FARMINGTON — Partial voting results Tuesday night showed Democrat Pam Prodan ahead of Republican Quenten Clark Jr. in the race for Franklin County treasurer. Prodan was leading 6,138 to 5,083. Chesterville, Coplin Plantation, Farmington, Industry, Jay, New Sharon, Kingfield, Sandy River Plantation, Strong, Temple and Wilton reported results as of 1:05 a.m. on Wednesday. Prodan, a former private practice lawyer from Wilton, […]
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Livermore Falls voters nix property study
LIVERMORE FALLS — Residents defeated a proposal Tuesday to spend up to $10,000 from the town’s surplus fund to conduct a study of town-owned property. The measure failed 584-476. The money would have been used to determine the feasibility of using a tax-acquired property on Route 106 in East Livermore as the location of a […]
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Voter residency consequences stirs debate in Farmington
Bill Crandall of Farmington stands outside the polls at the Farmington Community Center on Tuesday, beside a banner listing the consequences of declaring voting residence by registering to vote in Maine. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal) FARMINGTON — Bill Crandall of Farmington stood outside the Community Center on Tuesday, beside a banner listing the consequences of declaring […]
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Nine arrested in Rumford-Mexico drug sweep
RUMFORD — Nine people were arrested in Rumford and Mexico on Monday evening in a drug sweep that netted cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and $20,000 cash, police said. The coordinated operationg by Maine Drug Enforcement agents and state, county and local police was part of a monthlong investigation into drug trafficking by local and out-of-state residents. […]
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Sexual assault suspect found hanging in Franklin County jail cell
FARMINGTON — State police said a man charged with sexual assault was found Monday night hanging from bedsheets in his cell at the Franklin County jail. Stephen Tripp, 35, of Strong died Tuesday morning at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, authorities said. Tripp was arrested Friday on felony charges of gross sexual assault and possessing […]
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Joly elected Franklin County probate judge
FARMINGTON — Voters in Franklin County elected Margot Joly of Weld on Tuesday to be the new Franklin County probate judge. She received 6,871 votes to 6,381 for Ron Aseltine of Wilton. Joly will take office Jan. 1, 2019, replacing Richard Morton of Farmington, who is retiring Dec. 31 after 35 years with the […]
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Voters support Walton's Mill Dam project
FARMINGTON — Voters showed their support Tuesday for the $1.2 million Walton’s Mill Dam project. The project, which voters approved 2,031 to 1,195, will be funded entirely by the Atlantic Salmon Federation, and includes removal of the dam. The project also includes new lawn space in Walton’s Mill Pond Park, trail improvements, an expanded parking […]
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Polling places
Andover: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Town Hall Avon: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Community Room Bethel: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Crescent Park School Bridgton: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Town Hall Buckfield: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Municipal Building Canton: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Town Office Carrabassett Valley: 8 a.m. to 8 […]
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New Hampshire man to serve 40 months for selling fentanyl, crack cocaine in Wilton
FARMINGTON — A New Hampshire man was sentenced Monday to 40 months in prison, after he pleaded guilty to selling fentanyl and crack cocaine in July in Wilton. Davian Torres Rodriguez, 27, of Nashua, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty Monday at Franklin County Superior Court to two felony counts of unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs […]
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Strong man accused of sexually assaulting girl
UPDATE: Sexual assault suspect found dead in Franklin County Jail cell FARMINGTON — A Strong man is accused of sexually assaulting a girl and possessing sexually explicit photos of girls. Stephen Tripp, 35, of Strong, was arrested Friday on felony charges of gross sexual assault and possessing sexually explicit material, according to an affidavit filed in a […]