LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating a break-in on Cargill Street where a “substantial amount of cash was stolen,” Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Monday. Officer Stephen Gould investigated the burglary, which was reported at 6:09 p.m. The resident left the home for a short time Thursday and returned early evening and found the […]
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News and information about Franklin County from the Sun Journal.
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‘It’s a mess’
Officials said Monday it will be several days before some roads are reopened and power is restored across the state because of a powerful storm that blew into Maine late Sunday night with winds topping 70 mph. Central Maine Power said the number of outages — more than 400,000 at midday Monday — was more […]
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Pines topple onto Farmington deck
Three pine trees toppled onto an enclosed deck during high winds Monday morning on Mason Road in Farmington. Homeowner David Swett, left, and stepson Anthony Trask, right, begin clearing the trees to reach a generator on the deck. (Ann Bryant/Franklin Journal) Three pine trees toppled onto an enclosed deck during high winds Monday morning on […]
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Flags held high
Veteran Don Simoneau of Fayette sits Monday in the wind and rain in front of Richardson Cemetery on Main Street in Livermore Falls. It was the second-to-last Monday of the Flags Held High program, which runs from the first Monday in May through the Monday before Veterans Day. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal)
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Regional agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Telstar Regional High School, public hearings on SAD 44 cost-sharing formula, proposed changes to the municipal commercial wind ordinance and authorization for selectmen to dispose of the former West Bethel Children’s Center building. Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Otisfield: Selectmen, […]
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Jay sets timeline for town meeting, budget vote
JAY — The annual town meeting referendum will be held April 24 for the 2018-19 budget. Selectpersons have decided to return to a budget process format of developing a budget to present to the Budget Committee instead of involving the committee from the start of deliberations. The board has invited the Budget Committee to participate […]
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UMF surpasses goal for local food
As part of Sodexo’s Global Chef Program, chef Steve Passchyn of Belgium, left, shared his dishes on the campus of the University of Maine at Farmington this week. David Vincent and Rosa Libby of Phillips talk with the chef Friday. (Ann Bryant/Franklin Journal) Sodexo, the food service at the University of Maine at Farmington, celebrated a […]
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New Vineyard boy who lost leg is off ventilator and able to talk
NEW VINEYARD — A young boy whose leg was severed in a bucket-loader accident Monday was off a ventilator Friday but still in the intensive care unit at Boston Children’s Hospital, according to a family friend. The right leg of Adam Mattson, 4, of New Vineyard was severed and his left leg seriously damaged when […]
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RSU 9 faces loss of funding for system administration
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9, like other school systems in the state, is facing a loss of funding for system administration. If they join a regional service center by next July they will get additional funding. School systems already face less funding per student in future budgets for system administration, Superintendent Tom Ward told […]
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RSU 73 board approves cooperative wrestling program
LIVERMORE FALLS — At their meeting Thursday, the Regional School Unit 73 board of directors approved a cooperative high school wrestling program between Spruce Mountain and Mt. Blue high schools. The board heard a presentation from Spruce Mountain High School Athletic Director Marc Keller, who said a freshman boy at the school was looking to […]