CARTHAGE — Crossroads International Celtic Festival in collaboration with the Festival of Small Halls will present a promotional tour in the region as part of a cultural exchange between Maine and the Maritimes at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center in South Carthage on Wednesday April 30, and at Phillips Area Community Center in Phillips Me […]
Phillips
Posted inConnections
Church briefs
Easter at Lovell Church of Christ LOVELL — Easter activities at the Lovell United Church of Christ have been announced. A free program for children up to grade five, Egg-Citement, will take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 12. There will be crafts, snacks, games and an egg hunt. The Palm Sunday worship […]
advertisement
Posted inFranklin
Avon man charged with driving to endanger
PHILLIPS — An Avon man told a Franklin County deputy Thursday that he didn’t stop for 4 miles because he wanted to get home first and he didn’t have his driver’s license on him, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Friday. Zebulen Lariviere, 20, was arrested on misdemeanor charges of driving to endanger and failure to […]
Posted inConnections, The Franklin Journal
Briefly
Apple expert to speak PHILLIPS — John Bunker Jr., an expert on heritage apples, will be at the Phillips Area Community Center on Depot Street at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 5. Admission is free. Donations are welcome. Snacks will be available. The event is hosted by the Sandy River Business Association. Book sale, boutique, breakfast […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Phillips man accused in break-in at Madrid Township garage
FARMINGTON — Police said a Phillips man was charged Wednesday with breaking into a garage on East Madrid Road in Madrid Township in January. Franklin County Cpl. Nate Reid and Lt. David St. Laurent arrested Aaron J. Barker, 32, on a felony charge of burglary, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Thursday. The arrest comes after […]
Posted inFranklin
Phillips loses plow truck to fire
PHILLIPS — A fast-moving fire reduced the town’s 2010 International plow truck to charred rubble Wednesday. The driver was not injured. Public Works employee Matt Stevens was plowing the remote East Madrid Road when he saw the flames shooting from the hood of the double-axle wheeler, Town Manager Elaine Hubbard said. Stevens, also an experienced […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Public asked to observe winter parking rules
PHILLIPS — Winter parking challenges require cooperation and patience, Road Commissioner Ward Bredeau told selectmen Tuesday night. Bredeau said he is faced with a difficult situation each winter when he and his crew plow turnarounds for trucks and school buses. These spaces are for municipal use only, but some residents don’t realize these are not […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Phillips driver issued summons in Farmington crash
FARMINGTON — Police say a Phillips man was given a summons charging following too close after his vehicle struck a car stopped on the Wilton Road. Timothy Haley, 34, was driving a 2004 Dodge minivan west on Routes 2 and 4/Wilton Road about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Farmington police officer Michael Raymond said. Ann Jani, 57, […]
Posted inObituaries
Dennis L. Pillsbury
1940 – 2014 GILL, Mass. — Dennis Lyndon Pillsbury, 73, died Sunday, Feb. 2, at his home in Gill, Mass. He was born to the late Christine Annette (Haley) and Everett Lyndon Pillsbury on Sept. 28, 1940, in Phillips. Dennis graduated from Phillips High School in 1958, and received a bachelor’s degree in engineering physics […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Delinquent taxpayers allowed opportunity to get Phillips properties back
PHILLIPS — Town officials agreed Tuesday to give two people one more chance to buy back their foreclosed properties. Selectmen advised one property owner, who posted his foreclosed home on the Craigslist.org website, that Town Manager Elaine Hubbard should not have to take phone calls from potential buyers who saw the listing. “You shouldn’t try […]