Franklin County Animal Shelter is located at 550 Industry Road in Farmington. The shelter’s lobby, kitten, and available adult cat rooms are open to the public Monday to Saturday, Noon to 4 p.m., and they are performing dog adoptions by appointment. Please call us at 207-778-2638 during our office hours to schedule. We’d love to […]
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Movie Review: ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’
‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ is really a tale of two movies. No, not a Godzilla movie and a King Kong movie, but rather a movie that follows the human characters and a movie that follows what the movie calls ‘Titans.’ The human portion is terrible, as is the human contribution to all American […]
Pets of the Week
Franklin County Animal Shelter, located at 550 Industry Road in Farmington is a no kill shelter, which all of our animal lovers appreciate. The shelter’s lobby, kitten, and available adult cat rooms are open to the public Monday to Saturday, Noon to 4 p.m., and they are performing dog adoptions by appointment. Please call us […]
Phillips: Richard family donates baseball bullpen to Mt. Abram HS
PHILLIPS – On Tuesday evening, March 26, friends and family of Lewis Richard of Phillips, along with student athletes and baseball fans from around the district, gathered “under the dome” at Mt. Abram Regional High School for a very special occasion – the formal presentation of the “Lewis T. Richard Memorial Bullpen” sign for the pitching […]
Pets of the Week
Franklin County Animal Shelter is located at 550 Industry Road in Farmington. The shelter’s lobby, kitten, and available adult cat rooms are open to the public Monday to Saturday, Noon to 4 p.m., and they are performing dog adoptions by appointment. Please call us at 207-778-2638 during our office hours to schedule. We’d love to […]
Trey Reed receives MPA Principal’s Award
AVON — Trey Reed of Avon, a Senior at Mt. Abram Regional High School, recently received The 2024 Principal’s Award. Principal Tim Richards made the announcement last week. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals Association (MPA), is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship. “Throughout his years at Mt. […]
Local 11-year-old snowboarder to compete in Colorado
STRONG — At the end of this month, Lorenzo Warren, 11-year-old son of Selina and Jonny Warren, along with the eight other members of his team from Carrabassett Valley Academy’s Snowboard Weekend Program, will head to Copper Mountain in Colorado for the Annual United States of America Snowboard and Freeski Association’s (USASA) National Championships. Warren […]
Movie Review: ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’
What has happened to the ‘Ghostbusters’ movie franchise? For over a quarter-century, Hollywood resisted the temptation to spoil the one-two punch of the 1984 comedy classic and its decent enough 1989 sequel. Then there came the 2016 reboot, which was controversial for its female cast, and the controversy is all anyone remembers. The 2021 legacy […]
Pets of the Week
Franklin County Animal Shelter is located at 550 Industry Road in Farmington. The shelter’s lobby, kitten, and available adult cat rooms are open to the public Monday to Saturday, Noon to 4 p.m., and they are performing dog adoptions by appointment. Please call us at 207-778-2638 during our office hours to schedule. We’d love to […]
Local snowboarder to compete in Colorado
STRONG – At the end of this month, Lorenzo Warren, 11-year-old son of Selina and Jonny Warren, along with the eight other members of his team from Carrabassett Valley Academy’s Snowboard Weekend Program, will head to Copper Mountain in Colorado for the Annual United States of America Snowboard and Freeski Association’s (USASA) National Championships. Warren will […]