WILTON — The Board of Selectpersons agreed Tuesday to continue discussions with the Buxton Group and three other towns regarding use of the company’s services as a potential economic development tool. Town managers and two selectpersons from four towns – Wilton, Farmington, Jay and Livermore Falls – met this week with representatives from Buxton Group and […]
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Texas man charged with 6 counts of murder
A Texas man was formally charged with six counts of capital murder Thursday in the killing of a group of people in Anderson County that included a former Farmington man and his daughter. William Mitchell Hudson, 33, is accused of shooting two of the victims inside a travel camper and another four in the woods […]
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LEGO League qualifier is Saturday
JAY — The SMART Central Maine LEGO League Qualifier will be held Saturday, Nov. 21, at Spruce Mountain High School. The event is free to the public. The qualifier is one of three that will be held around the state this year because of the increasing popularity of the FIRST LEGO League program. FIRST stands for […]
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Strong fifth-grade string ensemble performs
STRONG — Students in instructor Graybert Beacham’s fifth-grade class offered the Regional School Unit 58 board, staff and audience an opportunity to appreciate their months of practice and lessons at their performance at the Strong Elementary School on Thursday evening. The performance included six short pieces that demonstrated the students’ understanding of timing, tempo and […]
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Wilton planners consider permit and zone change for Route 2 lot
WILTON — The Planning Board will consider approving a permit for construction of a storage building on Routes 2 and 4 at its meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at the Town Office. A lot next to Dutch Treat has been cleared and owner Miguel Ibarguen of Bowley Brook Maple Inc. is asking for […]
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Game wardens charge Fayette, Jay, Livermore males in deer slayings
FARMINGTON — Four teens have been charged with shooting four deer and leaving them to die in Franklin and Androscoggin counties in April, Maine Warden Service Cpl. John MacDonald said in a news release Wednesday. Wardens charged Zachary Black, 19, of Jay, Kyle Elliott, 19, of Fayette, and two 17-year-old males from Livermore with one […]
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Board approves early holiday closures
LIVERMORE — The Board of Selectpersons voted Monday to approve early closures of the Town Office for Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Christmas Eve is on a Thursday this year and the office is usually closed on Wednesdays. Selectperson Megan Dion said that Christmas Eve morning is usually busy. “Tons of hunting and fishing […]
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Jay man pleads not guilty to federal embezzlement charge
FARMINGTON — A Jay man pleaded not guilty Friday in a Portland court to a felony charge of embezzlement from an organization receiving federal funds, according to U.S. District Court documents. Timothy P. Gallagher, 46, an ex-construction project manager for Stanford Management LLC, is accused of embezzling nearly $80,000 from a federally-funded program between about […]
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Police ID woman killed in Farmington collision
FARMINGTON — Police Chief Jack Peck on Wednesday identified the woman killed in a head-on collision Tuesday evening as Tacy Taylor, 59, of Farmington. The reason her 2003 Ford Windstar van crossed the centerline on Farmington Falls Road and collided with a Dead River Co. oil tanker is still under investigation, he said. The 2007 […]