JAY — Police are seeking the person who threw a rock through the rose stained-glass window in the back of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. Cpl. Jeffrey Fournier said the Rev. Joseph Daniels reported the vandalism at about 2 p.m. Saturday. The large round window has multiple smaller windows that are about 16 to […]
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Closing on 112 Church Street sale to Farmington postponed to October
FARMINGTON — Closing on the purchase of property at 112 Church St. was postponed from Sept. 14 to Oct. 14, Town Manager Richard Davis told the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday. The town proposed to purchase the property for $79,000, raze the building and create new downtown parking spaces. One reason for the delay is […]
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Sabattus man accused of beating ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — A Sabattus man is accused of beating his ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend Tuesday night, threatening him with a rifle and assaulting her, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Wednesday. The male victim was taken to a Farmington hospital by ambulance, Steward said. Andrew Breton, 21, was arrested on charges of felony burglary and misdemeanor domestic […]
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RSU 9 board OKs new position
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted Tuesday night to create an educational technician III position to supervise high school students serving in-house suspensions. The position will be 35 hours per week and include a stipend. The weighted voted was 579-265. The district has been hiring a substitute to oversee in-house suspensions. The new […]
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Strong selectmen told of cemetery maintenance techniques
STRONG — Towns with older cemeteries can be hard pressed to find ways to pay for repairing, cleaning, straightening and identifying deteriorated and broken gravestones. At Tuesday night’s selectmen meeting, Deborah Probert of Farmington, a member of the Maine Old Cemetery Association, presented selectmen with examples of standard cemetery stone repairs and cleaning. Probert said […]
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Transition team formed to help Verso workers who lose jobs
JAY — People are in the process of organizing resources to help Verso Corp. workers who will lose their jobs in late October at the Androscoggin Mill. Sixty-six people turned out for the first meeting of a transition team on Friday at St. Rose Parish Hall in Jay, Lisa Laflin, executive director of the United […]
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Car destroyed in Madrid Township crash
MADRID TOWNSHIP — Police said a Rangeley Plantation woman became distracted Tuesday morning and her car crossed the centerline of Route 4 and went into the woods. Franklin County Chief Deputy Steven Lowell came across the accident near Harvey Pond at about 7:24 a.m., Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. According to Lowell, Cary Millbury, 21, […]
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Livermore road foreman resigns
LIVERMORE — Selectpersons voted unanimously Tuesday night to accept, with regret, a letter of resignation from highway foreman Roger Ferland. Ferland has accepted a position as service manager at Bailey Brothers Ford in Livermore Falls. He submitted the letter Aug. 26 and since then he and Administrative Assistant Carrie Castonguay have been discussing road projects planned for the […]
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Farmington selectmen fill school board vacancy
FARMINGTON — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday unanimously appointed Ryan Morgan as an interim Regional School Unit 9 director and reconsidered the permanent weight limit for Porter Hill Road adopted last month. Acknowledging the difficulty of choosing from three good applicants for the interim position created by Claire Andrews’ resignation, board members supported Morgan, […]
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Rangeley Vietnam pilot to be remembered
RANGELEY — An interment ceremony and remembrance reception for Vietnam War pilot Lt. j.g. Neil Brooks Taylor, who was killed in South Vietnam in 1965, will be held on Monday, Sept. 14. It will be the 50th anniversary of his death when he was 25 years old. According to the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting […]