LIVERMORE — Selectpersons will hold a special town meeting for townspeople to vote on public maintenance of private roads. Selectperson Tom Gould said people need to know and be prepared if the easement road issue isn’t resolved before winter. State law prohibits towns from plowing private roads. The board agreed Monday night to send a letter […]
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Jay to ask RSU 73 officials to help create solution to stop speeding
JAY — Selectpersons voted to table action on sending speed-limit proposals to the state for three town roads near the Spruce Mountain school complex. The decision followed a public hearing Monday on requests to set speed limits at 15 to 25 mph on the interconnected School Bus Road, Barker Street and Ludden Drive. The board […]
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RSU 9 budget vote Thursday
FARMINGTON — The vote yes and vote no signs are visible around the towns in Regional School Unit 9, on lawns and the sides of roadways, as school directors send a second school budget to voters. The yes or no validation referendum will be held Thursday, July 28, in each of the 10 towns that […]
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Jay business burglarized, cash stolen
JAY — Police are investigating a burglary at Howie’s Welding & Fabrication Inc. on Main Street that occurred between Monday night and Tuesday morning during which an undisclosed amount of cash was stolen. There was forced entry into the building that houses the steel fabrication and welding operation, Police Chief Richard Caton IV said. The […]
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Livermore Falls vehicle struck by tractor trailer in Wilton
WILTON — The driver of a tractor-trailer faces a police citation after he crossed the centerline on the McCrillis Corner Road and struck an oncoming vehicle early Tuesday morning. Juan Caceres, 24, of Braintree, Massachusetts, was cited for failing to keep in the proper lane following the 1:11 a.m. accident, Wilton Police Chief Heidi Wilcox, […]
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Farmington voters approve tax break for senior center
FARMINGTON — A small gathering of voters Tuesday approved a Tax Increment Financing district and development program for Woodlands Senior Living. The special town meeting was needed for voter approval to designate the district and adopt the development program for the proposed 18,500-square-foot memory care center at 175 Knowlton Corner Road. Development of the district […]
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Livermore Falls residence broken into, safe damaged
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police on Monday were investigating a break-in at a residence on Haines Corner Road where a safe was broken into and a small amount of cash and other items were taken. Most of the change from a piggy bank was stolen, leaving only a few pennies behind, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. […]
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Farmington voters to consider tax break
FARMINGTON — Voters will consider one warrant article on a tax-increment financing agreement with Woodlands Senior Living at a special town meeting tonight. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. downstairs in the Community Center on Middle Street during the Board of Selectmen meeting. The board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Lon Walters and […]
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Industry man to serve 3 years in prison for fatal hit-and-run
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice sentenced an Industry man to seven years in prison with all but three years suspended Monday for driving drunk and killing Taylor Gaboury of Wilton on New Year’s Day in Farmington. Upon his release from prison, Tommy Clark, 26, will be on probation for three years. Clark pleaded guilty […]
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This week’s agenda
Monday 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 Hartford: Road Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Livermore: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Selectmen, 7 […]