NEW VINEYARD — An Anson man was injured when his dump truck rolled over on icy Basin Road on Monday morning, Franklin County Deputy Matt Brann said. Doug Nile, 41, who contracts with the town of New Vineyard for winter maintenance, was driving up a hill while sanding when the truck started to slide backwards. […]
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New Vineyard library expansion project begins
NEW VINEYARD — A worker from Thorndike & Sons of Strong was digging a trench Thursday for a new water line as part of an expansion of the New Vineyard Public Library on Lake Street. The footings were poured for the addition Wednesday, Bruce Turcotte, chairman of the Library Expansion Committee, said. The library is […]
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Fire destroys New Vineyard home
NEW VINEYARD — Investigators from the State Fire Marshal’s Office worked Friday to determine the cause of an overnight fire that destroyed a vacant home at 1814 New Vineyard Road. The single-family home owned by Wilfred Daggett Jr. has been empty for about four weeks, fire Chief Douglas Churchill said. Someone driving by noticed the […]
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Sherwood Anderson celebrates 85th birthday
NEW VINEYARD — The Rev. Sherwood W. Anderson turned 85 on Sept. 19. On Sept. 19, 1928, Florence (Anderson) Jackson gave birth to an adorable, healthy son. Sherwood and his sister Gail (Ouellette) spent his childhood years first in New York City (1928-1942) and later in New Vineyard on Porter lake (1939-1942). His love for […]
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Hazel Rundlett
1943 – 2013 WILTON — Hazel Rundlett, 70, of Wilton, passed away at her daughter’s home in Wilton on Tuesday, Oct. 1. She was born in 1943 in Kentucky, the daughter of James H. and Angie C. Fields. Hazel married James Rundlett on Nov. 9, 1957, in Kentucky. She moved to New Vineyard in 1962, […]
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Historical Society meets Sept. 18 NEW VINEYARD — The New Vineyard Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, in Smith Hall on Main Street. Nancy Jane Porter will discuss how the Farmington Historical Society entered parts of its collection into the free Maine Memory Network. The three villages of New Portland and […]
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Man charged when truck hits pole
NEW VINEYARD — A New Portland man was charged late Saturday evening after his pickup truck hit a utility pole on Route 27 near Maine Wood Turning Inc. Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy Sandy Burke issued Walker Fleming, 33, a summons charging operating under the influence, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Monday. Burke responded to the […]
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Norway Library reading celebration NORWAY — The Norway Memorial Library will have their Summer Reading Celebration from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15. Children who have been reading this summer and those who participated in the Wednesday Adventures classes are all welcome to attend. Those who have reached their goal will receive a certificate […]
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Farmington man dies in Route 27 crash
NEW VINEYARD — Police say William Ellsworth, 57, of Farmington was killed after his van crossed the centerline of Route 27 on Friday morning and struck a tractor-trailer head-on. Daniel French, 29, of Alfred was driving the Hirschbank Co. truck with an empty box north when Ellsworth’s 1999 Plymouth Voyager van crossed into his lane […]
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Maine Wood Concepts: Family-owned business adapts to changing trends
NEW VINEYARD — The hum of machines punctuated by the sound of saws can be heard as workers at Maine Wood Concepts turned hardwood into specialty items Wednesday. Brothers Wayne and Earl Fletcher bought a shuttered mill in 1971 in the heart of this rural town and began making mostly novelty-type turnings, including wooden dart […]