As I unlocked each front and back door to our home this morning, I suddenly felt a loss of innocence. I am at retirement age, so such innocence, which some would call naivete, should really have disappeared years ago. But it didn’t. This loss of innocence and the resulting sadness is caused by the theft […]
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Wilton library joins in with Blueberry Festival and 100th anniversary of building
WILTON — The Wilton Blueberry Festival theme of “Maine, All About Reading and Writing” prompted the Wilton Free Public Library to offer special activities this weekend, director David Olson told the select board Tuesday. The 33rd annual festival takes place Friday and Saturday, Aug. 7 and 8. Olson and Lynne Hunter, adult services staff, told […]
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Wilton board seeks bids on roof work at Kineowatha Park
WILTON — The Board of Selectpersons voted Tuesday to readvertise for bids for roof work on a building at Kineowatha Park. Town Manager Rhonda Irish said no bids were received and no inquiries made as the result of previous advertisements in local papers. Realizing contractors may have work lined up through the fall, the board […]
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Livermore Falls police say suspect got drunk, stole 3 vehicles overnight
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police said a Livermore Falls man stole three vehicles, crashing one, driving another into a sand pit and the third down a snowmobile trail. All three had keys in them. Tye Hall, 20, was arrested Wednesday morning on three counts of felony theft — unauthorized taking of a motor vehicle, Lt. Joseph […]
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Livermore Falls tax rate unchanged for 2015-16
LIVERMORE FALLS — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday set the tax rate at $21.10 for 2015-16, the same as the past fiscal year. Town Manager Kristal Flagg told the board Tuesday that the town has about $1.1 million in overlay. The town needs about $300,000 per month to operate, and auditors like to see at least […]
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Two injured in Livermore crash
LIVERMORE — Two people from Canton were injured Sunday afternoon when their vehicle went off Route 108 into a rock wall, Maine State Police Trooper Nathan Jamo said. Dianne Doughty, 41, was driving a Jeep Liberty toward Canton at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday with Dale Doughty, 32, in the passenger seat. He made suicidal statements, […]
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Cash, safe taken from Sugarloaf rescue vehicles in Wilton
WILTON — Police are investigating the theft of over $1,000 in cash from Sugarloaf Rescue Vehicles on Route 2 during the weekend. Owner Ron Morin buys, maintains and sells rescue vehicles from the site, Wilton Police Chief Heidi Wilcox said. Morin arrived Monday morning to find someone had forced their way in through a […]
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Two of three stolen vehicles recovered
WILTON — After three vehicles were stolen in the past three days from Munson Road and Depot Street, Police Chief Heidi Wilcox is warning residents to secure their vehicles and belongings. Two of the vehicles were recovered in North Jay, Wilcox said. Police are still searching for the third, a red 2009 Honda Fit with […]
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County considers second communication tower on Mosher Hill
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners agreed Tuesday to have a lease drawn up for two communications towers on Mosher Hill. After discussions about extending the county’s 100-foot tower on Mosher Hill to help improve the county’s communication issues, an idea to use a nearby 190-foot tower owned by Tri-County EMS was considered, Tim Hardy, Franklin […]
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Wilton Blueberry Festival bracelets selling like hotcakes
WILTON — As the 33rd Annual Wilton Blueberry Festival approaches this weekend, a festival charm bracelet has become “the hottest item in town,” Shannon Smith, festival organizer, said. “I sold 100 in an hour on Facebook,” she said of the specially-designed bracelets available at the Town Office until Thursday. The supply is limited, and if […]