CARTHAGE — Tuesday’s recount in Dixfield that reversed the wind ordinance vote — allowing wind projects to be built in town — spawned rumors that Patriot Renewables was fast-tracking one in. People who started the rumors said all of those oversized turbine tower sections and gigantic blades that drivers see being hauled west along Routes […]
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Carthage wind farm taking delivery of giant turbine parts
CARTHAGE — Travelers on Routes 17 and 2 between Jay and Winter Hill Road in Carthage will experience traffic delays from now through mid-July. Developers of the Saddleback Ridge Wind Project off Winter Hill Road are trucking in oversized wind turbine parts for the last nine turbines to complement the three operational turbines installed last […]
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Carthage cemetery headstones, U.S. flags vandalized
CARTHAGE — The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating vandalism to several headstones that were overturned and U.S. flags that were ripped apart at Winter Hill Cemetery on Winter Hill Road, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Monday. Cpl. Christopher Chase received the report of vandalism Sunday. He believes the vandalism occurred between Saturday night and […]
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Douglas D. Geis
1936 – 2015 CARTHAGE — Douglas D. Geis, 78, of Carthage, died early Tuesday, May 12, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born Oct. 11, 1936, an only child of Alleyne D. and Ruth (Folkner) Geis. He was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Buttzville, N.J., graduating from Belvidere High School. […]
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RSU 10 appoints subcommittee on Byron withdrawal effort
RUMFORD — The Regional School Unit 10 Board of Directors on Monday appointed a four-member subcommittee to meet with the district’s lawyer about Byron possibly withdrawing from the district. The action came following a 75-minute closed session with Drummond, Woodsum lawyer Richard Spencer and school Superintendent Craig King. Byron representative Judy Boucher was asked to […]
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Police: Carthage man clocked at 108
CARTHAGE — A local man faces charges for driving 108 mph and eluding police during a 2½-mile chase Thursday night on Route 142, Maine State Police Trooper Randy Hall said. Jacob E. Jackson, 23, was driving a Ford Focus north near Carthage Flats about 9:15 p.m. when Hall clocked him at a high speed and […]
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Carthage board schedules public hearing on RSU 10 withdrawal
CARTHAGE — Selectmen have scheduled a public hearing for 7 p.m. Monday, May 11, at the Town Office on filing a petition to start the withdrawal process from Regional School Unit 10 and to take $8,000 from surplus to fund it. Selectman Steve Brown said Thursday that the board approved a petition Monday brought by […]
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Carthage man charged with trafficking cocaine
CARTHAGE — Maine State Police arrested a Carthage man Sunday after police found 97.6 grams of cocaine, cash and other drug-related items at his residence during a bail check, trooper Randy Hall said. Hall charged John Ellis, 68, with felony trafficking of narcotics and violation of bail conditions. Ellis was out on $50,000 cash bail […]
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Carthage man faces charges after he is accused of strangling wife
CARTHAGE — A 73-year-old man is accused of strangling his wife and terrorizing her Friday, according to Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. The woman escaped the residence and fled to Rumford Police Department to make the report, Nichols said in a release. She told police her husband, Robert Carver, of Carthage, “was very intoxicated […]
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RSU 10 superintendent distributes withdrawal procedure info
DIXFIELD — Regional School Unit 10 Superintendent Craig King distributed handouts at Monday night’s board meeting describing procedures for towns considering withdrawing from the 12-town district. At issue are the former School Administrative District 21 towns of Dixfield, Canton, Carthage and Peru. All but Carthage have agreed to place articles on their town meeting warrants […]