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‘Mountain’ of snow draws crowd in Jay
JAY — Sledders braved the cold to whiz down a man-made mountain of snow trucked in for the Spruce Mountain Sled-In and Winter Family Festival on Saturday. Truckloads of snow had been coming to the French Falls Recreation Area for the past few weeks. The snow was stockpiled and bulldozed into a “mountain” about 30 […]
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‘Amazing’ day for fishing at the Rowe Memorial derby in Wilton
WILTON — As the wind picked up and whipped across Wilson Lake on Saturday afternoon, hardy anglers kept checking lines, hoping for a prize catch. Most reported the fishing was slow, but derby organizer Sharon Borthwick said Saturday’s weather made for the “best day in the last five years.” The annual Michael J. Rowe Memorial […]
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Possible reconfiguration of students proposed at RSU 73
LIVERMORE FALLS — Regional School Unit 73 board members overwhelmingly ratified a two-year contract for the district’s six administrators when they met on Thursday. Provisions of the contract were not available. Superintendent Kenneth Healey also distributed the budget books to each of the board members. Among the information he told the board included not filling […]
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Children’s Festival in Farmington canceled
FARMINGTON — The 33rd annual Children’s Festival planned for Saturday, Feb. 13, at the University of Maine at Farmington, has been canceled because of a power outage, officials said Friday. The Franklin County Children’s Task Force made the decision “in order to ensure the safety and warmth of all attendees,” Renee Whitley, executive director, wrote […]
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Auditor comments on Chesterville finances
CHESTERVILLE — Auditor Bruce Nadeau of RHR Smith and Co. of Buxton presented his report on the town’s finances Thursday, say they were in good shape. “The town seems to be running reasonably well,” he said. Chesterville’s valuation was just under $95 million, based on figures for the year ending Dec. 31, Nadeau said. The 2015 […]
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Chesterville board hires highway employee; another resigns
CHESTERVILLE — After the Board of Selectmen hired Mike Cote as a highway department employee Thursday, pending a criminal background check, another employee demanded to know why Cote was the only one interviewed. “I think other people should be interviewed,” Lyle “Buster” Paul said. “This guy came with very strong credentials,” Chairman Guy Iverson said. Paul, […]
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RSU 73 advised of funding formula implications
LIVERMORE FALLS — Changing the cost-sharing formula for Regional School Unit 73 would require approval by a super-majority of directors — at least one from each of the three towns — and a majority of voters, directors were told Thursday night. The district was formed in 2011 and is required to evaluate its cost-sharing formula […]
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“Tumbledown” movie a love letter to Farmington area
FARMINGTON — After years of perseverance to film the movie, “Tumbledown,” the best part of Friday’s release for screenwriter and Farmington native Desiree Van Til and her husband, Sean Mewshaw, is showing it here. “The whole dream of this film was to bring it to Farmington,” said Mewshaw, the director. “It took so long, but Desi […]
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Magnitude-2.5 earthquake felt in Rangeley area
RANGELEY — People in the Rangeley area felt a magnitude 2.5 earthquake early Thursday morning, Fire Chief Tim Pellerin said. The department responded to four calls at about 1:13 a.m. with people reporting explosions, building collapses and furnace problems, but they did not turn out to be that, he said. The epicenter of the earthquake […]