FARMINGTON — A Miami truck driver was about three-quarters of the way through a sharp curve during an ice storm Tuesday evening when the truck filled with water began to slide, he said Wednesday. Jimmy Jimenez Rojas said he thought a large snowbank would stop the tractor-trailer, but it plowed through, shearing off the porch […]
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Franklin County Commission may eliminate funding requests
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners have authorized letters notifying agencies that their requests for county funding in 2017-18 may be reduced or eliminated. Commission Chairman Charles Webster of Farmington asked County Clerk Julie Magoon on Tuesday to draft the letters. The county funded 10 requests for a total of $171,200 in 2016-17. The requests from […]
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Nomination papers available in Chesterville
CHESTERVILLE — Nomination papers for three seats on the Board of Selectmen are available at the Town Office, 409 Dutch Gap Road. The openings are for a one-year term held by Tyler Jenness; a three-year term held by Guy Iverson; and a one-year term left by Paul Caldwell who resigned in December 2016. Town Clerk […]
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Appeals Board lacks authority to change road name
CHESTERVILLE — The Appeals Board on Tuesday voted unanimously to refer a road-name-change request back to the Planning Board, based on information from the Maine Municipal Association. The Appeals Board took no action last month on the request from Scott and Megan Heikkinen to change the name of a right of way from Turner Interval […]
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Turner man accused of sexually abusing girl
LIVERMORE FALLS — A Turner man remains jailed on a charge of sexually abusing a child under age 16 last week, police said. Isaac Bryant, 28, was arrested Saturday on a felony charge of unlawful sexual contact and taken to the Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn. Officer Stephen E. Gould investigated a complaint from parents reporting the abuse […]
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Livermore Falls man died from crash injuries
LIVERMORE — The state medical examiner has determined that the death of a Livermore Falls man early Sunday morning was the result of injuries he sustained in a car accident, and not from a medical condition. According to a statement from Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, Tuesday’s autopsy of 40-year-old […]
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Tractor-trailer loaded with water plows into Farmington house
FARMINGTON — Police said speed, icy roads and driver inexperience may have caused a tractor-trailer to plow into a house on Route 4 on Tuesday evening. The driver, Jimmy Robert Jimenez Roja, 27, of Miami, Florida, suffered lacerations to his hands, arms and face and was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital by NorthStar ambulance, Sgt. […]
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Driver charged, two injured in Farmington crash
FARMINGTON — Police said a Chelsea man fell asleep while driving on Routes 2 and 4 on Tuesday afternoon and his car hit two others. Erik Dodge, 21, was charged with failure to retain control of a motor vehicle, Farmington officer Ryan Rosie said. Dodge was driving east in front of Hight Chevrolet when his 2005 […]
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Franklin County rescinds order for sheriff to reimburse county, shoes returned
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to rescind an order to have Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. reimburse the county $170.37 for a mailing he sent to residents of the county’s unorganized territory. Commissioners took issue with Nichols on Dec. 20 for sending the mailing and buying four pairs of nonslip shoes, one pair each […]
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State associate director pleads guilty to OUI
FARMINGTON — An associate director for the Maine Office of Substance Abuse pleaded guilty Tuesday to drunken driving on Sept. 25, 2016, in Avon. Joan M. Smyrski, 62, of Jefferson entered the plea to the misdemeanor charge of operating under the influence. Her attorney, Walter McKee, was by her side in Franklin County Superior Court. […]