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Strong selectmen discuss property maintenance downtown

by Valerie Tucker Special to the Sun Journal December 10, 2019December 11, 2019

Resident Terry Parker said she’d like to see some of the properties along Main Street cleaned up.

Franklin, News

Several crashes reported during Thanksgiving Day storm

November 28, 2019November 29, 2019

Two vehicles damaged by tree across Route 27.

Franklin, News

Strong selectmen hear details of software update

by Valerie Tucker Special to the Sun Journal November 26, 2019November 29, 2019

STRONG — Selectmen reviewed details Tuesday night of the town’s lengthy, sometimes-bumpy transition from outdated Town Office software to web-based programs. The TRIO software in use is based on Microsoft’s Access program, which will not be supported after 2019. Harris Local Government, the Bangor-based creator of TRIO, has been steering its customers to its cloud-based […]

Franklin, News

Selectmen weigh action to clean up Strong property

by Valerie Tucker Special to the Sun Journal October 23, 2019October 25, 2019

A home on West Freeman Road is littered with vehicles, campers, furniture and appliances.

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Jay woman, Winthrop man indicted in fatal overdoses

by Donna M. Perry October 18, 2019October 23, 2019

A woman from Farmington and a man from Strong died in March.

The Franklin Journal

Silver Beehive Studio: Unique jewelry made locally

by Dee Menear October 18, 2019October 17, 2019

STRONG — From his western Maine studio, Steve Mitman methodically worked with a silver band, buffing it to perfection. Buffing is one of the final steps in finishing the rings he designs and produces at Silver Beehive Studio. Mitman graduated in 1989 with a bachelor’s in ceramics and art education from Michigan State University in […]