Students at Spruce Mountain Primary School in Livermore on Tuesday flock to the new boat recently installed at the playground. One called it the Mayflower. The boat was obtained after a year of fundraising. (Pam Harnden/Livermore Falls Advertiser) Student Kilee Lewis slips down a slide on the new boat in the Spruce Mountain Primary School playground […]
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Veteran Charlie Bennett remembered for lifetime service
FARMINGTON — Although Charles “Charlie” Bennett may have served in the Army nearly 50 years ago, “he was still serving his country with pride until the day he died,” veteran Donald Simoneau of Fayette said. The community is remembering Bennett who passed unexpectedly on Nov. 25 in Florida at the age of 69. “He came […]
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Jay residents voice concern over panel'srecommendations
JAY — Business representatives and mobile home park owners voiced concerns Monday to selectpersons about the Solid Waste Committee’s recommendations on who can use curbside pickup service. The committee had approved the recommendations in a mixed vote. The panel was tasked with looking for savings to offset the cost of reinstating curbside pickup. The service […]
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Priceless: Eustis hunter saves a buck
EUSTIS — A hunter who had been pursuing deer in the woods just a day earlier used his boat Sunday to save a drowning buck from a freezing lake. The Bangor Daily News reports Justin Wyman saw the struggling buck in Flagstaff Lake in Eustis on Sunday. The six-point buck had fallen through thin ice […]
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Phillips man pleads not guilty to sexually assaulting children
FARMINGTON — A Phillips man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to sexually assaulting two children under the age of 15. Michael Harriman, 27, of Phillips entered the pleas to two Class A counts of gross sexual assault. He was indicted on the charges Nov. 1. A conviction on a Class A crime is punishable by a […]
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Walton's Mill Pond Dam meeting Wednesday
FARMINGTON — A public meeting is scheduled for Wednesday to discuss the results of the draft Walton’s Mill Dam feasibility study, Atlantic salmon passage and landscape designs for the adjacent town park. The public is invited to the discussion planned from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, at the Farmington Community Center. Hosted by […]
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RSU 9 approves employee contracts
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors approved three new contracts for three employee groups that had been working with expired contracts this year. The board made the decisions Nov. 21. The board approved a three-year contract with Food Service employees. The service is a separate, self-sufficient enterprise that is not included in the school […]
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Massachusetts man is 3rd suspect in torching of Franklin County bulldozer
FARMINGTON — A Massachusetts man, the third co-defendant in an arson case, was arrested on Wednesday by the Gardner Police Department in Massachusetts, according to a release from the Maine Department of Public Safety. Michael Stanley, 23, of Gardner, faces a charge of arson in Maine. Stanley, along with Devon Clark, 18, of Rangeley and […]
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Basketball fundraiser held for youth sports safety foundation
Members of the girls’ varsity squads from Spruce Mountain and Mt. View (dark uniforms) high schools compete in the sixth annual alumni and exhibition basketball games held in support of the Jake Lord Play It Safe Foundation Friday night at Spruce Mountain High School in Jay. The foundation’s mission is to promote safety in youth […]
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Franklin County sheriff says driver with 18 suspensions sped away during traffic stop
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office asked for help Friday in finding an Albany Township driver who sped away from an officer and a slew of charges Thursday. Devin Leonard, 25, was stopped for a traffic violation at 12:49 p.m. on Route 156, near the intersection of Vienna Road in Chesterville by Deputy Derek […]