I’m not going to sugarcoat it: this was not a good week for new releases. The battle for the top spot at the domestic box office was a fierce one, with ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ in its second weekend narrowly edging out ‘Dune: Part Two’ in its third. But after those two holdovers, the box […]

Franklin County Animal Shelter, 550 Industry Road in Farmington. The lobby, kitten, and available adult cat rooms are open to the public Monday to Saturday, Noon to 4 p.m. We are performing dog adoptions by appointment. Please call us at 207-778-2638 during our office hours to schedule. We’d love to help you find the purrrfect […]

Since Po (Jack Black), the main character of the ‘Kung Fu Panda’ movies, is known for his corpulent eating habits, it makes sense to compare the animated franchise to a sort of comfort food. These movies aren’t exactly ‘healthy’ choices that send the imagination soaring, but they aren’t ‘junk’ that people outside the target audience […]

PHILLIPS — The Phillips Area Community Center (PACC) will host a Total Sun Eclipse Event on Monday, April 8, starting at 11 a.m. One of the main activities will be the drawing of the winner of the Eclipse Quilt Raffle at 1 pm. One does not have to be present to win. Tickets are on […]

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 are performing dog adoptions by appointment. Please call us at 207-778-2638 during our office hours to schedule. We’d love to help […]

STRONG — Day Mountain Regional Middle School held its Second Annual Winter Carnival the week before February vacation. Declared a “huge success” by one and all, the event featured a week-long series of friendly competitions amongst the students and teachers of grades 5 and 6. To begin with, each day of Winter Carnival Week, aka […]

I wasn’t the biggest fan of the first installment of director Denis Villeneuve’s take on the Frank Herbert sci-fi classic “Dune” back in 2021. The sounds and visuals were great, and I understood why it won so many technical Oscars that year, but I couldn’t get invested in the characters or story, so I didn’t […]

  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 […]

Weld Town Meeting is tomorrow Saturday, March 9, at 10 a.m. at the Town Hall. There will be coffee, water and snacks available before and during the meeting. Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead Sunday night, especially your alarm clocks, as Daylight Savings Time begins. Spring is lurking just around the corner. Change the […]