Posted inMaine

County jails may face funding crisis

AUGUSTA — With the resignations of one member of the Maine Board of Corrections and its only two staff members, county jails could be facing a critical funding shortage. The board, down to two members, lacks a quorum to do its business, including authorizing state funding for county jails. Amy Fowler, a Waldo County commissioner, […]

Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal

Today’s agenda

Franklin Jay: Jay Village Water District, public hearing, 6:15 p.m., Jay-Niles Memorial Library Oxford Hills Bethel: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Fire Department Auxiliary, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office River Valley Bethel: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library […]

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Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal

Today’s agenda

FRANKLIN Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Livermore: Selectpersons, 6 p.m., Maple Lane Golf Course and Restaurant New Vineyard, Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office OXFORD HILLS Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m. Town Office RIVER VALLEY Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Special […]

Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal

Today’s agenda

Franklin Jay: Selectboard, 6 p.m., Town Office Livermore: Selectpersons, 6 p.m., Town Office New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills Bethel: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Village Corporation, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office River Valley Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town […]

Posted inLewiston-Auburn

Survivor sues man charged in Turner farm shooting

AUBURN — A Connecticut man charged with manslaughter in connection with the fatal shooting of a worker at the former DeCoster egg farm in Turner is being sued by a survivor of the late worker. Angelina Ortiz Hernandez of Durango, Mexico, is listed as the personal representative of Manuel Medina Adame, who died from a […]

Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal

Today’s agenda

Franklin Fayette: Special town meeting, 7 p.m., Central School Oxford Hills Casco: Open Space Commission, 6:30 p.m., Community Center Casco: Board of Appeals, Community Center, 7 p.m. Paris: Utility District, 6:30 p.m., Wastewater Treatment Facility River Valley Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office

Posted inLocal Sports

Legion Baseball: Franklin County bows out of state tourney

BANGOR — Franklin County experienced the other, unfavorable definition of “walkoff” Thursday afternoon. A combined eight, scarlet-clad Flyers base runners made the walk of frustration back to the dugout to retrieve their gloves after being stranded on base in the fourth, fifth and sixth ininings. Trailing by a range of two to four runs at […]

Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal

Today’s agenda

Franklin Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Livermore: Selectmen, 6 p.m. New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills Casco: Proposed zoning changes, 7 p.m., Community Center Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m. Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m. River Valley Dixfield: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office