LIVERMORE FALLS – A 2-year-old child was injured Wednesday morning when the child was climbing up on a counter and managed to pull a coffee pot full of hot coffee down over his head, police Lt. Joseph Sage said. The child was being taken by a LifeFlight of Maine medical helicopter to an unnamed hospital. […]
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Selectmen approve slight tax increase
STRONG — Based on the need to make up for a shortfall in state revenues, selectmen agreed to a tax increase of twenty cents per $1,000 of property valuation. Selectmen are considered the assessors for the town, but Robert Worthley has served as the assessors’ agent for many years. He meets with them each July […]
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Parking on Keith Street in Livermore to be one side only
LIVERMORE — Selectpersons on Tuesday night agreed to post no parking signs on one side of Keith Street. A “Carry In/Carry Out” sign will also be put back at the portable toilets at the public beach at Brettuns Pond. Keith Street resident Ben Guild told the board about issues he and others living on the road […]
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Farmington accepting absentee ballots for school budget vote until Friday
FARMINGTON — Absentee ballots for the Regional School Unit 9 budget validation vote will need to be completed by Friday, Town Manager Richard Davis told selectmen Tuesday. The ballots will not be available until after Tuesday’s vote, depending on when the town clerk receives them on Wednesday. The town has received some questions from people […]
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Proposed $33.9 million RSU 9 budget passes first hurdle
FARMINGTON — It was a night of amendments and several written ballots as Regional School Unit 9 voters passed a proposed $33.9 million vote Tuesday. It factors in additional state revenues for education. It will go to a referendum validation vote in each of the district’s 10 towns Aug. 3. The proposal represents a $1.15 […]
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Police investigate burglaries at church, vehicle in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating a break-in at the First Baptist Church on Church Street and a motor vehicle burglary on Monroe Street between Sunday night and Monday morning. The church burglar pried open a window to the donation room and took eight four-packs of toilet paper and three bottles of laundry detergent, Lt. Joseph Sage […]
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Conn. man facing felony assault, burglary charges arrested again
FARMINGTON — Police say a Connecticut man who was arrested early Monday for entering a locked apartment without permission and getting into a physical confrontation with one of the occupants was arrested again Monday evening. Colin V. Phillips, 40, of Roxbury, Connecticut, was arrested at about 6 p.m. when he went back to Perham […]
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Connecticut man faces charges in Farmington burglary, assault
FARMINGTON — A Connecticut man faces charges after police say he entered a locked apartment without permission early Monday and got into a physical confrontation with one of the occupants. Colin V. Phillips, 40, of Roxbury, Connecticut, was arrested on felony charges of burglary and assault with a dangerous weapon, Farmington Sgt. Edward Hastings IV […]
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Trial set for Texas man accused of killing 6, including former Maine residents
FARMINGTON — The trial for a Texas man accused of killing six people at an Anderson County campsite in Texas in November 2015, including two former Farmington residents and a 6-year-old family member, is scheduled to begin Sept. 25. William Mitchell Hudson, 35, of Tennessee Colony, will be tried on two counts of capital murder, […]
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Mt. Blue principals to lead Skowhegan Area High School
FARMINGTON — In a series of trading places, the Mt. Blue High School principal and Mt. Blue Middle School principal have been hired as principal and assistant principal, respectively, at Skowhegan Area High School in Skowhegan. Regional School Unit 54 Superintendent Brent Colbry confirmed Monday that Bruce Mochamer of Farmington has been hired as high […]