Franklin County Animal Shelter, 550 Industry Rd. in Farmington, 207-778-2638. 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. These are the pets of the week. […]

Franklin County Animal Shelter, 207-778-2638, located at 550 Industry Rd. in Farmington, has selected the Pets of the week. Indigo, Pitbull, Male, one year old: Hi!! I’m Indigo but I also go by Indi! I’m such a happy, wonderful little man. I do the cutest little butt wiggles when I see my humans and I […]

Franklin County Animal Shelter, 50 Industry Road, Farmington, 207-778-2638. Their lobby, kitten, and available adult cat rooms are open to the public Monday to Saturday, Noon to 4 p.m. They are performing dog adoptions by appointment. Please call 207-778-2638 during office hours to schedule. They would love to help you find the purrrfect furry friend […]

Linn Wells pulled no punches. It’s Saturday May 30, 1970. The long time Bowdoin coach, eight year Navy veteran and television sportscaster was outraged. Now station manager and “roving reporter” for Farmington’s WKTJ, Wells was broadcasting from an event in his home town of Wilton being conducted in defiance of a new state law. He […]

My last column featured the early life of Johnny Lee, who had many ties to Maine and died just a few weeks ago just shy of his 93rd birthday. As a 19-year-old teenager he fled China for Hong Kong under a hail of machine gun fire in the face of advancing Maoist Communist forces in […]

Franklin County Animal Shelter, 50 Industry Road, Farmington, 207-778-2638. Their lobby, kitten, and available adult cat rooms are open to the public Monday to Saturday, Noon to 4 p.m. They are performing dog adoptions by appointment. Please call 207-778-2638 during office hours to schedule. They would love to help you find the purrrfect furry friend […]

REGION — During their studies relating to Maine’s state government, former middle level social studies teacher at Phillips Elementary School, Lance Harvell, also a former State Representative, and his 8th grade students recently hosted two assemblies with two very special guests. The most recent to visit PES was Governor Janet Trafton Mills. The first woman […]

Franklin County Animal Shelter, 550 Industry Road in Farmington is a non-profit animal shelter focused on providing temporary care and shelter to stray, homeless, and abandoned animals within the community. Because they are a no-kill shelter, they never euthanize animals due to a lack of space. The lobby, kitten, and available adult cat rooms are […]

The Franklin County Animal Shelter lobby, kitten, and available adult cat rooms are open to the public Monday to Saturday, Noon to 4 pm., at 550 Industry Road in Farmington They 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 […]

PHILLIPS — The first ever Phillips/Avon/Madrid Trade Show, held at the Phillips Area Community Center (PACC) last weekend attracted over 100 guests and at least 35 exhibitors, including local tradesmen, artists, crafters, and community organizations. “The Old Gym” on Depot Street was “PACC-ed” from wall to wall. The beautiful, early spring weather made the perfect […]