The leap year does an amazing thing for us — it gives us extra time. Every four years, we get an entire extra day to work, play, shop — or do nothing at all. On Leap Day, Feb. 29, our reporters observed — for just a minute — how some in our community spent their […]
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Foster tech students checking out post-secondary options
FARMINGTON – Students at Foster Career and Technical Education Center are taking advantage of travel opportunities to check out post-secondary options next month. The center received a $30,000 grant from the MELMAC Education Foundation as part of a program to raise student aspirations, center Director Glenn Kapiloff told Regional School Unit 9 directors Feb. 23. […]
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Electrical fire guts barn in Kingfield
KINGFIELD — An electrical fire Sunday morning gutted a small barn on Cedar Street and destroyed its contents, Assistant Fire Chief Fred Nichols said Monday. No one was injured. The barn, owned by Pat Tufts of Kingfield, was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. It stood 500 to 600 feet from the home. About 30 firefighters […]
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This week’s agenda
Monday Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Bethel: Recreation Board, 5:30 p.m., Town Office Hartford: Budget Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Conservation Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Planning Board, 6:30 p.m., Town Office […]
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Care and Share Food Closet seeing more clients, fewer donations
FARMINGTON — Fewer donations and more clients has the Care and Share Food Closet looking even harder for ways to ensure people have necessary nutrition. “We are going to have to reach out to the community and area churches to help us meet the need during this time of transition,” Executive Director Leiza Hiltz Scerbo […]
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New Portland teen injured in Strong crash
STRONG — A New Portland teenager was injured Sunday morning when the vehicle he was driving went off Farmington Road, struck a mailbox and went into a ditch before striking a utility pole and snapping it in half. The vehicle then rolled over, according to Franklin County Deputy Andrew Morgan’s report to Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. […]
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Suspected Livermore Falls meth lab found; three arrested
State drug agents discovered on Friday a large suspected methamphetamine lab in a mobile home at 249 Fayette Road in Livermore Falls. A team of agents from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency spent several hours on Saturday securing the home and seizing the drug and ingredients used to make it, according to a statement from […]
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Jay man pleads not guilty to sexually assaulting girl
FARMINGTON — Dwight Stanley of Jay pleaded not guilty Friday to sexually assaulting a girl under age 16 between Oct. 1, 2014, and June 30, 2015, and threatening to murder her and/or a family member. Stanley, 52, pleaded not guilty in Franklin County Superior Court to two felony counts of gross sexual assault and one […]
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Carthage Dems to caucus at Town Office
CARTHAGE — The Carthage Democratic Caucus will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 6, at the Town Office. The clerk will be available from 1 to 2 p.m. to register voters. Coffee and snacks will be available.