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Franklin, Schools & Education, The Franklin Journal

RSU 9 deliberating more in-person learning days

by Andrea Swiedom March 9, 2021March 10, 2021

School staff will have the opportunity to respond before plans are implemented.

Franklin, Schools & Education, The Franklin Journal

RSU 9 Board of Directors agenda

March 9, 2021

Regional School District 9 school board agenda 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, 2021 Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81729020018?pwd=RDFHRVpaT3NnMDB0TWV6VFAzQVVIdz09 I. Call to order II. Pledge of allegiance led by Mrs. Morey’s kindergarten class – G. D. Cushing School – Gold Cohort III. Public comment IV. Report of the chairperson A. Good news stories from board / administrator V. […]

Franklin, News

Farmington Walmart evacuated after false bomb threat

by Christopher Williams March 8, 2021March 8, 2021

FARMINGTON — Police said Monday the local Walmart store on Wilton Road was evacuated after a bomb threat. Store staff and customers were ushered out of the store after police received a threat about 12:30 p.m., which turned out to be false. The Maine State Police Bomb Detection K-9 teams arrived at the store along […]

The Franklin Journal

Farmington selectmen agenda, March 9

by Pam Harnden March 8, 2021

Agenda Farmington Board of Selectmen 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 9 ***The meeting will be conducted through remote access by telephonic, video, and electronic means. The public may attend by viewing the livestream at http://mtbluetv.org/program-live-stream-farmington-selectmen.html or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MBTV11/ and/or calling 778-5874*** Item 1: Pledge of Allegiance Item 2: To hold a public hearing on the […]

Franklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, News

Livermore Falls town official arrested on OUI charge in Farmington

by Donna M. Perry March 8, 2021June 17, 2021

The car driven by Amanda Allen, 38, of Livermore Falls went off Wilton Road and Route 133, police said.

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Face Time: Jeffrey Thomson — a poet in a newly poetic age

by Kathryn Skelton March 7, 2021March 6, 2021

He didn’t set out for a career writing and teaching, but found himself ‘a poet of the landscape, a poet of the ground.’

Community, Connections

Farmington nonprofit awarded Affordable Housing Challenge Grant

March 6, 2021March 3, 2021

Non-profit organization Center for Entrepreneurial Studies has received a $20,000 Affordable Housing Challenge Grant from the LEAP Explosion Fund which United Way of the Tri-Valley Area administers. Funding will allow for the center to pilot a tiny house village concept that hopes to address the lack of affordable housing in the region. The mission of […]