Maine Game Warden A Dixfield man died in a 1 p.m. snowmobile wreck Friday in Carthage. CARTHAGE — The eighth snowmobile fatality of the season claimed the life of a Dixfield man who crashed while riding near Carthage Road on Friday. The Maine Warden Service said Thomas Henderson, 28, was pronounced dead at the scene […]
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Carthage man sentenced on aggravated assault charge
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice Friday sentenced a Carthage man to 10 years in prison, with all but three years suspended, for cutting his girlfriend’s neck last year. Bennie T. Bowie II, 48, pleaded Nov. 18 to felony aggravated assault, not agreeing with the state’s evidence but acknowledging that if it were presented to a […]
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Carthage man pleads guilty to selling heroin
FARMINGTON — A Carthage man was sentenced Monday to serve one year of a five-year prison sentence for selling heroin. Anthony Smith, 31, pleaded guilty in Franklin County Superior Court to a Class B charge of unlawfully trafficking in scheduled drugs. A conviction carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. […]
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Carthage man enters guilty plea on aggravated assault charge
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice Friday accepted a guilty plea from a Carthage man accused of stabbing his girlfriend in the neck with a butcher knife last year. Bennie T. Bowie II, 48, pleaded to a charge of aggravated assault, not agreeing with the state’s evidence but acknowledging that if it was presented to […]
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Cost of forming school district outlined
PERU — Natalie Sneller and Kim Dailey explained to residents Tuesday night the costs and implications of Canton, Carthage, Peru and Dixfield forming their own school district. The four towns had formed School Administrative District 21, but merged with Regional School Unit 10 in 2011 under the mandated school consolidation law. A plan to leave RSU […]
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Boston man injures his head in Carthage ATV crash
CARTHAGE — A Massachusetts man suffered severe head injuries Friday night when the ATV he was driving veered off a dirt road, struck a tree, rolled over and landed on top of the driver, Maine Warden Kris MacCabe said. Patrick Adduci, 23, of Boston was heading back to a camp on Sweet Carroll Lane, off […]
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Peru man accused of being fugitive from justice
RANGELEY — A Peru man wanted on several warrants and burglary of a Carthage store was arrested Monday after a local resident reported seeing a truck that was reported stolen, Lt. David St. Laurent of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. Chief Deputy Steven Lowell arrested Matthew Haines, 23, without incident on a complaint of […]
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Hearing set on RSU 10 withdrawal effort
DIXFIELD — The Regional School Unit 10 board Monday night tentatively set a public hearing for July 7 on the effort of four towns to leave the district. It will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Dirigo Elementary School in Peru and board Chairman Bruce Ross of Dixfield will be facilitator. Committees from Canton, Carthage, Dixfield […]
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N.H. man sought in Carthage store burglary
CARTHAGE — Franklin County sheriff’s deputies are looking for a New Hampshire man they say burglarized Bradbury’s Market on Carthage Road this week. The door was smashed in and a passer-by reported it at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday. The burglary is believed to have happened after 11 p.m. Tuesday. There were items taken and the suspect […]
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Wilton, Nebraska men sentenced in Franklin County arson, burglary cases
FARMINGTON — A Mexico woman told two men Tuesday who were involved with burning her family’s camp in Carthage last year that after they have served their time in prison, they should get themselves together and lead productive lives. Andrea Casey told D’Kota Rowe, 21, of Wilton and Einer Bonilla, 22, formerly of Nebraska, to […]