Franklin County Animal Shelter, located at 550 Industry Road in Farmington has selected the Pets of the Week. 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 […]

To reach the worldwide goal of keeping global warming under 1.5 °C, it’s clear we need to increasingly substitute low carbon energy for fossil fuels. This means ramping up production of solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, power lines, electric vehicles for public and private transport, heat pumps, etc. These technologies require many minerals including some […]

Franklin County Animal Shelter, located at 550 Industry Road in Farmington has selected the Pets of the Week. 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 […]

Franklin County Animal Shelter, located at 550 Industry Road in Farmington has selected the Pets of the Week. 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 […]

Franklin County Animal Shelter, located at 550 Industry Road in Farmington has selected the Pets of the Week. Call for more information 207-778-2638. Rex is a male Great Dane, four to six years old: Meet Rex! Rex is a loving and outgoing guy with a personality to match his stature. He loves to play tug […]

Happy New Year! Can you believe it, it’s the end of the first week of 2022! Christmas 2021 is behind us, but virus variants don’t seem to be letting up! So, we go cautiously into another year of uncertainty!! And now they are saying we should start wearing a particular type of mask — when […]

Merry Christmas, everyone! As folks gather around the fire with their families this Christmas, remember that periodic chimney maintenance is incredibly important. If your chimney is full of soot and creosote, it can cause a dangerous chimney fire. This is precisely what happened at the Abbott School Dormitory on one cold December night in 1917. […]

Merry Christmas everyone! There isn’t much news this week only a warning to be especially safe during this holiday season not only on the roads but by wearing your masks at all gatherings if at all possible! The only thing that is going on in town, as you may have noticed, is the clean­up of […]

Franklin County Animal Shelter, located at 550 Industry Road in Farmington has selected the Pets of the Week. For more information call 207-778-2638. Harper, Lab Mix, 1 to 3 Years, Female: Meet Harper! Harper is a sweet and active girl who loves being outside and always enjoys being on the go! Playing fetch is absolutely […]

Albert Corydon White Nov. 15, 1852 – Feb. 1, 1928 Part 1 From the first, Albert liked the idea of becoming a drummer boy, of leaving behind his third grade studies, and of going uniformed out into the world to help preserve the United States of America. By springtime 1861, then 8, Albert was seriously […]