NORTH JAY — National Library Week is April 7-April 13. We are excited to announce that on April 13, the author, Paul Doiron will be at the library at 6 p.m. in Memorial Hall. He will be promoting Pitch Dark, his new novel set to be released on June 25. He is doing a pre-publication […]

“911, what is your emergency?” We hear this phrase on drama shows portraying life emergencies. When the actor calls 911, the call is answered, and help magically arrives. However, as this week’s subject of my series on Wellness for First Responders quips, “Rescuing is not a TV show.” Brad Timberlake, Communications Director for Franklin County […]

LIVERMORE FALLS — At the First Baptist Church of Livermore Falls Sunday, March 31, service it was a lovely Spring day, just in time for Easter. At 9:30 a.m., the First Baptist Church ladies served a wonderful Easter Breakfast before the worship service that began at 10:30 a.m. The service opened as the Worship Team […]

Franklin County Animal Shelter is located at 550 Industry Road in Farmington. The shelter’s lobby, kitten, and available adult cat rooms are open to the public Monday to Saturday, Noon to 4 p.m., and they are performing dog adoptions by appointment. Please call us at 207-778-2638 during our office hours to schedule. We’d love to […]

As I stepped into the office area to interview firefighter Lance Comeau, I could feel the energy of firefighters who had been there before me. As I looked out into the bay, where the large, red and chrome imposing fire engines were parked under watchful bright lights, the energy, for a brief moment, felt like […]

NO. LIVERMORE — At the March 24 North Livermore Baptist Church service, the congregation was welcomed  by Pastor Bonnie Higgins at 9:30 a.m. to begin the service. The Invocation/Lord’s Prayer were recited. The hymns that were sung were “Hosanna, Loud Hosanna” “All Glory, Laud and Honor” “Calvary Covers it All”. The service ended with “Go […]

LIVERMORE FALLS — At the March 24 First Baptist Church of Livermore Falls service we expected very few people to brave the elements and attend Worship Service. However, we were happily surprised when many folks came to church in spite of the huge amount of snow! The Worship Service began as the Worship Team, Pastor […]

LIVERMORE FALLS — At the March 17 First Baptist Church of Livermore Falls service, the Worship Team gathered before the service to rehearse and then at 9:30 a.m., Adult Sunday School. The Worship Service began at 10:30 am as Kay Watson welcomed all to the service and read a few announcements of meetings and events. […]

For the second installment of writing on the need for wellness for First Responders, I interviewed Jay Police Chief Richard Caton, IV. One of the perks of growing up in rural America is knowing generations of families. Chief Caton’s grandfather and my father knew each other through law enforcement; I know of his father through […]