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Franklin County arrest log

* Kenneth Murphy, 21, Salem Township, operating after suspension, April 13, $2,500 unsecured bail, Farmington Police Department. * Joan Soucy, 54, Farmington, domestic violence assault, April 14, $2,500 unsecured bail, Farmington Police Department. * Danny E. Adams, 47, Farmington, warrant unpaid fine/fees, April 14, $60 cash bail, Wilton Police Department. * Corey J. Towers, 21, […]

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Franklin County arrest log

* Travis Gordon, 19, Farmington, aggravated assault, domestic violence assault, April 12, Farmington Police Department. * Brandon Dyer, 25, Jay, operating after suspension, April 12, $250 cash bail, Farmington Police Department. * Shawn French, 37, Jay, operating under the influence, April 13, $3,000 unsecured bail, Farmington Police Department. * Allen Hubbell, 24, Wilton, domestic violence […]

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Panel to review proposed $5.3 million county budget

FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Budget Advisory Committee will decide today what areas of the proposed $5.29 million county budget for 2012-13 they want to take a closer look at. That figure includes all departments’ requests for money. The only item missing is the first payment on a proposed new dispatch center. Each town will […]

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Farmington looks for new plow truck

FARMINGTON — Selectmen voted 3-2 Thursday night to shop for a new tandem-axle plow truck with a sander dump body. It would replace a 2002 Sterling that burned in February. The vote came after Public Works Director Denis Castonguay reported a new negotiated price for a used truck, which had been discussed at the April […]

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Farmington marchers seek violence-free communities

FARMINGTON — The 15th annual March for Violence-Free Communities was held Thursday evening in Farmington. It was sponsored by Peace In Our Families Coalition. Participants gathered at Meetinghouse Park to march down Main Street, across Broadway, down High Street, across South Street back to Main and ended at the Old South Congregational Church. Sheriff Dennis […]

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Well done – Keri Woodbury

FARMINGTON — University of Maine at Farmington student Keri Woodbury was recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship by the Maine Higher Education Assistance Foundation. A junior majoring in business economics at UMF, she is a graduate of South Portland High School.

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Boston University dean’s list

BOSTON — Area residents have recently been named to the dean’s list at Boston University for the fall semester. Auburn: Daisy I. Grondin. Farmington: Katherine H. Rice. Lewiston: Stephanye A. Doucette, Robert E. Dubovy III, Nathan D. Fairchild, Brittany A. Martin. Minot: Kacie A. Rioux.

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UMF Concert Band will tap into Broadway hits

FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington’s Concert Band, under the direction of Anita Jerosch, will present its spring concert on Sunday, April 15. The program will feature the Skowhegan Brass Quintet in an arrangement of music from Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story.”  Other Broadway tunes will include “Seventy Six Trombones” from “The Music […]

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Driver faces charges after hitting pedestrian in Farmington

FARMINGTON — Police said a driver from Salem Township was arrested on a charge of driving after license suspension Friday afternoon after his Jeep struck a Farmington woman on Main Street. Kenneth Murphy, 20, was also charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian, Farmington police Officer Daryn Gilbert said. Erin Ingraham, 18, of Farmington […]

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Temple man faces charges in Farmington assault

FARMINGTON — Police say a Temple man attacked an acquaintance with a wooden stake on High Street on Thursday morning. Travis Gordon, 19, was charged with aggravated assault and domestic assault following the attack in front of 229 High St., police said. Gordon assaulted a young man who is dating his ex-girlfriend, Farmington Police officer […]