Touring the FEMA Disaster Recovery Center in Skowhegan, one of five slated to open in Maine, Gov. Janet Mills urged residents to seek help in recouping losses from the powerful December storm that brought widespread power outages and flooding to Maine.
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Rustic Roots Farm expands, adds New Sharon facility
Rustic Roots Farm recently opened Root Down Market, a restaurant and farm market in New Sharon.
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It is not so easy to get from Eustis to Rangeley these days
Volunteers, land owners and contractors are working together to fix the interconnected trail system.
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Farmington Legionnaires feed linemen restoring power in region
Members and auxiliary of Roderick-Crosby American Legion Post 28 in Farmington provided meals Dec. 21 and 22, to linemen from Canada and New York who were helping to restore power lost due to the rain and wind storm earlier in the week.
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Assessing storm damage in Franklin County
Franklin County Emergency Management Agency is working with its partners to collect storm damage information.
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UMF housed out-of-state utility workers
The University of Maine at Farmington housed over a hundred out-of-state utility workers for several nights while they worked to restore power to Farmington in the aftermath of the storm.
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Franklin County commissioners approve $2 million budget for the unorganized territory for 2024-25
Commissioners also approved upgrading the server room at the jail.
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Western Maine Transportation Services seeks feedback for transit study
AUBURN — Western Maine Transportation Services is updating its 2018 Regional Public Transit Study with a survey. Responses have been good, but nowhere near what was received during the 2017/18 survey, according to a news release from Craig Zurhorst with the nonprofit public transportation corporation. This survey is for those using or needing access to […]
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Remembering the fallen from World War I
Franklin County sent boys and men to fight in World War I but 33 of them never made it home.
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Remembering Dennis Pike
Former Franklin County Sheriff Dennis Pike died earlier this month.