JAY — A $5.87 million proposal to upgrade Regional School Unit 73 buildings was presented to directors Thursday night by Building & Grounds Committee Chairman Doug DiPasquale. The most money, $3.05 million, would go to Spruce Mountain Elementary School in Jay for a new roof, two new boilers, a new electrical distribution system, new energy-efficient […]
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Guest readers engage second-graders in Farmington
FARMINGTON — As they ate their lunches. second-graders at W.G. Mallett School were focused Thursday on guest readers at the front of their classrooms. Readers Sue Farris and Shelley Chasse-Johndro of the University of Maine at Farmington were participating in the Maine Department of Education’s Read to ME Challenge. Farris’ reading of “Princess Cora and the Crocodile,” […]
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Three more Mt. Blue students face terrorizing charges
FARMINGTON — A Mt. Blue High School student and two Mt. Blue Middle School students are facing terrorizing charges in connection with a 13-year-old student who threatened Tuesday “to shoot up the school.” Police issued summonses Wednesday to a 12-year-old boy from Farmington and a 14-year-old boy from Chesterville on charges of terrorizing, according to Regional School […]
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Skolfield, Holloway seek election as Weld selectman
WELD — Selectman Thomas Skolfield and Anne Holloway are seeking election to a three-year term on the board in Friday’s annual balloting from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Town Office. Skolfield is a retired state employee; Holloway operates El Toro Mexican Grill, a popular food truck, with Garrett Keim. Each candidate was given a series of […]
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Farmington man pleads guilty to endangering children
FARMINGTON — A local man pleaded guilty in Franklin County Superior Court this week to endangering the welfare of two children and will serve two years of probation. Michael Mikula, 31, of Farmington was sentenced Monday by Justice Roland Cote to 180 days in jail, all suspended, and one year probation for each charge. The probation […]
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Engineering firm hired for Farmington's street work
FARMINGTON — Selectmen voted unanimously Tuesday night to hire Dirigo Engineering of Fairfield to design improvements to Front Street. The $11,000 award includes $6,500 for topographical survey through final design, $1,500 for contract administration, $2,000 for lighting and $1,000 for a public meeting. Town Manager Richard Davis said since the company is doing the culvert […]
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Maryland man seriously injured in snowmobile crash on Rangeley Lake
RANGELEY — A Maryland man was seriously injured Wednesday when he was thrown from his snowmobile when it hit a pressure ridge on Rangeley Lake, Cpl. John MacDonald of the Maine Warden Service said in a news release. Mark Chase, 46, of Baldwin, Maryland was operating a 2017 Polaris Switchback 800 snowmobile near Hunter Cove […]
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Massachusetts woman injured in snowmobile crash in Franklin County
TIM POND TOWNSHIP — A Massachusetts woman was injured Monday after she was thrown from the snowmobile she was driving onto a gravel road in northern Franklin County. Katelyn Viveiros, 29, of Fall River was driving a 2003 Ski-Doo snowmobile around a plowed corner on a logging road just before noon. As Viveiros looked back […]
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Farmington police proposals win board support
FARMINGTON — Selectmen approved two Police Department proposals and heard about the department’s drug detecting K-9 Tuesday night. Selectmen unanimously accepted $2,153.70 from the Maine Community College System for the Police Department to teach a criminal justice class through the Foster Career and Technical Education Center at Mt. Blue Campus. Police Chief Jack Peck said […]
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Strong selectmen review new website design
STRONG — The town website will be operating within weeks, developer Greg Siekman told selectmen Tuesday night. “It’s pretty much at the bare-bones stage right now,” he said. “That’s where I need information from you folks.’ Siekman presented suggestions for design and format of the site and requested information from department representatives to add to […]