A $1,000 raise for each of the three Selectmen, the first since 2006 was approved.
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.
Organic Valley offers contracts to dairies losing markets
Of the four local organic milk producers informed last summer that Horizon/Danone would no longer take their milk, two have signed letters of intent with Organic Valley.
Chesterville to elect officers Friday
Seats are open for three selectpersons and a school director.
Livermore to pay highway crew $2 more per hour until April 1
The highway crew is shorthanded, selectpersons have in previous years paid more in winter when there wasn’t a full crew.
Women’s History Month/Spruce Mountain HS teacher, student win state awards
Lily Bailey, a junior at Spruce Mountain High School has received the National Center for Women & Information Technology Aspirations in Computing Award for Maine while Kymberly Bryant won the Educator Award.
Masking choice leads to more bullying in RSU 73
Bullying of students choosing to wear masks, now optional in district schools, was reported Thursday, March 10, during the Board of Directors meeting.
Masking is now optional in RSU 73
Masking is now optional in all Regional School Unit 73 buildings and buses.
Three vie for two seats on Chesterville board
Sandy Gilbert-Lord is unopposed for a one-year term on the Board of Selectpersons while Dorothy Robinson is unopposed for a three-year term on the Regional School Unit 9 Board of Directors.
Industry voters approve all articles, elect officials
Voters approve $1,000 raise for all three selectmen, the first pay hike since 2006.