WILTON — The Board of Selectpersons voted unanimously Tuesday to move forward on a proposal that has the town taking on cemetery mowing. Although Town Manager Rhonda Irish had bids from local contractors for the work, the board wanted to hear more about a proposal that addresses the $33,000 budgeted for cemetery mowing this summer. Along […]
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Livermore cemetery maintenance bids due April 3
LIVERMORE — Bid packets for maintaining town cemeteries are available at the Town Office, it was announced at Tuesday night’s selectmen meeting. Administrative Assistant Amy Byron said the packets include a description of the requirements. Selectperson Timothy Kachnovich said bidders should have $1 million in general liability coverage and workers’ compensation insurance. Commercial vehicle insurance […]
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Farmington dedicates town report to Richard Wilde
Richard Wilde, left, computer technology instructor at Foster Career and Technical Education Center at the Mt. Blue Campus in Farmington, was at a loss for words Tuesday when Farmington Town Manager Richard Davis, right, presented him with the first copy of the annual town report, which is dedicated to Wilde. The recognition is for Wilde’s […]
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Franklin County arrest log
• Erica Couture, 32, Strong, theft, March 17, $500 cash bail, Wilton Police Department. • Cory J. Purrington, 36, Temple, driving under the influence, March 17, $100 cash, Farmington Police Department. • Nicholas S. Kilgas, 19, Boothbay, driving under the influence, March 18, $250 cash, Farmington Police Department. • David M. Shanley, 29, Farmington, probation hold, March 18, […]
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Welcome, dear sweet spring
A female beaver looks out from her 50-gallon tub of water as park superintendent Curt Johnson feeds her a willow bough at the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray at noon on Monday. The beaver came to the park last fall and is kept indoors over the winter. She does have access to the outside. Park […]
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Truck rollover ties up Route 4 traffic in Livermore
A tractor-trailer bound for Wilton with a load of groceries went off Route 4 in Livermore on Monday morning and overturned, Lt. Glen Holt of the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department said. The driver, 38-year-old Wilkens Dorvilien, 38, of Clinton, Massachusetts, was not hurt, but the rig and its load were believed to be a total […]
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Road name change moving forward, slowly, in Chesterville
CHESTERVILLE — Code Enforcement Officer Brenda Medcoff said it will take longer than anticipated to change the name of Turner Interval Road to Huckleberry Stream Road. The Planning Board approved the road-name-change request Jan. 10. The 45-day period for an appeal has passed, Medcoff said. Medcoff said the process to change the road name for […]
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Three charged in broom, pistol incident
FARMINGTON — Police said three people were arrested Sunday following a domestic incident involving a broom and a gun at a home on Sewall Lane. Sean M. McGuire, 22, of Sewall Lane was charged with terrorizing with a pistol. His guests, Arrin Kay, 23, of Farmington and Emily-Anne Bacon, 20, of Waterboro, were charged with […]
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Avon residents say farewell to former selectman
AVON — Residents paid a loving tribute to a long-serving selectman for his dedicated community service at the annual town meeting Saturday. Approximately 40 voters approved a slate of officers and moved smoothly through the 59 articles in the 2017 warrant. Voters also offered a heartfelt tribute to outgoing Third Selectman John Calloway for his […]
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Hiker from Mt. Vernon found dead on trail in Rome
ROME — A missing Mt. Vernon hiker was found dead along a hiking trail Thursday night, according to a news release Friday from Cpl. John MacDonald, spokesman for the Maine Warden Service. Brian Peters, 57, was last seen at about 1 p.m. when he left a parking area to snowshoe to the summit of Round Top […]