JAY — An alarm will be installed on the boiler at the North Jay Fire Station that will send out an alert if the temperature in the building drops below a certain degree. Selectpersons requested on Dec. 12 that the annual service on the boiler be moved up a month to January. They would also […]
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Regional agenda
Monday Casco: Open Space Commission, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Bethel: Water District, 7 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Casco: Open house at new Town Office, 3 to 7 p.m., 635 Meadow Road Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Livermore Falls: Selectmen, […]
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Face Time: Gary Cobb — Mr. Outdoorsman
There are people who appreciate the outdoors and then there are people like Gary Cobb of North New Portland, who live and breathe the outdoors. He has loved the outdoors since he was a boy. He and his wife, Betty, of 52 years, started and operated a successful boys’ wilderness camp for 17 years in […]
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Chesterville board hire consultant, change MMA contact list
CHESTERVILLE — Selectmen have hired Diana Young as an office consultant. Board Chairman Guy Iverson said at Thursday’s board meeting that Young will work about 22 hours per week, the same as town Treasurer Olive Couture. Young retired as Farmington finance director-treasurer in September and is familiar with the TRIO software program used by many municipalities. […]
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Carrabassett Valley man sentenced on third drunken-driving charge
FARMINGTON — A former Carrabassett Valley official was sentenced Friday to 30 days in jail and a six-year license suspension for his third drunken-driving conviction in six years. , 65, was also fined $1,480 and given a six-year registration suspension. He will begin his sentence Dec. 27. A misdemeanor charge of operating beyond license condition […]
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Freeman Township man sentenced for sex abuse
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice Friday sentenced a Freeman Township man to three years in jail,with all but nine months suspended, accused of sexually abusing a girl under age 16. Justin M. Robinson, 22, will serve his sentence at Franklin County Detention Center. The sentence starts Jan. 5, Justice William Stokes said. The sentence […]
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Carthage man sentenced on aggravated assault charge
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice Friday sentenced a Carthage man to 10 years in prison, with all but three years suspended, for cutting his girlfriend’s neck last year. Bennie T. Bowie II, 48, pleaded Nov. 18 to felony aggravated assault, not agreeing with the state’s evidence but acknowledging that if it were presented to a […]
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Section of cemetery wall toppled in Farmington
FARMINGTON — A section of a rock wall at Fairview Cemetery was toppled Tuesday morning by a bucket loader traveling down High Street, police said. The machine, owned by Cousineau Inc. of Wilton, was being driven by Raymond Merchant, 33, of New Sharon, Farmington police officer Michael Lyman said. Apparently, the loader was close to […]
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RSU 58 board requested to fly POW-MIA flag again
STRONG — Several veterans asked the Regional School Unit 58 board Thursday to reinstate the Prisoner of War-Missing in Action flag on the flagpole at Mt. Abram High School. The meeting drew several members of area veterans groups who wanted to know why the flag was no longer flying. According to Superintendent Susan Pratt, the […]
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Lost cat and owner reunite at Farmington shelter
FARMINGTON — A cat, lost for several months, was reunited with his owner Wednesday at the Franklin County Animal Shelter. It was a small miracle, Dory Diaz, website and volunteer coordinator, said. After dealing with kittens anonymously abandoned at their doorstep last week, Diaz posted the reunion story to share the good news and give […]