BETHEL — Although Ellen Marshall never knew her grandmother who passed away in 1941, she feels her influence every day. “She was a rug hooker,” said Marshall, of Albany. “I grew up with her rugs and loved them. That’s how I got into it.” A class several years ago with Connie Fletcher, then-owner of Artful […]
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Face Time: Austin Gilboe — not thinking beyond the hour
To say Spruce Mountain High School senior Austin Gilboe is active would be a colossal understatement. The list of things he’s involved in at school and in the community is far too long to detail here, but to give you just a taste: Two varsity sports (baseball and soccer) and two KVAC team selections, youth […]
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Jay to mail fliers connected to free smoke alarms, installation
JAY — A flier will be mailed the week of Jan. 9 to inform residents that the Fire Rescue Department will be offering installation of free smoke alarms later in the month in conjunction with the American Red Cross. The fliers from the Red Cross, which are being delivered to the Town Office on Monday, […]
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Couple finds $6,000 at Hannaford, returns it
JAY — To hear Josephine Bizier tell it, she and her husband never once considered keeping the money. What money, you ask? Why, the $6,000 they found Thursday afternoon in the Hannaford parking lot. “Was it that much?” Josephine asked Friday, as the cash was being returned to its rightful owner. “We didn’t count it.” […]
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Livermore to hold meeting on recycling, marijuana moratorium
LIVERMORE — A town meeting to address a recycling agreement and a marijuana moratorium ordinance will be held Tuesday, Jan. 10. The meeting is at 6:30 p.m. at Spruce Mountain Elementary School on Gibbs Mill Road. Townspeople will consider terminating the agreement with Oxford County Regional Recycling Corp. effective July 1. The corporation was formed […]
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Jay to discuss options on firefighter pay scale
JAY — Selectpersons will discuss the Fire Rescue Department’s pay scale at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9, at the Town Office. The discussion stems from an increase in the minimum wage, from $7.50 an hour to $9 per hour, effective Saturday. The wage increases to $10 per hour Jan. 1, 2018; $11 per hour Jan. […]
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Franklin County welcomes first baby
FARMINGTON — Jemma Jade Gauthier is Franklin County’s first baby of 2017, arriving at 4:53 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, at Franklin Memorial Hospital. She weighed 5 pounds, 13 ounces. Dr. Jennifer Zeliger of Franklin Health Women’s Care attended Jemma’s birth. Jemma is the first child of Lydia and Christopher Gauthier of New Sharon, and the first […]
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Turner’s preliminary budget up slightly
TURNER — Town Manager Kurt Schaub provided selectmen Tuesday with a preliminary 2017-18 budget that is nearly $7,700 more than last year’s $2.67 million. The Budget Committee will meet Jan. 9 to begin hammering out details of the spending plan. Voters have their say on it in April. In other business, selectmen reviewed a list of 11 […]
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Marlee Johnston annual ski race Saturday
READFIELD — The snow conditions couldn’t be better for the annual Alpine ski race in memory of Marlee Johnston on Saturday at the O’Connor Alpine Training Center. Ted Johnston, Marlee’s father, described the conditions as “fantastic.” “In comparison to last year, we barely got the slopes open for the race with so little natural snowfall,” he […]
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Wilton man pleads not guilty to escape, robbery
FARMINGTON — A Wilton man denied Tuesday that he assaulted a deputy, escaped from a jail van, forced his way into a Wilton home and assaulted a resident before stealing her Jeep on March 1, 2016. Derek Cook, 31, pleaded not guilty in Franklin County Superior Court to 11 charges on which he was indicted […]