Area fans’ embrace of the city’s minor league professional teams has drawn deserved attention from a national publication.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Grab your slingshots, kids; it’s scary movie time
While I’ll never experience the kind of soul-deep terror that a kid feels when sitting bug-eyed for a scary flick, I do still enjoy a good spine-tingler; so much, in fact, that I’ve compiled you a list.
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Posted inMaine, News
New Sweden teen has been missing for nearly a month
Stefanie Damron was last seen walking into the woods on West Road in New Sweden in late September. At the time, she was 13.
Posted inFranklin, News
Speeding, fireworks and noise concerns highlight Kingfield meeting
Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. reviewed traffic data, discussed fireworks complaints and addressed noise issues.
Posted inCommunity, Franklin, Local News, News, The Franklin Journal
Vineyard Select Board revisits past concerns, resolves some lingering issues
Selectmen revisited topics such as the Transfer Station stickers and a washout on New Vineyard Beach.
Posted inFranklin, Maine, News, The Franklin Journal
Winthrop hiker injures ankle, rescuers walk with him down the trail on Tumbledown Mountain
Weld fire chief tells hikers to be prepared with food and water, and to know where they are going.
Posted inFranklin, News, The Franklin Journal
Photo: 22 firefighters respond to brush fire that went out of control off Fairbanks Road in Farmington
The owner of the property, Peter Clark of Farmington, had a burn permit from Friday.
Posted inFranklin, Maine, News, The Franklin Journal
Man from Strong injured after pickup truck goes off Route 4, hits parked car, garage
The truck Gavin Lawlor, 18, was driving failed to negotiate a curve on state Route 4 due to “excessive speed,” Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. wrote in an email Tuesday.
Posted inMaine, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Rumford-based RSU 10 board votes to consider buildings for in-person classes
The former Mexico Police Department building on Recreation Drive and the basement of the Apostolic Church in Mexico will have air quality testing and architectural studies done in the possibility of having Mountain Valley Middle School classrooms in the buildings.
Posted inCommunity, Franklin, Local News, News, The Franklin Journal
New Vineyard works to fill vacant town office positions
At the New Vineyard Select Board meeting, selectmen shared updates on the positions that were left vacant after resignations were placed in September.