FARMINGTON — Students in Regional School Unit 9 who pay full price for breakfast and lunches will pay 10 to 25 cents more in 2017-18, depending on the grade level and the meal, the school board decided this week. It is an effort to close the gap on the actual cost of the meals. Directors […]
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Jay boys mix lemonade and library for fundraiser
JAY — Brothers Avery and Austin Cook took their mother’s suggestion to set up a lemonade-and-cookie stand to heart. Avery, 6, and Austin, 4, decided to donate the $40 they earned during a yard sale at their grandfather Jeff Boivin’s house on Main Street to the Jay-Niles Memorial Library in North Jay. They love the library. […]
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Farmington man injured in New Sharon accident
NEW SHARON — A Farmington man was injured Thursday night after his Jeep struck a utility pole and rolled over on Swan Road, located off Route 27. Terrence Lake, 47, of Farmington told Deputy Derrick Doucette that he swerved to avoid a deer when his 2003 Jeep struck the pole, Chief Deputy Steven Lowell of […]
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Phillips voters elect officers, pass budget
PHILLIPS — Voters set the 2017-18 budget and elected five municipal officials at Thursday night’s annual town meeting. The original proposed municipal budget of $1.32 million was $6,364 more than last year, but voters agreed to raise an additional $2,000 to add to the $1,000 for work that needs to be done for veterans’ graves in the […]
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RSU 73 board votes to move ahead with high school accreditation
LIVERMORE FALLS — The Regional School Unit 73 board of directors voted Thursday to move forward with the New England Association of Schools and Colleges accreditation process for Spruce Mountain High School if a funding source becomes available. During the 2017-18 school budget process, money had been removed that would have funded accreditation work, which has […]
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Selectman questions Livermore Falls election process
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectman George Cummings asked at Tuesday’s board meeting whether selectman candidate Heather Bronish should have served as a ballot clerk at the June 13 election. “To me, appearancewise, she shouldn’t have been put in that position,” he said. According to a Maine election law enacted in 1985, the following persons may not serve as […]
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Wilton paper carrier honored for saving man's life
WILTON — Newspapers were piling up and the same lights were on each night at a customer’s house. James Knox of Wilton, a Sun Journal carrier, had a feeling something was not right. He called police that cold night in January, Chief Heidi Wilcox said Thursday as her department honored him. The presentation was made […]
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Franklin County tax rate rises, valuation decreases
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners set the tax rate Thursday at $1.21 per $1,000 of property value for 2017-18 to cover an assessment of $5.26 million and a $30,001 overlay. The tax rate is an increase of 4 cents over the 2016-17 fiscal year. Contributing to the increase is the county’s total state valuation, including […]
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Livermore Falls woman accused of hammering car windows
LIVERMORE FALLS — A local woman is accused of breaking windows in an acquaintance’s car Tuesday night, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Wednesday. It was one incident on a busy night for police. Kaitlyn Bouchard, 21, of Livermore Falls was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of criminal mischief and a felony charge of violation […]
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Livermore Falls selectmen approve sewer project
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen on Tuesday approved $35,000 to replace the sewer line on Bailey Street. Sewer Superintendent Greg Given said the line that will be replaced extends from the intersection of Bailey Street and Route 133 to Marion Avenue. “The pipe’s got sags in it, the pipe’s got breaks in it,” he explained. Six-inch […]