WELD — Voters on Friday will select three town officials and on Saturday will be asked to decide on several capital improvement projects and the hiring of an events coordinator. Voting will take place from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Town Office complex, and the town meeting will reconvene at 10 a.m. Saturday at […]
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Hundreds celebrate winter at Mount Blue State Park
WELD — The 10th annual Take It Outside Winter Family Fun Day at Mount Blue State Park saw hundreds of visitors enjoying a variety of activities. Gary Best of Maine Bureau of Parks stepped in to oversee the event when Park Manager Bruce Farnham was called away on a family emergency. “I look forward to […]
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Massachusetts man pleads guilty to arson, burglary charges
FARMINGTON — A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty Thursday to intentionally burning two homes in Carthage and Wilton on June 27, 2015, and breaking into three Franklin County convenience stores three days later. Duane Bailey, 28, of Carver, Mass., entered guilty pleas to two felony counts of arson for setting fire to a home at 9 […]
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Nebraska man pleads guilty to burglarizing three Franklin County stores
FARMINGTON — A Nebraska man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Franklin County Superior Court to breaking into three convenience stores in Jay, New Vineyard and Weld last summer. He is one of four men charged in the burglaries. Einer A. Bonilla, 22, of Grand Island, Neb., pleaded guilty to three felony counts of burglary, and two […]
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Massachusetts man killed in Weld crash
WELD — A Massachusetts man was killed in a single-car crash on School Street late Saturday night, according to a press release from State Police. The investigation reported that Richard Rogers, 58, of Pembroke, Mass., lost control of his 2006 Honda Civic while he was traveling north in Route 156 in Weld. Rogers’ car drove […]
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Weld Dems to caucus March 6
WELD — The Weld Democratic Caucus will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 6, at the Town Hall for registered Democrats of Weld. Voter registration will begin at 1 p.m. for all new or unenrolled voters.
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Weld woman injured after going off road in Wilton
WILTON — An underlying medical condition caused a Weld woman to lose control of her car and crash on Route 2 Sunday evening, according to police. Carol Frederick, 76, was driving a 2011 GMC truck east near the Pond Road when it went off the road into a ditch about 5:21 p.m., Wilton Police Chief […]
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Two people injured in Weld crash
WELD — Two people were injured Wednesday afternoon when a car heading east skidded off Byron Road and into trees, Franklin County Cpl. Kevin Hartley said. Speed was a factor, he said. Driver Amy Taylor, 53, of Skowhegan and her passenger, Logan Taylor, 21, of Athens were taken by ambulance to Rumford Hospital, he said. […]
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Edward John Bronish II
1937 – 2015 WELD — Edward John Bronish II, 77, passed away Saturday, Oct. 3, at his home in Weld, surrounded by his family after a long illness. Ed, or “Sonny,” as his close friends and family knew him, was born in Newark, N.J., Dec. 29, 1937, to the late Edward John Bronish and Ann […]
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Road to be closed for bridge replacement in Weld
WELD — Byron Road will be closed Tuesday, Sept. 22, and Wednesday, Sept. 23, for bridge replacement.