FARMINGTON — Farmington Elks Lodge #2430 finished off the past year with a New Year’s dance at the lodge in West Farmington. The evening included an annual visitation from the Maine Elks Association President Don Piper and his wife, Susan, said Les Brown, exalted ruler of the local lodge. Following a dinner at Calzolaio Pasta Company […]
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Police charge teens in Farmington burglary
FARMINGTON — Police said two local teens were charged with burglary and theft at a Clover Mill Road residence on Sunday. The caretaker of the property checked it about 4:20 p.m. Sunday and found footprints in the snow leading up to the house, according to a Farmington Police Department report. The juveniles were caught on the […]
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Selectmen agree to put fire station repair options before voters
LIVERMORE FALLS — The Livermore Falls Board of Selectmen Tuesday agreed to put three options before voters addressing structural deficiencies at the fire station at a special town meeting scheduled for Feb. 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Office. The options, presented by the engineering firm of Lincoln/Haney Engineering Associates Inc., provide for engineering […]
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RSU 9 bus, vehicle collide in New Sharon
NEW SHARON — A Farmington man lost control of his car on icy and snow-covered Starks Road on Tuesday afternoon and it struck a Regional School Unit 9 bus. Bus driver Alisha Durrell of New Sharon and the 20 students on the bus were not injured, Franklin County Cpl. Kevin Hartley said in his report […]
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Former Livermore Falls man to serve 6 years for Jay robbery
FARMINGTON — One of three co-defendants accused of robbing a 75-year-old Jay man last June was sentenced Friday to serve six years of a 15-year robbery sentence, according to Franklin County court documents. Jay police Detective Michael Mejia said previously that Eric Hafford, 35, of Livermore Falls and Daniel Leet, 34, of Lewiston had their […]
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RSU 9 to hire educational technician for plumbing program
FARMINGTON – The Regional School Unit 9 board approved hiring a part-time educational technician III on Jan. 12 for the plumbing program at the Foster Career and Technical Education Center at Mt. Blue Campus. The cost is $4,700 to finish out the school year and it will be paid for through a grant from the […]
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Jay recreation group to organize sled-in, winter festival at French Falls
JAY — The Recreation Committee is planning the Spruce Mountain Sled-In and Winter Family Festival on Saturday, Feb. 13, at the French Falls Recreation Area. The committee got the initial go-ahead last week from selectpersons. Members will hold their first coordination meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, at the Town Office. The committee is […]
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Race conversations encouraged at Martin Luther King Jr. Day service
FARMINGTON — The Rev. Douglas Dunlap challenged those at the ecumenical Martin Luther King Jr. Day service Monday to talk about race with others. “How shall we go forward?” he asked. “I welcome you, indeed offer a call to us all … to bring about in this community, and in every community, constructive conversations about […]
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This week’s Region agenda
Monday Casco: Open Space Commission, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Rumford: Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste Board, 5 p.m., Municipal Building Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., County Building Hartford: Road Committee, 7 p.m., Town Hall Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Otisfield: Planning Board, 7 p.m., […]
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Mills to speak at Great Falls Forum
LEWISTON — The Great Falls Forum on Thursday, Jan. 21, will feature Maine Attorney General Janet Mills with a lecture titled “A Week in the Life of a Maine Attorney General.” The program runs from noon to 1 p.m. in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library. Mills is serving her third term as attorney […]