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Farmington Selectmen approve spending money for new plow truck

by Pam Harnden May 25, 2022May 26, 2022

Selectmen also renewed several existing innkeeper and lunch wagon permits plus approved a new lunch wagon permit.

LGBTQ+ Pride event to be held in Farmington

May 25, 2022April 14, 2022

A Farmington event celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, June 25, at Meetinghouse Park beside the courthouses on Main Street. This event is family friendly and open to all. Acceptance and education are the number one game changers for queer people in rural America, according to a news release from the Farmington […]

Livermore Falls Advertiser

Bookworms gather for 12-hour Read-a-Thon

by Kay Neufeld May 24, 2022May 23, 2022

The Read-a-Thon was held to raise money for Backroads Books, which will bring free children’s books to remote areas in Franklin County.

Community, Connections

Farmington library to celebrate 1st community garden

May 24, 2022May 18, 2022

The Farmington Public Library has planned several events to celebrate its first community garden. A presentation on bees and bee-friendly gardening practices by Roland Lajoie is scheduled for 5 p.m. Thursday, June 2nd, in the Holman Room at the library, 117 Academy St. He will provide a slide show, and there will be a sunflower […]

Maine, Schools & Education

UMaine System faculty lose faith in chancellor as his contract comes up for renewal

by Emily Duggan May 22, 2022May 23, 2022

‘He doesn’t understand or want to understand the issues the faculty are raising,’ said a professor from the Augusta campus, the first school to declare no confidence in Chancellor Dannel Malloy.

Franklin, Schools & Education

The effects of faculty cuts ripple across UMF campus and into homes

by Kay Neufeld May 22, 2022May 23, 2022

After building roots in Farmington, will the professors eliminated from UMF’s humanities and social sciences programs leave the community they have come to love?

Franklin, News, The Franklin Journal

Franklin County budget panel sends $7.7 million plan to hearing

by Donna M. Perry May 20, 2022

The package is nearly $700,000 more than last year.

The Franklin Journal

David Porter is new pastor at Henderson Memorial

by Pam Harnden May 19, 2022May 19, 2022

Before being called to the ministry David Porter worked in law enforcement and corrections. He took a significant pay cut to accept the call as pastor of Henderson Memorial Baptist Church.