on Long Pond, Earl […]
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Avon man to get adult beagles back
FARMINGTON — An Avon man accused of abandoning nine beagles for two days in an unheated, open garage on Dec. 29 is not expected to be prosecuted on criminal animal cruelty charges, a state prosecutor said. David Ellis, 46, must comply with an agreement reached Wednesday and take care of his dogs as outlined by […]