NEW SHARON — Fire destroyed a mobile home on Farmington Falls Road Wednesday afternoon, leaving one man homeless. Fire crews from several towns were called to the scene near Tuttles Auto Sales shortly after 4 p.m. Firefighters had to cut their way through a heavy ring of trees before they could get hoses to the […]
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New Sharon man sentenced for terrorizing
FARMINGTON – A Franklin County judge sentenced a New Sharon man to four years in prison, with all but one year suspended, after he pleaded guilty Friday to threatening to kill his girlfriend with a knife March 15. Timothy Hutchinson, 29, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of domestic violence terrorizing with a dangerous weapon […]
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New Sharon to vote on buying new computer system
NEW SHARON — A special town meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, to ask that selectmen be authorized to spend up to $10,000 for a new computer system and to retrieve data from a server that crashed on Oct. 25. The money would come from the surplus account. Lorna Nichols, chairwoman […]
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New Sharon inmate treated after stumbling on courthouse step
FARMINGTON – A New Sharon woman in Franklin County custody was injured Monday while returning to the jail’s transport van in the parking lot of Superior Court after she stumbled on the last step to the parking lot, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. Carol Murphy, 71, appeared in Franklin County Superior Court Monday morning for […]
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Addilyn Sophia Davis
2011 – 2015 NEW SHARON — Addilyn Sophia Davis peacefully earned her angel wings while wrapped in her mother’s loving arms on Wednesday, Oct. 21. She was just 4 years old; however, she defied the odds by the two-year life expectancy of Krabbe disease (globoid cell leukodystrophy) with which she suffered since birth. Addilyn was […]
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State police investigate New Sharon, Rome burglaries
NEW SHARON — State police are investigating three burglaries at businesses here and in Rome that occurred between 6 p.m. Monday and 6 a.m. Tuesday, Trooper Jillian Monahan said. There were forced entries into Tracy’s Kountry Kitchen and White Water Farm Market on Routes 2/27 in New Sharon, and Pine Bluff Farm store on Route […]
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Ethlyn M. Clifford
1928 – 2015 FARMINGTON — Ethlyn Marion Clifford, 87, of Canton Point Road, Dixfield, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Franklin Memorial Hospital, after a brief illness. She was born on Feb. 26, 1928, in New Sharon, a daughter of the late William McKinley White Sr. and Marjory (Quimby) White. She was educated […]
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New Sharon woman arrested after police used Taser
NEW SHARON — A local woman was struck with a Taser on Wednesday after she refused the commands of a deputy who was attempting to arrest her, Franklin County Chief Deputy Steven Lowell said Thursday. Carol Murphy, 71, of 248 Lane Road, was arrested after she ignored verbal commands from Deputy Andrew Morgan, who had tried […]
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New Sharon teen named Maine Dairy Princess
NEW SHARON — Kristen Davis, the new Maine Dairy Princess, will serve as an ambassador for the state this weekend at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Mass. The 17-year-old senior at Mt. Blue High School in Farmington was awarded the title during the Clinton Lions Agricultural Fair in mid-September. From there it was on […]
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New Sharon Water District holds hearing on proposed water rate increase
NEW SHARON — The New Sharon Water District will hold a public hearing Thursday on a proposed rate increase of $10.68 per month for minimum users. The meeting takes place at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, at the Town Office. The Board of Trustees may adopt or revise the rate increase based on the meeting. […]