Anne Renner broker her leg while hiking through the Mahoosuc Notch on Monday evening and was rescued by the Warden Service at 1 p.m Tuesday.
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Posted inConnections
High Peaks Alliance to hold trail social with guest speaker
The talk, presented by Appalachian Trail Hall of Famer David Field, will be at the North Church in Farmington on March 16.
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Posted inMaine
Belgrade couple section hiking Appalachian Trail to raise overdose awareness
The couple is undertaking the endeavor for victims, because ‘everyone has an overdose story.’
Posted inFranklin
Rescuers head up to reach injured hiker in northern Franklin County
REDINGTON TOWNSHIP — Rescuers were sent to help an injured 24-year-old woman on the Appalachian Trail on Tuesday afternoon. Two game wardens were assisting firefighters and others, Cpl. John MacDonald, spokesman for the Maine Warden Service, said in a text. The report of an injured hiker came in about 2:01 p.m. The story will be […]
Posted inFranklin
North Carolina hiker rescued again from Appalachian Trail
REDINGTON TOWNSHIP — For the second time in less than two weeks, a North Carolina woman was carried off the Appalachian Trail on Tuesday after becoming ill. Andrea Pincumbe, 21, of Asheville, called the Franklin County Regional Communications Center in Farmington at about 8 a.m. from the Poplar Ridge lean-to atop Saddleback Mountain to say […]
Posted inConnections, Livermore Falls Advertiser, The Franklin Journal
Conservation easements acquired for Franklin County lands near Appalachian Trail
The Trust for Public Land has announced the protection of more than 10,000 acres of land along the Appalachian Trail in the mountains of Western Maine through the acquisition of conservation easements on two properties. The two properties are adjacent to a Navy remote wilderness training facility in Franklin County. The 9,580-acre Redington Forest conservation easement […]
Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Kenneth Hoyt
WOODSTOCK — Kenneth Hoyt passed away Sunday, July 1, at home with his wife, Alice, by his side, and surrounded by his loving family. He was the oldest son of Flora and Wayland Hoyt of Rumford Corner. After attending local schools, he began a 42-year career with the Oxford Paper Co. He also served for two […]
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Richard V. Lapointe
LIVERMORE FALLS — Richard V. Lapointe, 21, of Livermore Falls, passed away, Friday, Feb. 2, in Livermore Falls. He was born Nov. 12, 1996, the son of Davis Clark and Tammie (Grant) Lapointe. Richard attended Livermore Falls High School and graduated from Fort Kent Community High School in 2015. He had worked for Pallet One, with […]
Posted inFranklin, sj-web
Wardens, rescuers assist injured hiker on Appalachian Trail
SANDY RIVER PLANTATION – State game wardens and rescue personnel drove ATVs about five miles up to a section of the Appalachian Trail Wednesday to assist an injured hiker, according to Cpl. John MacDonald spokesman for Maine Warden Service. Robert Sweet, 60, of South Freeport was hiking with friends on the back side of Saddleback […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Scott Jurek to pay fine for drinking alcohol on Mount Katahdin
MILLINOCKET — An ultramarathoner who set the record for completing the Appalachian Trail paid a $500 fine Wednesday to settle citations over his celebration atop Maine’s Mount Katahdin, which struck a nerve with park officials worried about crowding and commercialization of the trail. Scott Jurek got into trouble with park rangers when he popped a bottle […]