Buying local foods, online DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Monday, June 25, at 8 a.m. the Western Mountains Alliance will offer a comprehensive workshop on online farmers markets and local foods buying clubs. The workshop will be held at Penquis Higher Education Center, 50 Mayo St., Room 110. The workshop will introduce the concept of online farmers […]
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Antique Tractor Festival begins Friday in Farmington
FARMINGTON — Antique tractor pulls and displays will be featured during this weekend’s 17th annual Tractor Festival at the Farmington Fairgrounds. It is hosted by Maine Antique Tractor Club. Gates open at 8 a.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 22-24, with a full slate of activities planned each day. The featured tractor this year is […]
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Farmington fishing derby slated for adults with developmental disabilities
FARMINGTON — Registrations for the fourth annual Fishing Derby for Adults with Developmental Disabilities are now being taken through Monday, June 25. The Recreation Department, in conjunction with their sponsor Coca-Cola Bottling of Farmington, offers this opportunity free of charge. The derby will take place at Rollo Pond in the University of Maine at Farmington’s […]
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Jay man pleads guilty to drug charge
FARMINGTON — A Jay man accused of holding a woman at gunpoint over fake cocaine pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempted trafficking in illegal drugs. Dahlon Campbell, 22, was indicted earlier this year on charges of kidnapping, criminal threatening and attempted trafficking in schedule drugs. The case was scheduled to go to a jury trial on […]
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Request for proposals to go out to architects
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners will ask architectural firms to estimate how much a set of blueprints for the dispatch center would cost. If it’s $10,000 or more, architect services would need to go to bid. On Tuesday, commissioners asked the county clerk and the building committee to come up with a letter requesting proposals […]
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Commissioners won’t request restoration of flex benefits
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to send several modified budget items back to the Budget Committee to be reconsidered. It took more than two hours of discussion and deliberation before decisions were finalized. Commissioners voted 2-1, with Fred Hardy of New Sharon opposed, to ask the Budget Committee to restore commissioners’ flex benefits […]
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Wilton man faces burglary charge
WILTON — Police arrested a man Tuesday after a homeowner came home to find her dog outside and a person she knew fleeing from the house, police Chief Heidi Wilcox said. Officer Timothy Coombs arrested Kevin Jefferson, 20, of Wilton on a charge of felony burglary, she said. Jefferson was being held Tuesday afternoon on […]
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Stephan Bunker receives Leadership Award
Bunker was with the Maine Department of Public Safety for 25 years, serving as the first director of the state’s E-911 bureau. Bunker was one of three people receiving the Dr. Jeff Clawson Leadership Award during a presentation at the closing luncheon of the Navigator 2012 conference. Each received a $500 contribution from the NAED […]
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Deadline nears for agricultural assistance
FARMINGTON – The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service would like to remind agricultural producers that the sign-up deadline for assistance through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program is fast approaching. The general EQIP program offers technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers including woodland owners to implement conservation practices such as grassed waterways and diversion ditches, […]
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Well done
SMITHFIELD, R.I. — Bryant University held its 149th Commencement on May 19. Among the graduates are the following local residents: Matthew Madeira of Rangeley, Bachelor of Science in business administration in finance, magna cum laude Peter Mariner of Auburn, Bachelor of Science in international business in computer science. BURLINGTON, Vt. — The following area residents […]