FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to send a letter of support for the Opportunity Center of North Franklin County Inc., which intends to apply for a planning grant to improve access to high-speed internet service. Commissioners asked county Clerk Julie Magoon to write the letter. The center is working with Rangeley Economic Opportunity […]
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Police capture Michael Gatcomb in Fayette
FAYETTE – A New Sharon man wanted by several law enforcement agencies for months was arrested Wednesday night on a warrant after a Ridge Road homeowner reported a suspicious person in the backyard, Kennebec County Sheriff Ken Mason said Thursday. The homeowner apparently came out of the house and confronted a young man who then […]
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Franklin County awards $17,750 for trail mapping project
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to give $17,750 as a grant from the county’s tax-increment financing funds to the Maine High Peaks Alliance, for a trail mapping project. The Tax-Increment Financing Application Review Committee gave the project 61 out of 65 points, said Alison Hagerstrom who, along with County Clerk Julie Magoon, facilitates […]
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Selectmen in Franklin County to caucus to represent towns on county budget panel
FARMINGTON — Selectpersons from Franklin County towns will vote at a caucus Monday, March 6, to fill seats on the Franklin County Budget Advisory Committee. The caucus is scheduled for 5 p.m. at the county courthouse. There is one three-year position open in each district, county Clerk Julie Magoon said Tuesday. If someone is elected […]
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Garden Angel volunteers needed in Franklin County
DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Garden Angel Committee is gearing up for 2017. The Garden Angel Project was the brain child of Susan Gill, geographical representative on the Franklin County Extension executive board. In 2012, Gill pitched the idea that sustainable food can be very challenging for seniors, physically disabled, or low- or fixed-income people throughout […]
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Winner named in Franklin County Spelling Bee
STRONG — The 2017 Franklin County Spelling Bee was held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, in the Strong School gym. The judges, Judi Richard, Margaret Adams, Shirley Schrader and Catherine Zachary, listened intently as contestants Elise Spencer, Moriah Reusch, Zechariah Coolong, Charlotte Casko, Nadia Davis, Kaila Godbey, Hannah Cox, Charlie Pye, Madison DeLuca and […]
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Snowstorm keeps most motorists off roads in greater Franklin County
LIVERMORE FALLS — The greater Franklin County area has surpassed last February’s snowfall total, according to at least one weather observer measuring the nor’easter that blew in Sunday and Monday. For the second time in a week, businesses, schools, town and state offices and other entities closed because of a snowstorm. As of Monday afternoon, 12.2 […]
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Franklin County hears complaints about a New Vineyard road
FARMINGTON — Days after a New Vineyard woman petitioned Franklin County commissioners to require New Vineyard to plow Lowell Drive better, the town has had someone widen the road. “We’ve done as much as we possibly can at this time,” Michelle Beedy, administrative assistant to the Board of Selectmen, said Friday. Commissioners directed county Clerk […]
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Franklin County Commission may eliminate funding requests
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners have authorized letters notifying agencies that their requests for county funding in 2017-18 may be reduced or eliminated. Commission Chairman Charles Webster of Farmington asked County Clerk Julie Magoon on Tuesday to draft the letters. The county funded 10 requests for a total of $171,200 in 2016-17. The requests from […]
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Franklin County Commissioners want sheriff to reimburse county
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to have the sheriff reimburse the county for $442.87 for four pairs of shoes and a mass mailing to unorganized territory residents. Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. was not at Tuesday’s meeting but said Wednesday he is appealing the decision at the next meeting Jan. 3. Commissioners took issue […]