FARMINGTON – Franklin County commissioners voted to enter into a one-year contract with Maine Pretrial Service Inc. to provide pretrial services and post-conviction alternatives, among other programs, at the jail. The private nonprofit agency with offices around the state was the only bidder for the contract at $70,683. It’s a 1.5 percent increase over the […]
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Phillips man accused in sex case
PHILLIPS — A local man is accused of having unwanted sexual contact with a woman and attempting to sexually assault her on Aug. 6, according to Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. Lt. David St. Laurent received a complaint of sexual assault on Aug. 10, which was alleged to have occurred on Aug. 6 in Phillips. As […]
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State highway offices moving from Dixfield to Wilton
WILTON — The Maine Department of Transportation has purchased a large commercial building on Routes 2 and 4 with plans to move the Western Region offices from Dixfield to Wilton. MDOT recently closed on the former Dexter building and about two acres of land for $475,000, Norm Haggan, regional manager, said. The property at 932 […]
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Selectmen appoint RSU 73 director
LIVERMORE — Selectpersons Tuesday appointed Cea Jay Pitcher to fill the vacant Regional School Unit 73 school board director position. Former Director Mark Holt did not run for re-election this year. Holt had said he chose not to run because of family and work obligations. Town Clerk Renda Guild said she had contacted those whose […]
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Wilton driver accused of texting, OUI
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police said a Wilton man was driving drunk and texting when his truck hit a traffic light pole on Main Street on Sunday night. Officer Vernon Stevens arrested Robert Danforth, 50, on a misdemeanor charge of operating under the influence with one prior, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Monday. Danforth’s truck […]
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New Hampshire couple rescued from Rangeley area lake
RANGELEY PLANTATION — A New Hampshire couple and their dog were rescued from Mooselookmeguntic Lake on Sunday afternoon after their canoe tipped over as they were headed to Toothaker Island. Emily Lord, 29, and Darin Radatz, 30, both of Middleton, New Hampshire, were wearing life jackets, which is probably what saved their lives, Warden Patrick […]
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Third man charged in Farmington heroin operation
FARMINGTON — A third man has been charged in a case involving the sale and distribution of heroin in the Franklin County area. Chris A. Crockett, 56, of Farmington was arrested Friday on felony charges of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, according to a complaint filed […]
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Jay man accused making threats to neighbor, firing shotgun outside
JAY — Police said a local man is accused of loading a shotgun and threatening a neighbor on Crash Road before shooting off a round outside his apartment early Saturday morning. Tristan Franchetti, 25, of Jay, is charged with felony criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and misdemeanors of threatening display of a weapon and […]
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Livermore Falls special town meeting this Tuesday
LIVERMORE FALLS — Livermore Falls residents will gather at the Town Office Tuesday, Aug. 16, at 6:30 p.m. for a special town meeting to address several warrant articles that failed to pass at the June annual town meeting. The amounts of the warrant articles, and the amounts that were on the failed articles, are listed below: […]