CANTON — Daniel J. Smith, 89, of Canton, died peacefully Sunday, Feb. 19, at the Victorian Villa Nursing Home. He was born in North Heath, Mass., Dec. 30, 1922, the eighth of nine children to K. Paul and Edith (Gilbert) Smith. He received his education in the one-room Branch School in Heath and he worked […]
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Adult ed courses PARIS — Oxford Hills/Buckfield Adult Education is offering the following classes. Tuesday, Feb. 14 Broadband Internet access, with Matthew Clark, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Tuesday, Feb. 28 Basic computer repair, with Mathew Clark, 5-8 p.m. $60 Digital camera: Point and shoot, with Ingrid Small, 6-8 p.m. $40 Meditation 101, with Maria […]
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Homemakers group elects officers, lists year’s events
CHESTERVILLE — The North Chesterville Extension Homemakers have planned a full schedule of events for 2012. The group usually meets at the Chesterville Town Office on the Dutch Gap Road at 7 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month unless otherwise noted. The meetings are free, and the public is always invited to attend. […]
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Alice E. Purington
FARMINGTON — Alice E. Purington, 86, of Chesterville, went home to be with the Lord early evening on Sunday, Jan. 29, at the Sandy River Center for Rehabilitation surrounded by her loving family. She was born Sept. 9, 1925, in Phillips, a daughter of George E. Armstrong and Blanche (Pillsbury) Cushman. She attended school in […]
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Chesterville man faces theft charges
LIVERMORE FALLS — A Chesterville man faces theft charges after police say he stole a check and wrote it to himself for $400. Ronald Joseph Davis II, 21, was charged Wednesday on a count of theft by unauthorized taking and a charge of theft by deceptions, Livermore Falls police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Friday. […]
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Wilton man indicted on arson charge
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County grand jury indicted a Wilton man on charges that he set his vehicle on fire, filed a false public report and collected the insurance money. Jesse Herrin, 24, was indicted on charges of arson, theft by insurance deception and filing a false public report. Investigator Edward Hastings IV from the […]
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Starks voters seek to join RSU 9
FARMINGTON — An effort that could bring Starks into Regional School District 9 moved a step forward this week. On Tuesday, two-thirds of the residents of the Somerset County town voted 164-27 to support withdrawing from RSU 59 based in Madison and join RSU 9. At the RSU 9 board meeting Tuesday night, after learning […]
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Chesterville grader stolen from locked gravel pit
CHESTERVILLE — Police are investigating the theft of a pull-behind grader from a town gravel pit off Mace Road on Sunday or Monday. Town officials reported Tuesday that the machine was parked behind a locked gate, which had the padlock cut, Lt. Niles Yeaton of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department said. The grader is valued […]
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Wilton man charged in arson case
FARMINGTON — A state fire investigator charged a Wilton man on Monday in reporting a vehicle stolen in July 2009. It was found burned days later off the Ridge Road on the Chesterville, Fayette line and insurance money was collected, the investigator said Tuesday. Jesse Herrin, 24, was arrested on charges of arson, theft by […]