Leia Goodwin paints a pumpkin during the Betty Shibles Memorial Scarecrow Fest and Pumpkin Derby held Saturday in Wilton. The Western Maine Play Museum, Life’s Perks, the Wilton Congregational Church, the Wilton Free Public Library and Collins Cakes and Bakes offered activities in the morning. Xavier Krumbach makes a scarecrow at the Wilton Free Public […]
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Chesterville tax rate, new office hours set
CHESTERVILLE — Selectmen on Thursday night set a 2017 tax rate of $17.30 per $1,000 of property valuation and approved new hours at the Town Office. Selectmen last month had tabled setting the tax rate pending the outcome of the third referendum on a Regional School Unit 9 budget. The budget failed, for the third […]
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Grandparents Day at Spruce Mountain Primary School
Carter Cote gets a ride on Ed Melcher’s shoulders as they wait to enter Spruce Mountain Primary School for the school’s first Grandparents Day on Friday. More than 300 grandparents, parents and siblings visited classrooms.
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RSU 58 opts to pay penalty
KINGFIELD — The Regional School Unit 58 board of directors faced a no-win situation, deciding to accept a Maine Department of Education $31,000 penalty, rather than partnering with another school district to develop a regional service center. The problem wasn’t that the district couldn’t find a partner district and develop a plan, Superintendent Susan Pratt […]
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New Vineyard man charged with failing to stop
NEW VINEYARD — A New Vineyard man was arrested Thursday evening after a police chase from Farmington to New Vineyard. Devin T. Heutz, 24, was arrested on charges of failing to stop for an officer, attaching false plates and operating with a suspended license, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols said in his weekly report. At […]
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Farmington Solar Project draws feedback
Farmington Selectman Stephan Bunker, left, and Code Enforcement Officer Steve Kaiser, right, view a photo of proposed solar panel areas for the Farmington Solar Project during a public meeting Wednesday. FARMINGTON — Most residents at a public meeting on the proposed Farmington Solar Project on Wednesday viewed the nearly $100 million investment in renewal […]
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Layoffs possible at Androscoggin, Franklin, Oxford counties CareerCenters
WILTON — Three adults walked into the CareerCenter minutes apart on Monday seeking assistance related to the unemployment, job training, skill upgrades and disadvantaged workers information that are among the services offered. Patty Ladd, a manager at the Wilton center and the Rumford satellite office, helped one person while other staff assisted the two others. […]
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Rumford woman taken to hospital after Jeep rolls on Route 133
LIVERMORE FALLS — A Rumford woman was taken to a hospital Wednesday afternoon after the vehicle she was driving rolled over on Park Street, also known as Route 133. A Regional School Unit 73 bus was traveling north toward the downtown area and activated its light to drop off students at 552 Park St. Lona […]
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Wilton Scarecrow Fest, Pumpkin Derby dedicated to festival founder
WILTON — The Wilton Group and the Wilton Events Committee have dedicated the town’s Scarecrow Fest this year to a devoted organizer. The Betty Shibles Memorial Scarecrow Fest and Pumpkin Derby will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, downtown, Eileen Liddy, Wilton Group chairwoman, said. Shibles had started planning this […]
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Wilton hires police officer, appoints members to boards
WILTON — Justin Lowe of Wilton was hired Monday as a police officer, Town Manager Rhonda Irish told selectpersons Tuesday. He replaces Tyler Fournier who left in August, she said. Lowe, a member of Wilton Fire Department, has worked for the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. He will attend the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro, […]