FARMINGTON — The fiddleheads are up and the Maine Fiddlehead Festival will be held Saturday, rain or shine. The sixth annual festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 6 on the grounds of the Emery Community Arts Center at the University of Maine at Farmington. Organizer Cynthia Stancioff said the center […]
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Livermore voters will consider revaluation funding at town meeting
LIVERMORE — The Board of Selectpersons voted unanimously Tuesday to place an article on the town meeting warrant to set aside $45,000 for a townwide property revaluation. The town meeting will be held Wednesday evening, June 14. The revaluation is required by 2020 and is estimated to cost $130,000. The last one was in 2010, […]
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Farmington couple featured on new ‘Love Kills’ series on Investigation Discovery Channel
Fourteen years after someone shot Janette Osborne in the chest on the family farm in Farmington, the new Investigation Discovery Channel series “Love Kills” talked with her son, Josh Osborne, and his then-girlfriend, Donna Enman, about that day — and leaves it up to viewers to figure out who pulled the trigger. Carl Schick, supervising […]
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Face Time: Dale Farrar — buying and selling history
Dale Farrar has admired antiques and old things since he was a child. There were treasure troves of old items and antiques that sparked his interest at his grandparents’ farmhouses. He dreamed of traveling when he looked over maps in an old atlas. He learned that something considered ugly to some people could be valuable […]
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Spruce Mountain takes top spots regional Envirothon
RAYMOND — Teams from Spruce Mountain High School in Jay once again demonstrated their knowledge of natural resources by their first-, second- and fifth-place finishes at the Southwestern Regional Envirothon Competition on Wednesday. The event was held at Camp Hinds in Raymond with 18 teams from nine schools competing. York County Soil and Water Conservation […]
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Franklin County budget panel to review proposed $6.2 million budget
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Budget Advisory Committee will meet Friday to discuss a proposed $6.2 million spending plan for 2017-18. Chairman Joshua Bell, a Farmington selectman, will lead the meeting at 5 p.m. at the Franklin County Courthouse. Of the proposal, $2 million is for the jail. It is $338,738 more than the current […]
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UMF professors remember senior during annual symposium
FARMINGTON — The Michael D. Wilson Symposium at the University of Maine at Farmington on Wednesday paid tribute to the memory of a Rumford student who died this year before completing his senior research project. “Tyler Daigle, had he lived, would be presenting the results of his senior history research project today,” Allison Hepler, professor of […]
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Franklin County commissioners propose no raises
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners recommended no raises for all nonunion employees during a review of department budget requests Wednesday. The freeze on wages eliminates a proposed 2 percent increase. After a two-day review of budget requests, commissioners recommended a proposed budget of $3.61 million. The amount factors in revenues and $100,000 from undesignated funds to […]
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New Sharon voters to decide on tax discount
NEW SHARON — A special town meeting on whether to offer a discount for taxes paid within 30 days, how to fund the discount if it passes and whether to make the road commissioner and treasurer positions three-year terms will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Cape Cod Hill School. During the annual […]
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Chretien and Sons Greenhouse opens today
LIVERMORE — This winter has been a challenge for Beth and John Johnson, new owners of Chretien and Sons Greenhouse, but they are excited about Thursday’s opening. The couple bought the greenhouses from Roland Chretien last year. They sold mums in the fall and poinsettias at Christmas. This winter the roof on one greenhouse collapsed […]