LIVERMORE — Joanna Said is seeking election to the Androscoggin County register of probate, a post to which she was appointed in 2014. The position is held by Joshua Klein-Golden. “Important things happen in the probate department,” Said said in a statement. “We need good people to serve the people of Androscoggin County efficiently and […]
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Kingfield to vote on spending, elect officials
KINGFIELD — Voters Saturday will be asked to elect selectmen and a school board member and to approve the 2016-17 town budget. The meeting will start at 9 a.m. at Kingfield Elementary School. Incumbents Heather Moody and Ray Meldrum are running for three-year Board of Selectmen terms without opposition. Regional School Unit 58 Director Beth Luce […]
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RSU 9 voters send $32.97M budget to referendum
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 voters set a $32.97 million budget for 2016-17 on Wednesday in the first of two votes on the proposed spending plan. In a town-meeting-style forum at Mt. Blue Campus, voters also set $404,034 for the proposed adult education budget. The local share is $153,982. It is $18,544 more than this […]
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New Sharon man fatally shot in Wilton
WILTON — Maine State Police are investigating the shooting death of 24-year-old Michael Reis of New Sharon early Wednesday morning. The shooting took place at about 1 a.m. outside a mobile home on Weld Road. Reis was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington in a private car, according to Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine […]
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One injured, one charged in Farmington accident
FARMINGTON — A Dixfield woman was injured and a Wilton man charged following a rear-end crash on Wilton Road on Tuesday, police said. Candy Welch, 46, was taken by NorthStar ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital complaining of a shoulder injury, Farmington Detective Darin Gilbert said. She was treated and later released, he said. Welch’s son, […]
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Former Livermore road foreman pleads guilty to OUI
FARMINGTON — A former Livermore road foreman changed his plea on a drunken-driving charge to guilty Tuesday in Farmington District Court. Gerald Whitney, 60, of Wilton was fined $500 and sentenced to 48 hours at the Franklin County Detention Center and lost his license for 150 days, after Judge Maria Woodman accepted the new plea. […]
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Alder Stream Township camp fire apparently accidental
ALDER STREAM TOWNSHIP — The cause of a fire Sunday at a camp on Route 27 appears to be accidental, Fire Chief Sprague Wise said Tuesday. An investigator from the Office of the State Fire Marshal checked the scene Tuesday, he said, and wants to speak again to the owner, Ron Clark of Waldoboro. Wise […]
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Fire razes pole barn in Farmington
FARMINGTON — The Office of the State Fire Marshal has been contacted to help determine the cause of pole barn fire Tuesday evening at 656 Mosher Hill Road. Karen and Patrick Cyr, owners, were eating dinner when Karen Cyr said she saw flames shooting out from the barn located behind the house and garage. It […]
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Robert Lively explores life of Mormon missionary in recently released book
WILTON — Robert Lively is quick to say he is not a Mormon and has never been a missionary. But he finds the personal stories and the missionary process of the young elders and sisters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints intriguing. After conducting nearly 300 worldwide interviews over 21 years, […]
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Fire razes Industry home; investigators can’t determine cause
INDUSTRY — The cause of a fire that destroyed a single-story home Tuesday morning on the Taylor Michael Road is undetermined because of the extent of damage, Fire Chief Kevin Gurney said. The home, near the Starks town line off Industry Road, was owned by Anthony and Melissa Howard, Gurney said. An investigator from the Office of the State […]