FRYEBURG — Franklin County was well represented at Fryeburg Fair. Richard Marble of Farmington was kept busy selling Hotties from his food truck on the midway. The shepherd’s pie “hot pocket” style offering was a popular pick. Susun Terese owner of Minikins, a Farmington store, was seen replenishing a large display of her Polarfleece winter apparel […]
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New Vineyard woman injured in Industry Crash
INDUSTRY — A New Vineyard woman was injured Thursday morning when a Jeep crossed the centerline on Industry Road and collided head-on with a car she was driving, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. Clarence Brown 23, of Anson was traveling east at about 5 a.m. in a Jeep Commander when it struck a […]
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James D. Toner
NEW VINEYARD — James (Jim) D. Toner, 59, of New Vineyard lost his courageous battle with cancer Monday, July 16, surrounded by his loving wife and children. Jim grew up farming in Aroostook County with his large family, no doubt where his excitement for outdoor recreation and stewardship began. He graduated from Hodgdon High School in […]
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UMF Fitness Center director dies
FARMINGTON — Jim Toner, the director of the University of Maine at Farmington’s Fitness and Recreation Center and a former director of both parks and recreation and public works in Waterville, died Monday of cancer. Toner, 59, served as director of the Fitness and Recreation Center, or FRC, since 2006 and was the founder of […]
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North Anson woman receives minor injuries when car rolls over on Route 27 in New Vineyard
Brenda Bryson, 62, of North Anson suffered minor injuries Friday morning when the car she was driving south on Route 27 drifted off the road in New Vineyard and rolled over, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal) NEW VINEYARD — A North Anson woman suffered minor injuries Friday morning when the […]
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New Vineyard voters approve zoning changes
NEW VINEYARD — Town meeting voters passed a six-month spending plan Saturday as the first step toward changing the town budget from a calendar year to a fiscal year. Voters raised and appropriated $269,769 to run the town for the first six months of 2018. Last year’s 12-month budget was $501,000. “If you double what […]
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New Vineyard voters to consider six-month budget
NEW VINEYARD — Voters at the annual town meeting Saturday will decide on a six-month budget to finance town operations until the new fiscal year begins July 1. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. at Smith Hall. Members of the local Franklin County 4-H Working Steers Club will serve a pancake breakfast from 8 […]
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‘Confidential:’ New Vineyard company makes White House Easter eggs
NEW VINEYARD — Shh! It’s sort of an egg secret. Maine Wood Concepts is making this year’s official colorful, collectible wooden eggs for the White House Easter Egg Roll — but staff members at the company say they are not allowed to talk about it. Contacted last week, President Doug Fletcher asked his staff to […]
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Driver charged with distracted driving after truck flips in New Vineyard
NEW VINEYARD — A tractor-trailer driver from Utah was charged with distracted driving after his truck went off Route 27 while he was looking at his GPS on Thursday afternoon, Maine State Police Trooper Randy Hall said. Spencer Larsen, 25, was not hurt in the rollover, Hall said. Larsen said he was hauling a load […]
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New Vineyard boy is learning to stand on reattached leg
Four-year-old Adam Mattson of New Vineyard, whose legs were severed in a bucket loader accident Oct. 23, is getting around in a wheelchair. Physical and occupational therapists are working to help him stand — a few seconds at a time — on his reattached leg. The length he is able to stand should gradually increase. Adam walked […]