Pam Harnden
Staff Writer
Pam Harnden, of Wilton, has been a staff writer for The Franklin Journal since 2012. Since 2015, she has also written for the Livermore Falls Advertiser and Sun Journal. She covers Livermore and Regional School Unit 73 school board meetings. She writes about people and community events in the greater Franklin County area and is the go-to person for school robotics competitions. Pam is a member of the Old Crow Indian Band and a supervisor for the Franklin County Soil and Water Conservation District. She enjoys cooking, gardening, flower arranging, reading, music and spending time with her grandchildren. Pam has a bachelor's degree from the University of Maine at Orono and has been involved personally and professionally with numerous agricultural endeavors.
SMES students win Lyme disease awareness poster contest
Third grader Maisey Emery and fifth grader Anna Moffett each won for their age division in the annual Lyme Disease Awareness Month poster contest.
Treat Memorial Library June news
LIVERMORE FALLS — Summer Reading Program 2022: Oceans of Possibilities starts Tuesday, June 21, at Treat Memorial Library! Dive into an ocean of reading, win prizes, and help your community at the same time! Track your reading online at treat.beanstack.org or request a reading log at the library. For every book or half hour you […]
Photo album: Memorial Day observances
Ceremonies were held in Farmington, Fayette, Jay, Leeds, Livermore and Livermore Falls.
Spruce Mountain schools to use early releases for professional development time next year
Superintendent Scott Albert addressed school safety in the aftermath of the shooting in Texas.
American Legion places flags in Farmington
American flags were placed at veterans gravesites.
Linn Wells and the Monday Memorial Day
Linn Wells pulled no punches. It’s Saturday May 30, 1970. The long time Bowdoin coach, eight year Navy veteran and television sportscaster was outraged. Now station manager and “roving reporter” for Farmington’s WKTJ, Wells was broadcasting from an event in his home town of Wilton being conducted in defiance of a new state law. He […]
Iris & spring flower show is June 4
AUBURN — The Maine Iris Society will host its 42nd Annual Median Iris & Spring Flower Show at the Auburn Middle School on Saturday, June 4, from 1:30 – 4 p.m. Admission is FREE and open to the public. Iris enthusiasts, gardeners and volunteers from Maine and New Hampshire will arrive early that morning to […]
Gawler Family Band to perform
VIENNA — The Gawler Family Band will play at the Vienna Union Hall June 11 at 7 p.m. The Gawlers are a fun-loving, fiddling family band from the heart of Maine with shining smiles and joyful sounds. John and Ellen Gawler are master fiddle and banjo players and their three daughters Molly, Edith and Elsie […]
Annual benefit plant sale
FARMINGTON — Old South First Congregational Church’s annual plant sale will continue through June 5th at 125 Woodfield Drive in Farmington, 1 mile from center of town, off Perham Street. The plant selection changes daily and consists primarily of perennials. Herbs, veggie seedlings, houseplants, and shrubs including lilacs from Simply Lilacs (State inspected/licensed) may be […]