LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating thefts of oxycodone, ATVs and a money bag and residential break-ins that have occurred since Friday. A resident of Fairview Street reported Monday morning that two ATVs were stolen. Officer Darian Nadeau recovered one of the ATVs at the end of the road, which did not have the key […]
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Jay man charged after store clerk refuses to sell him beer
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police said a Jay man is accused of swearing and yelling at a Cumberland Farms clerk Monday night after he refused to sell him beer. Officer Troy Reed tried to calm things down but Gary Voter, 57, kept swearing and yelling at the clerk. Reed ordered him to stop and leave the […]
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Strong selectmen begin budget work
STRONG — Selectmen on Tuesday evening began their two-month review of the 2016 revenues and expenses in preparation for the 2017 budget and March town meeting. The board discussed combining several warrant articles that are closely related and in similar categories. Selectman Dick Worthley said he had reviewed many area towns’ warrants and suggested other […]
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Can’t get there? Lack of help maintaining snowmobile trails may be to blame
FARMINGTON — Issues facing local snowmobile clubs have led to the formation of a new cooperative: Western Foothills Snowmobile Group. The group met Monday at Franklin Memorial Hospital with Joe Higgins of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Bureau of Parks and Lands Snowmobile Program to share those concerns and begin addressing them. […]
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Electrical issue is cause of Farmington fire
FARMINGTON — An electrical issue was the cause of a fire that destroyed a mobile home at 119 Lamkin Lane on Monday evening, according to Farmington Fire Chief Terry Bell. Sgt. Ken Grimes and Jeremy Damren of the State Fire Marshal’s Office sifted through debris Tuesday morning. A state electrical inspector was also called in Tuesday, […]
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Jay board approves 2016-17 budget timeline
JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to accept a 2016-17 budget timeline leading up to an April 25, 2017, annual town meeting referendum. “We set this up the same as last year, but it can be changed,” Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said. Last year was the first time the town’s Budget Committee met with selectpersons and department […]
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DHHS official pleads not guilty to OUI
FARMINGTON — The attorney for an associate director for the Maine Office of Substance Abuse accused of driving drunk has entered a plea of not guilty on her behalf in a Franklin County court. A Franklin County sheriff’s deputy arrested Joan Smyrski, 62, of Jefferson on Sept. 25 on a misdemeanor count of operating under […]
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Farmington couple lose everything in house fire
FARMINGTON — A couple lost all of their belongings Monday evening when fire destroyed their rented late-model mobile home at 119 Lamkin Lane. David and Amanda Hawkes told firefighters they heard a funny noise and looked down the hall toward the back of the trailer and saw a glow, Deputy Fire Chief Tim Hardy said. The […]
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FCHN gives Roger Wells Community Health Leadership Award
FARMINGTON — Franklin Community Health Network awarded its 2016 Community Health Leadership Award to Roger Wells, director of security at Franklin Memorial Hospital, during Monday’s annual meeting. Wells, of Wilton, was recognized as an outstanding member of the organization and community, L. Clinton Boothby, chairman of the FCHN board of directors, said when presenting the […]
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Regional agenda
Monday Bethel: Ordinance Review Committee, 6:15 p.m., Town Office Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Community Day Committee, 6 p.m., Municipal Center […]