AUBURN — Just after noon Friday in Auburn, a police officer at the bottom of Goff Hill sent out a frantic message to emergency dispatchers. “They’re piling up left and right down here,” the officer said. That pretty much described the state of things across the region. With snow falling heavily throughout the day, it […]
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Strong man accused of stalking women in Chesterville, Eustis
FARMINGTON – A Strong man is accused of stalking two women from the towns of Eustis and Chesterville that had previously broken off relationships with him. Franklin County Deputy Andrew Morgan arrested Wesley R. Adams, 25, Thursday on misdemeanor charges of domestic violence stalking, and violation of condition of release, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. […]
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Livermore Falls man injured when SUV slides through intersection
LIVERMORE FALLS — A local man was injured Friday morning in a collision at the intersection of Park and Maple streets, police Lt. Joseph Sage said. Zachariah Corneau, 30, of Livermore Falls could not stop his 2004 Dodge Durango as it came down a steep grade on snowy Maple Street and it hit a 2003 […]
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Volunteers providing RSU 73 students with food during vacation
JAY — Volunteers are hoping to provide 100 students in Regional School Unit 73 with enough food to last them through February vacation. Judy Diaz of Jay got the idea after she saw on Facebook a friend filling backpacks with food in Scarborough. “It all mushroomed from there,” she said. Diaz helped organize the February […]
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Mt. Blue junior to audition for ‘The Voice’
Watch this!!!!!! Me singing a Mashup I created of Nutshell by Alice in Chains , and Hollow & Running Blind by Godsmack #TheNextIdol Posted by Darby Sabin Music on Monday, September 21, 2015 WILTON — Sixteen-year-old Darby Sabin has wanted to be a singer since she was a young child. She has continued to pursue her […]
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Jay man pleads no contest to sexual contact charge
FARMINGTON — A Jay man pleaded no contest Friday to having sexual contact with a woman in March 2014 and was found guilty in Franklin County Unified Court. Joseph L. Begin, 38, accepted a plea agreement that dropped four felony charges of gross sexual assault. He was found guilty of unlawful sexual contact, which carries a […]
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Churchill to lead Franklin Community Health Network
FARMINGTON — The board of directors of Franklin Community Health Network has named the president and CEO of Western Maine Health in Norway, Timothy A. Churchill, as interim leader starting March 1. Churchill will serve as CEO of both organizations until a permanent replacement is found for Rebecca Arsenault, who will retire Feb. 29. Western […]
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Lance Harvell seeks to represent Farmington, New Sharon in state legislature
FARMINGTON — Lance Harvell feels it would be an honor to be chosen to represent District 113 in the state legislature again. Harvell served three terms in the House of Representatives for Farmington and Industry before deciding to not seek re-election in 2014 to the new District 113 towns of Farmington and New Sharon. He […]
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East Dixfield woman’s SUV hits Jay home, pole
JAY — An East Dixfield woman’s SUV went out of control Thursday morning on ice and slush on Morse Hill Road in North Jay, left the road and struck a private utility pole and a mobile home. Donnajean Buckley, 50, was traveling west toward Route 17 when her vehicle hit ice and slush on a […]
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Maine’s growing heroin epidemic discussed at Farmington forum
FARMINGTON — Oxford County Sheriff’s Sgt. Matt Baker told a drug forum Wednesday night why the heroin epidemic is personal to him. He described his unsuccessful efforts to revive his beautiful, smart 23-year-old daughter after she ingested heroin cut with fentanyl last year. The drugs took her life, he said. “This is a topic that’s very […]