A decline in swimming education, a lack of lifeguards and water temperatures that are often icy cold even when it’s hot out are all risk factors that swimmers and boaters should consider.
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Posted inFranklin, Maine, Schools & Education, The Franklin Journal
Instructor resigns over possible relocation of Mt. Blue robotics team
Longtime teacher Richard Wilde left the district after he said the administration decided to move the team off the Mt. Blue Campus, but Superintendent Christian Elkington says nothing has been decided yet.
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Get out to check the Bates Dance Festival and Main St. Day in Norway
Things to do this week in the area.
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Overcrowded Franklin County Animal Shelter won’t take surrendered dogs
‘We are actually in the process of expanding our facility to accommodate the amount of animals we are presented with,’ a shelter representative said.
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Maine, News, The Franklin Journal
Replica Vietnam wall drew more than 8,700 to Farmington, organizer says
‘This is definitely what community is all about,’ said Jennifer Bowser, an organizer with the committee that brought The Wall That Heals to Farmington.
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Aroma Joe’s opens in Farmington to full line of customers
The coffee shop is located at 293 Main St. and the drive-thru entrance and exit are off Front Street, across from McDonald’s.
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Crowds pack downtown for Farmington’s Fourth of July parade honoring veterans
Farmington’s Fourth of July parade drew large crowds under sunny skies as community groups and floats celebrated the theme “Remembering Our Veterans.”
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‘Wall That Heals’ makes emotional debut in Farmington
The Wall That Heals, a traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., opened in an official ceremony Thursday with retired Staff Sgt. Travis Mills honoring Vietnam veterans and those lost in the conflict.
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Franklin County deputy praised for work on law enforcement suicide in Maine
Sgt. Ryan Close and Dr. Jamie Wren of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center in Orono were recognized for their ‘compelling and deeply sobering case study.’
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Farmington school board chair bids farewell, honors staff at final board meeting
Dorothy Robinson closed her tenure as Regional School Unit 9 board chair by honoring Pamela Chernesky and Misty Carrow as May’s standout staff members.