WILTON — Selectpersons on Tuesday approved the purchase of a new police cruiser and a contract to draw plans for the recreation department’s new office building. Police Chief Heidi Wilcox asked for permission to solicit bids for a new cruiser to replace one with 116,000 miles. Town Manager Rhonda Irish and Wilcox will open the bids […]
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Climbing to the top in Farmington
A squirrel sits in the notch of a tree in Farmington on Tuesday afternoon. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal)
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Temple man sentenced for assaulting father
FARMINGTON — A Temple man was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison for assaulting his father at his home on Cummings Hill Road in Temple. Brian R. Mackin, 27, pleaded guilty to a felony count of aggravated assault Monday in Franklin County Superior Court. Charges of aggravated criminal trespass, terrorizing and violating condition of release […]
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Lowering Old Glory in Farmington
Keith Chapman, a fourth-grader at Cascade Brook School in Farmington, and teacher Sabrina Beach lower the United States and Maine flags Tuesday afternoon at the school. Students take turns raising and lowering the flags each day, except when it rains, Beach said. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal) Keith Chapman, a fourth-grader at Cascade Brook School in […]
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Portland man arrested after car crashes into Livermore Falls tree
LIVERMORE FALLS — A Portland man was arrested Monday after he tried to elude police and crashed a rented car into a tree on upper Baldwin Street, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Tuesday. Sgt. Vernon Stevens arrested Mohamed Adan Abdulrahman, 31, of Portland on a felony charge of eluding an officer and issued a summons […]
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Man accused of sending himself nude photos from car buyer's phone
FARMINGTON — Police say a Pennsylvania man helped a local car dealership customer link her phone to a new vehicle and then helped himself to nude photos of herself on her phone, which he then sent to himself. On Tuesday, Farmington officer Jacob Richards arrested Kevin Rennie, 32, of Philadelphia on a felony charge of aggravated criminal invasion […]
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New Sharon voters approve smaller budget, elect incumbents
NEW SHARON — For the second year in a row, voters approved a budget less than the previous year’s and they elected four incumbents for another three years. The $859,885 budget is $40,093 less than last year’s $909,978. Most of the remaining 44 articles were passed as presented. An article seeking $3,300 for the New […]
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Jay woman pays nearly $5,000 in restitution
FARMINGTON — A Jay woman entered into a one-year delayed sentencing agreement Monday in connection to stealing nearly $5,000 from C.N. Brown in Farmington. Lisa Parent, 49, pleaded guilty to two counts of felony theft in December in Franklin County Superior Court. Sentencing was delayed to provide time for Parent to pay the nearly $5,000 […]
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Wilton Planning Board approves ordinance amendments
WILTON — The Planning Board has made several amendments to the town’s zoning ordinance, including some involving marijuana-based businesses. Under the definition of adult businesses, the board deleted “taverns, restaurants or other establishments deriving at least 50 percent of their operating income from the sale of alcoholic beverages” and added sexually-oriented businesses. The board added […]
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Strong man accused of possessing crack cocaine
STRONG — A local man is accused of possessing crack cocaine when police stopped the automobile he was driving Saturday for a vehicle defect on South Main Street, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. Franklin County Deputy Derrick Doucette arrested Michael Gary Deming, 20, of Strong on a felony charge of unlawful possession of […]