FARMINGTON — To some, Michael Francis “Mike” Monahan, who passed away Monday at age 68, was known as a creator of signs. To others, he was father, teacher, student, friend. Born in Rome, Italy, in 1949, Monahan moved to Kingfield in the 1970s. He worked at a summer adventure camp and later at the Ski […]
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$1.7M bridge upgrade to restore natural flow of stream in Chesterville
CHESTERVILLE — Residents were told Thursday night that a new, $1.7 million Dutch Gap Bridge will restore the natural flow of Little Norridgewock Stream, a tributary to the Sandy River that a state official said is the best salmon river in Maine. The twin metal culverts, installed in 1949, are corroded and too small, creating holes […]
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Spruce Mountain HS receives portable defibrillator
JAY — The Jake Lord Play It Safe Foundation has donated an automated external defibrillator to Spruce Mountain High School. The device will be made available at school athletic events. Automated external defibrillators are portable electronic devices that automatically diagnose life-threatening cardiac conditions and treat them through defibrillation — the application of electricity that stops irregular heart beats and […]
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Early Easter egg hunting in Livermore Falls
Elijah Gilbert, 2, of Livermore holds up half of a plastic Easter egg he gathered Thursday morning at the Emmanuel Assembly of God Church in Livermore Falls. More than a dozen children collected eggs and other prizes during the Easter egg hunt put on by Mothers of Preschoolers. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal) Kyla Ryder, 5, […]
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Dispatch console system manufacturer agrees to extended warranty
FARMINGTON — Zetron Inc. has agreed to give Franklin County an additional two-year extended warranty on the dispatch console system the county has bought from the Washington company. Stan Wheeler, director of Franklin County Regional Communications Center, updated county commissioners March 20 on the company’s agreement. Commissioners approved and signed a letter written by Wheeler […]
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Farmington voters approve ordinance, amendments, new town way
FARMINGTON — Voters adopted one ordinance, approved amendments to two others and accepted Kashke Drive as a town way at Monday’s town meeting. Kashke Drive provides access to Kashke Terraces, a 14-lot subdivision off the Holley Road. The subdivision was approved by the Planning Board in 1999. The 1,300-foot road loops through it and was […]
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Phillips woman ordered to pay $30,000 in restitution
FARMINGTON — A Phillips woman who stole money from Grant’s Kennebago Camps in Stetson Township was ordered Wednesday to repay a total of $30,000 to the owner and an insurance company. Deborah Lynn Vitrano, 35, the former manager and bookkeeper for the business, pleaded guilty Monday to stealing more than $10,000 and forging owner John Blunt’s […]
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Farmington board OKs police department requests
FARMINGTON — Selectmen dedicated much of their focus Tuesday night to requests from the Police Department. The board approved the low bid from Consolidated Communications for internet service at the department. The bid was $305.77 a month, plus a $700 initial set-up fee, for 36 months. The bid from GWI of Biddeford was $435 a month, […]
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RSU 9 sets school calendar for 2018-19
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a school calendar for 2018-19. It calls for 34 one-hour late-arrival Wednesdays beginning Sept. 5. The last late-arrival Wednesday this year is March 28. The board eliminated the remaining 10 to make up two of nine storm days. The first day of school […]
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Farmington hearing April 3 to discuss bridge improvements
FARMINGTON — The Maine Department of Transportation will hold a preliminary public meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, at the Farmington Municipal Building, 153 Farmington Falls Road, to discuss improvements to the Farmington Falls Bridge. The bridge crosses the Sandy River near the Chesterville-Farmington line near the intersection of Routes 41 and 156. State […]