NEW SHARON — Fire destroyed a mobile home on Farmington Falls Road Wednesday afternoon, leaving one man homeless. Fire crews from several towns were called to the scene near Tuttles Auto Sales shortly after 4 p.m. Firefighters had to cut their way through a heavy ring of trees before they could get hoses to the […]
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News and information about Franklin County from the Sun Journal.
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Livermore Falls veteran struggling to build house
LIVERMORE FALLS — Veteran Jim Cyr is thankful to be alive and for everything he has. Cyr, 50, is 80 percent disabled. He lives off the grid in a yurt and has been struggling to build a house since 2010. But injuries, a lack of money and other issues have made it difficult. Cyr was […]
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Jay police looking for hit-and-run driver
JAY — Police are looking for the driver of a white flatbed truck they say collided with a car Tuesday afternoon at Macomber Hill and Lomie Rivers roads and fled the scene. The accident sent a mother and young daughter to a hospital. The utility truck, which will have front right quarter damage, was last […]
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Archie’s providing curbside collection to Jay
JAY — Archie’s Inc. of Mexico will begin curbside collection of trash and recyclables at 5 a.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 2 and 3, depending upon where residents live. On Wednesdays, pickup includes mainly streets south of Route 140 and in East Jay. Route 133/Franklin Road residents are also on the Wednesday schedule. On Thursdays, […]
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Police charge Strong man for failing to report crash
FARMINGTON — A Strong man was charged Monday with failing to report a crash by the quickest means after an accident on Knowlton Corner Road, according to police. Police said Wesley Adams, 25, was driving a Subaru station wagon toward Chesterville when he apparently lost control on a corner near 639 Knowlton Corner Road at […]
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Not a maintenance decision
STRONG — A story that appeared on B1 in the Region edition Monday should have said selectmen in Strong discontinued the Dickey Road about 60 years ago, but that decision had nothing to do with maintenance of the road. The information was incorrectly edited by the Sun Journal.
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Worker injured when boulder comes loose at Wilton treatment plant
WILTON — An E.L. Vining and Son Inc. employee was injured Tuesday afternoon when a boulder rolled into an excavated hole and onto the man’s lower extremities. Employees of the Farmington company were preparing the site for clarifiers for the more than $3 million upgrade of the Wilton Wastewater Treatment Plant on Davis Court. The […]
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Wilton sets public hearing for zone change for Route 2 lot
WILTON — Planning Board members agreed Thursday to hold a public hearing in December for residents to discuss a zoning change for a lot on Routes 2 and 4. But, since the meeting, a decision has been made to not hold a secret ballot vote on the zoning change in January, Town Manager Rhonda Irish, […]
Posted inFranklin, Oxford Hills, River Valley
This week’s agenda
Tuesday Hartford: Road Committee, 7 p.m., Town Hall Mexico: Mexico Sewer District Board of Trustees, 4:30 p.m., Town Hall Paris: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Roxbury: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office
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Livermore driver OK after SUV rolls over in Jay
JAY — A Livermore driver lost control of her SUV on a slippery section of Route 133 Monday and it rolled onto its roof, Cpl. Jeffrey Fournier said. Kellie Donahue, 38, was heading north about 6:47 a.m. when the vehicle skidded across the southbound lane, went onto the shoulder and rolled over, he said. Donahue […]