Monday Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Hartford: Food Bank, 4 p.m., Town Hall Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Library Board of Trustees, 3 p.m., Public Library Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Livermore Falls: Public […]
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New taxi service for Farmington
FARMINGTON — A new taxi service is preparing to start serving local customers within a couple of weeks. Kellon Alexis is starting Farmington Taxi with one of two smaller, nontraditional vehicles. They are silver Nissan Maximas. Jayson Lee will also drive for the new service, he said. The Board of Selectmen approved his application for […]
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Three suspects charged with heroin trafficking in Franklin County
FARMINGTON — Three people were charged this week with selling heroin in the Franklin County area, and more arrests are expected, police said. A drug agent arrested Logan White, 27, of Industry on Wednesday on felony charges of aggravated trafficking in schedule drugs, conspiracy to commit aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs and illegal importation of […]
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Fire destroys Avon home; dog saved
AVON — A house at 242 Avon Valley Road was destroyed by fire Friday morning. The fire at the home of Scott Wilcox and Mary Bachelder is believed to have started around the exterior of the building, Phillips Fire Chief Mark Rousseau, said. It may have started with a chimney fire and embers that dropped […]
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser
Jay’s tax rate to rise after Verso tax dispute settlement
JAY — The tax rate will increase following the settlement of a tax dispute on the valuation of the Androscoggin Mill and related property for the years of 2013, 2014 and 2015, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said. Selectpersons agreed to give paper mill owner Verso a credit of $4 million over the next three tax years […]
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RSU 73 board approves assessment of taxes for budget
LIVERMORE FALLS — The Regional School Unit 73 school board Thursday approved and signed warrants for assessments from Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The amounts are: • Jay, $8.60 million; • Livermore, $1.89 million; and • Livermore Falls, $1.63 million. The $18.92 million school budget for 2016-17 was […]
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About 75 firefighters, forest rangers douse Chesterville woods fire
CHESTERVILLE — About 75 firefighters from nine departments and the Maine Forest Service worked into the night Wednesday to put out a woods fire that burned about 4 acres off Borough Road, Assistant Chief Conley Gould III said Thursday. A forest ranger in a Maine Forest Service helicopter spotted the fire and reported it at […]
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Front Street drainage project nears start
FARMINGTON — Work on the new Front Street drainage system is expected to begin around the middle of May, Town Manager Richard Davis said. “It’s been a long road, but I think it’s safe to say that the town is pleased to finally get going on this important project,” he said. Davis told the Board […]
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Positions, operations reduced by Franklin Community Health Network
FARMINGTON — Franklin Community Health Network will eliminate 40 full-time positions and reduce some operations in an effort to end a string of losses. Since July 1, 2011, FCHN has lost more than $15 million. If it had not been for some one-time federal money, the losses would have topped $20 million during that time, according […]
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UMF protester proud to be called an ‘idiot’ by Gov. Paul LePage
FARMINGTON — Freshman Ally Hammond, an Auburn native, said she was shocked that a sign she held up Tuesday prompted Gov. Paul LePage to storm off a stage at the University of Maine at Farmington, calling her and another student “idiots.” Hammond, 19, a psychology major at UMF, said she doesn’t dislike LePage because he’s […]