FARMINGTON — Four poets will give a reading about Maine seasons on Wednesday, Sept. 22, at the Farmington Public Library. Each of the participating poets has poems from a different season in “Maine in Four Seasons: 20 Poets Celebrate the Turning Year,” an anthology edited by Wesley McNair, and will read poetry about that season. […]
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Farmington man, woman face drug charges
FARMINGTON — A local man and woman face drug charges after a Franklin County deputy stopped a vehicle they were riding in Sunday because of a loud exhaust system, Sheriff’s Lt. Niles Yeaton said Monday. The stop led ultimately to the seizure of a total 24 pot plants and about one-quarter pound of processed marijuana, […]
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Corn “maize” at York farm shaping up
FARMINGTON — For weeks, Bussie York and his crew at Sandy River Farms have been putting the final touches on nearly 4 miles of twisting, turning and dead-end paths through 12-foot corn stalks growing on 13 acres. They have been setting up this year’s corn “maize” in Farmington, a maze of trails laid out in […]
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Pot plants stolen from police evidence building
Anyone with information about the hundreds of pot plants stolen from the former Farmington Highway Department’s salt shed at the intersection of High Street and Route 2/Farmington Falls Road is asked to call police at 778-6311. FARMINGTON – Police are asking for help in finding hundreds of confiscated marijuana plants and the person who stole […]
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SAVES seeks volunteers to train for help line staff
FARMINGTON — The Sexual Assault Victims Emergency Services will begin its weekly fall sexual assault crisis helpline advocacy training program on Tuesday, Sept. 14, from 5 to 8 p.m. SAVES is looking for local volunteers who would like to give their time to the cause. Twice a year, SAVES in Farmington holds an open training […]
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Driver crashes trying to ‘thread the needle’
FARMINGTON — A Turner driver tried to “thread the needle” by squeezing his pickup truck between a car and logging truck on Route 4 Friday afternoon, police said. Nathan Harlow, 21, escaped with minor abrasions in his attempt to miss the Ford Escort and Mack tractor-trailer that were stopped ahead of him in the eastbound […]
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Sports medicine clinic back in high gear
FARMINGTON — Franklin Health Orthopaedics sports medicine clinic will be back in high gear on Wednesday, Aug. 18 with a full complement of health care providers lending a comprehensive approach to the treatment of sports-related injuries. The weekly clinic is for individuals of all ages who suffer from a sports-related injury, elementary through college-age students, […]