This is in response to the letter from Stephen Carnahan (Feb. 22). Carnahan misclassified the issue of birth control; it is a freedom of religion/conscience issue. Pro-Obama advocates are continually naming the health insurance coverage mandate as a birth control issue when it is a religious liberty issue. Those same pro-Obama advocates will continue to […]
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Franklin County arrest log
FARMINGTON — The following were recently booked at the Franklin County Detention Center: Ryan Marden, 25, Oakland, warrant unpaid fine/fees, March 5, $475 cash bail, Franklin County Sheriff Department. Kandi Johnson, 27, Rochester, N.H., warrant unpaid fine/fees, March 5, no bail listed as of March 6, Franklin County Sheriff Department.
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Justin Tussing next UMF visiting writer
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington will welcome award-winning writer Justin Tussing as the next author in its 2011-12 Visiting Writers Series on Thursday, March 15. Tussing will read from his work at 7:30 p.m. in The Landing in the UMF Olsen Student Center. The free reading will be followed by a book […]
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Price Is Right JAY — The Price Is Right Show will take place at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at Spruce Mountain Middle School, starring Jeff Parsons from Q97.9 morning radio show. Tickets went on sale March 1. They are $6 in advance, and are available at each of the RSU 73 school offices. Call […]
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County panel approves grant recommendations
FARMINGTON – Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to approve the recommendations of a Tax-Increment Financing Application Review Team to award $85,774 in grants to enhance economic development in the county. County commissioners entered into a credit enhancement agreement in 2008 with TransCanada Maine Wind Development Inc., a wholly-owned affiliate of TransCanada Corp. The agreement is […]
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Phyllis R. Watson
FARMINGTON — Phyllis R. Watson, 88, of Industry, passed peacefully on March 1, at Sandy River Center for Health Care & Rehabilitation. She was born April 17, 1923, in Farmington, the daughter of Elbridge J. and Harriet B. (Leeman) Rand. She was educated in the schools of Farmington, and married Almon L. Watson. As a […]
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Presentation to address birds, haying
FARMINGTON — Birds or Hay: Which Comes First? On Wednesday, March 14, Franklin County Farm Bureau and the Western Maine Audubon Society will cosponsor a presentation on grassland birds at 7 p.m. in the Thomas Auditorium, UMF. The mowing of hay fields is a common rhythm of summer life in this area and, for many, […]
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Drill, bottles taken from garage
FARMINGTON — Police are investigating the theft of a drill and returnable bottles from an Oakes Street property. Someone pried open a side door of a garage between the hours of 8 p.m. Saturday and 10:56 a.m. Sunday, Farmington officer Ted Neil said Monday. The value of the items taken was about $100, police secretary […]
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Weld man faces sex, liquor charges
WELD — A local man is accused of inappropriately touching a girl under age 18 over the last couple of years, Franklin County Sheriff Detective David St. Laurent said Monday. James Lundy, 45, was arrested Friday on a charge of felony unlawful sexual assault and a misdemeanor charge of domestic assault, St. Laurent said. He […]
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Rig hauling wood pellets overturns in Farmington on Route 4
FARMINGTON — A tractor-trailer truck hauling 22 tons of wood pellets overturned on Fairbanks Road/Route 4, just north of Box Shop Hill Road, on Sunday night after the trailer’s brakes failed to work, police secretary Rachel Heseltine said Monday. Driver Etienne Blanchette, 31, of Quebec declined medical treatment, she said. Blanchette was hauling the packaged […]