CHESTERVILLE — Selectman Edward Hastings IV chastised highway foreman Mike Cote at Thursday night’s board meeting for uninspected town equipment and a wrong registration plate on a trailer. “Your position as highway foreman likely may be in question,” Hastings read from a letter he gave Cote before the meeting and which was read during an […]
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Hearing on Jay budget proposal March 12; town meeting April 24
JAY — A public hearing on a proposed $6.18 million budget for 2018-19 will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, March 12, at the Spruce Mountain Middle School cafeteria. The proposal is $55,972 more than the current budget. After factoring in nearly $1.77 million in revenue, it represents a net budget of $4.4 million that […]
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Jay sugar shack destroyed by fire
JAY — A sugar shack and sap-boiling equipment were destroyed by fire Saturday night on Weston Heights in North Jay, Deputy Fire Chief Corey Leclerc said Monday. “It was a total loss,” Leclerc said. The cause is under investigation. The 16- by 20-foot building is owned by Trevor Giroux, who had insurance on it. Sap […]
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Wilton, Livermore drivers charged with OUI, endangering children
Two people are accused of drunken driving and endangering the welfare of children in separate incidents this past weekend. On Sunday, Michael Y. Couillard, 41, of Wilton was arrested on three Class D charges of operating under the influence of alcohol-one prior, refusing to submit to arrest or detention with bodily injury, and endangering the welfare […]
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Fire damages Farmington house
FARMINGTON — A house at 500 Town Farm Road was damaged Sunday night when an area around a stovepipe caught fire, Farmington Fire Capt. Scott Baxter said Monday. There were no injuries to the tenant, but the house was not livable, he said. A tenant was operating a wood stove in the kitchen when the area […]
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This week's agenda
Monday Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Farmington: Franklin County Budget Committee caucus, 5 p.m., county building Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Farmington: SAD 9 board of directors, 6:30 p.m., Mt. Blue campus Livermore: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town […]
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Weld voters approve additional pay raises
WELD — Town employees got pay raises at town meeting Saturday as voters approved a budget slightly lower than last year’s. Selectmen and the Budget Committee had recommended an increase of $300 to the fire chief’s annual stipend, $200 more per year for the assistant fire chief and a 50-cent-per-hour increase for Transfer Station attendant […]
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Second man injured when snowmobile hits pressure ridge on Rangeley Lake
RANGELEY — A Massachusetts man was injured Friday night when the snowmobile he was driving collided with a pressure ridge on Rangeley Lake, said Cpl. John MacDonald, the spokesman for the Maine Warden Service. Kevin Barrett, 45, of Clinton, Massachusetts, was taken by LifeFlight medical helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston after emergency […]
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Farmington man accused of harassing RSU 9 administrators, employees
FARMINGTON — A former Regional School Unit 9 employee was ordered Friday to stop harassing RSU 9 employees, the superintendent, the W.G. Mallett School principal and the school board. Farmington police served temporary protection from harassment orders on Daniel Patterson of Farmington, a former probationary second-grade teacher at Mallett School in Farmington. He was hired […]
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Sex offender charged with not living at registered address
FARMINGTON — A sex offender is accused of registering an address with the Farmington Police Department but not living there, according to police. Ralph O. Metcalf, 39, of Farmington was arrested by Farmington police on Feb. 23, after he told police he didn’t disclose he was living at his girlfriend’s apartment because it could prevent […]