FARMINGTON — The county Budget Committee has overridden the County Commission’s decision to add $10,000 to the budget for communications. The Budget Committee on Monday voted 8-0 to approve a $6.56 million budget, which represents a 5 percent increase from the current $6.21 million budget, according to Vickie Braley, Franklin County finance manager. The committee originally […]
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Officer: Livermore barking dog complaints unsubstantiated
LIVERMORE — Selectpersons were told Monday night that complaints of barking beagles at a kennel on Hathaway Hill Road are unsubstantiated. Animal Control Officer Richard Burton said he has received numerous complaints about the beagles baying at Tom Wilson’s licensed kennel, Baldwin Hill Beagles at 350 Hathaway Hill Road. Burton said he visited and called […]
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Livermore voters reject town meeting change, gift of land
LIVERMORE — Voters at Wednesday’s annual town meeting cut the municipal budget to $3.88 million and supported keeping the open meeting format to allow discussion on warrant articles. Voters cut $20,000 from highway maintenance and $125,000 from capital road improvements. The 2018-19 budget is 5.4 percent higher than this fiscal year’s, which ends June 30. Addressing […]
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Retirement party set for Superintendent Tom Ward
FARMINGTON — A retirement party for Regional School Unit 9 Superintendent Tom Ward is planned for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Bjorn Auditorium at Mt. Blue Campus. It is a “wonderful opportunity for our community to thank and celebrate a person who has truly given his all to the Mt Blue School District for the […]
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Cause undetermined in Livermore Falls deadly fire
LIVERMORE FALLS — A deadly fire Tuesday night at a Main Street house started in the first-floor living room and spread quickly through the 2½-story house, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. The cause of the fire is undetermined because of the extensive damage to the building, according to a news release […]
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Farmington man, Wilton woman injured in Farmington collision
FARMINGTON — Two people were injured Thursday morning when two SUVs collided on Wilton Road, police said. Amber Durrell, 40, of New Sharon was crossing Wilton Road — from Knowlton Corner Road to Red Schoolhouse Road — when her vehicle and that of Walter Howard, 84, of Farmington collided on Wilton Road, officer Darin Gilbert said. […]
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Phillips student wins State Citizenship Award
PHILLIPS — An eighth-grader at Maine Virtual Academy was recently awarded the 2018 Secretary of State Citizenship Award, given for active participation in civic and/or community activities, good scholarship and school involvement. The award presented to Michelle Seaberg is given to only one student at each school, and is based on: • Volunteer service to […]
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Carey wins GOP primary
LEWISTON — Seth Carey has emerged the winner of Tuesday’s GOP primary for the office of district attorney for Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties, topping fellow Republican candidate Alex Willette by more than 1,800 votes. Carey was the decisive winner in Auburn, where he lives and has recently established a private law practice. Willette, a […]
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Investigators seek cause of deadly Livermore Falls fire
LIVERMORE FALLS — Investigators scoured the charred remains Wednesday of a three-story house on Main Street, trying to determine the cause of a fast-moving fire Tuesday night that left one man dead and two brothers injured. Investigators Isaiah Peppard and Kenneth MacMaster of the State Fire Marshal’s Office checked the interior of the wood-framed house […]
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Mother says ‘we’re very thankful to be alive’ after fire kills her uncle
LIVERMORE FALLS — A police officer and family helped save the lives Tuesday night of two brothers who jumped from a burning three-story house on Main Street. The fire claimed the life of Peter Dyer, 65, who lived on the first floor, officials said. Dyer’s niece, Amy Mosher, 35, said Wednesday that she and her […]