Several hundred cats, dogs, and small animals come through the Franklin County Animal Shelter’s doors each year. We are a no-kill shelter and committed to saving all healthy and treatable animals. We never euthanize animals due to lack of space. They are located at 550 Industry Road, Farmington and open to the public Monday to […]

Not every week brings a shiny new blockbuster for me to review. Sometimes I need to look to the holdovers. Sadly, I’m not referring to “The Holdovers,” one of the best films of 2023 that you should definitely check out if it’s playing in your area. I’m referring to whichever movie did the best at […]

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 […]

STRONG — Students in Tom Piekart’s 6th grade science class at Day Mountain Regional Middle School in Strong were recently electrified, quite literally. The teacher himself was even a bit shocked by the day’s experiment. In fact, the hair on the volunteers’ heads actually stood on end! And a few (harmless) sparks flew when the […]

Franklin County Animal Shelter is located at 550 Industry Road in Farmington. Our 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. Thanks to a grant from […]

Of all the pop culture institutions to be canceled, ended, or otherwise shut down by the pandemic in 2020, the permanent closure of the ‘Mean Girls’ Broadway musical was perhaps the one that disappointed me the most. I’m not sure why it wasn’t brought back post-pandemic – ticket sales had clearly been healthy enough to […]

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 […]