RUMFORD — Many westbound drivers negotiating Route 2 at the intersection with Lincoln Avenue on Tuesday couldn’t avoid a cluster of potholes. But between gaps in traffic, drivers swung into the opposite lane to avoid the mess, trying to save nasty yanks on their shock absorbers and suspensions, and scrapes on their undercarriages. Maine’s pothole […]
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Carthage logger injured after jumping from rolling truck
CARTHAGE — A local logger was injured Friday when he jumped off his rolling logging truck and hit his head, Franklin County sheriff’s Cpl. Nate Bean said. Keith Howard, 66, was treated and released at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, a nursing supervisor said Friday night. Bean said Howard was logging a mile up on a […]
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Carthage home entered through window
CARTHAGE — The owner of a house on Virgin Drive flagged down a Franklin County sheriff’s deputy Sunday to report a window had been pried open to get inside, Sheriff Scott Nichols said Monday. Nothing was taken, but the bed appeared to have been slept in, Nichols said. dperry@sunjournal.com
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Carthage’s Skye Theatre to close in September after 10th season
CARTHAGE — After nearly a decade of promoting Celtic music and featuring top performers from Canada, Ireland and Scotland at his Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center, Phill McIntyre is moving on this September. He posted a message Thursday on the theater‘s Facebook site announcing its closing. “Well the day has come to announce the sad […]
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Dirigo High School honor roll
DIXFIELD — The honor roll for the first quarter at Dirigo High School has been announced. High honors Grade 12: Salena Berry, Courtney Jean Blouin, Jackiellen Bonney, Isiah Brown, Lindsy Crutchfield, Oscar Norman Farmer DeRoche, Grace Hebert, Brooke Holmquist, Sonya Jalette, Haylee Jamison, Stephanie Janke, Abigayle Johnson, Amanda Johnson, Connor Kane, Ciara Rose Keene, Rylee […]
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Carthage voters approve $196,438 municipal budget
CARTHAGE — Voters approved a $196,438 municipal budget at the annual town meeting this week, Selectman Stephen Brown said Thursday. Brown said voters approved the 39 articles in a little over an hour Monday. “We had a lot of good participation this year,” he said. Voters approved increasing the salary of the town clerk and […]
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Fire destroys camp on Route 142
CARTHAGE — A fire destroyed a seasonal camp early Wednesday on Route 142, near Webb River and across from the Gobie Road, Carthage fire Chief Dan Skidgell said. Four firefighters and two trucks responded after a resident called a firefighter to report it, he said. Skidgell called 911 at about 3:16 a.m. to report the […]
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Coalition offers flu shots FARMINGTON — Starting Oct. 11, Healthy Community Coalition staff will be available to administer the influenza vaccine (flu shot) at the following sites. Friday, Oct. 11, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Rangeley IGA. Tuesday, Oct. 15, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Otis Federal Credit Union, Jay. Thursday, Oct. 17, 4 to 6 […]
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Breast cancer awareness FARMINGTON — As part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, Healthy Community Coalition is offering five breast cancer awareness events throughout Franklin County through the generosity of funding from the Avon Breast Health Outreach Program. In conjunction with area providers and the Martha B. Webber Breast Center staff, HCC staff […]
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Glorification Singers perform RUMFORD — On Saturday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m., the Glorification Singers will perform at the Rumford United Methodist Church on Linnell Street. This outstanding male quartet has performed here for the past several years and audiences have enjoyed their beautiful music of well-known selections as well as original compositions. Their presentations […]