FARMINGTON — Selectmen agreed Tuesday to enter into a municipal-state agreement for guardrail replacement at Webster Bridge. The Maine Department of Transportation plans to repair and add guardrail at the bridge over Wilson Stream. The state will provide 25 feet of approaching guardrail at each corner, Town Manager Richard Davis said. The bridge needs additional guardrail, […]
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Jay man charged with arson
JAY — State fire investigators arrested a local man on a felony charge of arson early Tuesday morning. Sgt. Kenneth Grimes of the Office of the State Fire Marshal said the man started a small fire in a garage at an Intervale Road home. He said Devin C. Penney, 21, lit cloth or paper on fire with a […]
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Hazardous waste collection Saturday for Leeds, Livermore and Turner
LIVERMORE — A household hazardous waste collection will be held at the Livermore transfer station Saturday, Aug. 12, from 9 a.m. to noon for residents of Livermore, Leeds and Turner. The collection is one of several satellite locations scheduled this year as part of the AVCOG Western Maine Environmental Depot program. Latex and oil-based paints are among […]
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Livermore board wants Turkey Lane turnaround
LIVERMORE — Scott Serewitz has agreed to work with Highway Foreman Roger Ferland on a turnaround for school buses and town vehicles on his property at 269 Turkey Lane, selectpersons were told Tuesday night. Administrative Assistant Amy Byron said that for years the town had verbal agreements with the former owner of Serewitz’s property and others to […]
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Strong board argues backhoe vs. excavator
STRONG — Selectmen Tuesday considered a request for a special town meeting to revisit a March vote for a Highway Department purchase. Selectmen at times expressed frustration with each other’s position about the plan to buy a backhoe instead of an excavator. At the 2016 and 2017 town meetings, voters rejected the department’s request to […]
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Jay man pleads guilty to theft of items at Verso mill
FARMINGTON — A Jay man, one of three former employees accused of taking items from Verso paper mill in Jay, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Franklin County Superior Court. Under a plea agreement, Stephen Gervais, 48, was given a deferred disposition on a felony charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, which carries a maximum […]
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This week's agenda
Wednesday Bethel: Planning Board, 6 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Selectmen’s workshop on governance analysis process, 4:30 p.m., Municipal Center Livermore Falls: Water District, 7 a.m., District Office Mexico: Mexico Water District board of trustees, 4 p.m., Town Hall Peru: Selectmen’s workshop on tax commitment, 3 p.m., Town Office Thursday Bethel: Ordinance Review Committee, 6 p.m., […]
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Chesterville board tables broadband funding request
CHESTERVILLE — Selectmen last Thursday tabled a request for funding to support a plan for broadband services in Franklin County. Earlier this year, the board wrote a letter of support for a planning grant to improve access to high-speed internet service in greater Franklin County. Charlie Woodworth, a representative of the Opportunity Center of North Franklin County, said […]
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K-9 teams train in Farmington
FARMINGTON — It takes hundreds of hours of training for K-9 certification, but once there, the handlers and dogs help find missing people, track suspects and find evidence, among other services. The Franklin, Oxford and Somerset county sheriff’s 0ffices teams train together every Monday and one week a month, Franklin County Lt. David Rackliffe said Monday. […]