Farmington Fire Rescue Interim Chief TD Hardy and Parks and Recreation Director Matthew Foster provided year end reviews to selectmen April 26.
Franklin County
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Farmington sewer budget vote tabled until April 26
New selectman Byron Staples wanted to wait until after the May 9 Town Meeting to make decisions on the budget and usage rates.
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Maine Crime, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Legislative committee confirms Mills’ appointment of DA Andrew Robinson to bench
Andrew S. Robinson, district attorney for Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties, tapped last month for judgeship.
Posted inMaine
Nine command centers take new approach to tackling homelessness
In February, MaineHousing, the Statewide Homeless Council, and Built for Zero established nine Homeless Response Service Hubs in Maine. Each command center will be staffed by a hub coordinator. In May, the hub teams will start collecting real-time, by-name data of people experiencing homelessness across the state. Hub command centers and coordinators will then use […]
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Election 2022, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Oxford Hills
Seth Carey plans to run for district attorney again
Though the Rumford resident faces felony sexual assault charges and his law license is suspended, Carey hopes to win the Republican primary in June, as he did four years ago.
Posted inFranklin, Maine Crime, News
Former Franklin County prosecutor admits to federal crime linked to large marijuana operation
The attorney for Kayla Alves said the former assistant district attorney was not a part of an alleged illegal marijuana distribution and laundering conspiracy.
Posted inBethel, Franklin, Maine, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Western Maine groundwater levels ‘some of the lowest we’ve ever seen’
At least some part of the region has been in drought conditions since June 2020.
Posted inMaine, News, Uncategorized
District Judge Rick Lawrence nominated to Maine Supreme Judicial Court
If his nomination by Gov. Mills is confirmed in the Maine Senate, he’ll be the first Black justice on the state’s highest court.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Impact of locally spread sewage sludge not yet known
New town officials and farms changing hands or no longer operating mean little may ever be known about how much or how long sewage sludge was spread on agricultural fields in Franklin County.
Posted inFranklin, Schools & Education
Farmington-based school district ‘compromises’ on amended COVID-19 procedures for isolation
Chairwoman Carol Coles called the decision “one of the most difficult that I think we faced as a board.”