TEMPLE — A home at 487 Intervale Road was damaged Monday morning when a fire ignited in a clothes dryer. Glen Palmer returned home about 9:30 a.m. to see heavy black smoke through the windows, Temple Fire Chief David True said. Palmer did not open the doors or go inside, which kept oxygen levels down. […]
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News and information about Franklin County from the Sun Journal.
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This week’s agenda
Monday Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Community Day Committee, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Hartford: Road Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Livermore: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: […]
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Lexington-Highland Historical Society opens in new home
LEXINGTON PLANTATION — More than 100 individuals came to the open house and dedication of the Lexington-Highland Historical Society’s new home on Saturday. Only six years ago, the area at the corner of the Long Falls Dam and Back Roads had been the site of a burned-out homestead, overgrown with brush and weeds. Today’s guests viewed […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were recently recorded at the Oxford County Jail: * Braden Hawley, 33, of Brownfield, criminal mischief and violation of bail conditions, 9:47 a.m., Aug. 18 in Brownfield, Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. * Cameron Henry, 22, of Brownfield, two counts, failure to pay fines, 9:35 p.m., Aug. 18 in Fryeburg, Fryeburg […]
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Kingfield woman accused of misleading police in fatal Farmington accident
FARMINGTON — A Kingfield woman is accused of misleading police in an effort to help her boyfriend “conceal” a crash that killed a Wilton woman on Wilton Road early Jan. 1. Nikita Tolman, 27, was indicted Thursday on a felony charge of hindering apprehension or prosecution and a misdemeanor charge of filing a false public […]
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Wilton man pleads not guilty to murder
FARMINGTON – A Wilton man pleaded not guilty Friday to shooting a New Sharon man to death June 1. Timothy Danforth, 24, is charged with intentional or knowing murder of Michael Reis, 24, outside of Danforth’s father’s house on Weld Road in Wilton. Danforth, who was indicted by a grand jury Thursday, occasionally wiped tears […]
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UMF senior interns at Plimoth Plantation
FARMINGTON — Kathleen Joseph’s memories of a school field trip to Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts, recall a super boring experience for the then-kindergartner. Besides which, she got gum stuck in her hair while touring the living history center, where the world of the 17th century New England comes to life. Despite those memories, the […]