CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Voters on Wednesday will elect four town officials and decide on a 2016 budget that would lower property taxes 1 percent. Voting will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the municipal office. The town meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. at the Outdoor Center. All but one of the […]
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RSU 9 to begin talks on preliminary draft $33.5 million budget
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors will begin discussions Tuesday on a preliminary budget of $33.5 million for 2016-17. The package includes all requests and needs from administrators and department heads. The regular board meeting begins at 6 p.m. March 8 in The Forum at Mt. Blue Campus on Seamon Road. Budget discussion will follow. […]
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Correction: Wrong last name
FARMINGTON — A photo published on Page B2 on Saturday should have identified Nicholas Rowe, 9. His last name was incorrectly reported by the Sun Journal.
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Phillips man charged in assault of woman
STRONG — A Phillips man is accused of choking a woman until she nearly passed out early Saturday at a residence on South Strong Road, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Monday. Deputy Andrew Morgan responded to a report of a disturbance at the residence at 1:38 a.m. An unnamed person stopped the assault by pushing John Pillsbury […]
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Livermore Falls birthday party turns into street fight
LIVERMORE FALLS — A family birthday party on Knapp Street on Sunday erupted into a large street fight involving sticks and bats, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Monday. Police responded to a report of a riot in the vicinity of 30 Knapp St. at 4:47 p.m. There were 10 to 12 people at the […]
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Livermore to stop plowing private roads immediately
LIVERMORE — Selectpersons voted 4-1 Monday evening to immediately discontinue winter maintenance on 10 private roads town employees had been plowing. Peter Couglan, director of the Community Services Division of the Maine Department of Transportation, told road foreman and Selectperson Tom Gould the town, by law, has no right to be on private roads and it […]
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Nebraska man is 4th to be charged in Carthage, Wilton arsons
FARMINGTON — A fourth man has been indicted in two house fires on June 27, 2015, in Carthage and Wilton. A Franklin County grand jury indicted Einer Bonilla, 22, of Grand Island, Neb., on Friday on four counts of felony arson and a felony charge of conspiracy to commit arson. A conviction on each of […]
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Franklin County raises wages for new deputies
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted unanimously Monday to approve an addendum to the Fraternal Order of Police contract that increases the hourly wage of a fully-certified starting patrol deputy. The reason for the increase is to make the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office more competitive with law enforcement agencies within the county to attract […]
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Jay Hill crash sends Canton man to hospital
JAY — A Canton man was transported to the hospital after a two-car collision at the bottom of Jay Hill on Sunday. Randall McEwen, 19, of Canton was driving a 2002 Saturn on Oak Street toward Main Street when he failed to stop at a stop sign, began to cross Main Street and struck a […]
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This week’s agenda
Monday Dixfield: Joint meeting of selectmen and Finance Committee, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library 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 Paris: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town […]