WILTON — The Planning Board has approved a site review application for the Western Maine Play Museum on Main Street. Starting in April, some facade and site work will be done, Angela McLeod, president of the governing board, said. After reviewing plans with McLeod and project architect Stephanie Lull of SRL Architects on March 17, […]
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Wilton homeowner burns hand smothering fire
WILTON — Flames damaged the outside wall of a home at 44 Black Road on Tuesday afternoon, and the owner burned his hand while trying to put out the blaze. Michael Dalot and his dog, Sasha, rested as firefighters tore the siding from the back of his older mobile home. “I saw smoke out the […]
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Georgie H. Ankers
1932 – 2016 FARMINGTON — Georgie Helen Ankers, 83, of Wilton joined her other family who traveled before her on Friday morning, March 18, at Franklin Memorial Hospital, Farmington, with family members by her side. She was born Aug. 18, 1932, in Farmington, one of five children of Earl “Pete” and Maude (Sprague) Cochran. She […]
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Livermore road foreman accused of drunken driving in Farmington
FARMINGTON — The Livermore road foreman is facing a drunken-driving charge, after police stopped him on Main Street Friday night, according to a police official. Officer Michael Lyman noticed a tail light out and some poor operation on a vehicle going south on Main Street near Cumberland Farms at about 9:20 p.m., according to Lyman’s police […]
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Wilton police, MDEA arrest 2 suspects after finding cocaine
WILTON — A local woman and a New York man were charged with selling cocaine, after police and drug enforcement agents searched an apartment on Village View Street on Wednesday, Police Chief Heidi Wilcox said in a news release. Police arrested Arder Prinkleton, 45, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Crystal Taylor of Wilton on a felony […]
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Jay, Wilton men injured in ATV accident in North Jay
JAY — A local man was listed in fair condition at a Lewiston hospital Monday after the ATV he was driving rolled over Sunday night in the middle of Macomber Hill Road in North Jay. Ashley Marshall, 29, of Jay received a serious head injury in the accident that occurred near Bickford Road about 6:40 p.m., […]
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Nebraska man is 4th to be charged in Carthage, Wilton arsons
FARMINGTON — A fourth man has been indicted in two house fires on June 27, 2015, in Carthage and Wilton. A Franklin County grand jury indicted Einer Bonilla, 22, of Grand Island, Neb., on Friday on four counts of felony arson and a felony charge of conspiracy to commit arson. A conviction on each of […]
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Bail set for Wilton escapee suspect
RUMFORD — A District Court judge set bail at $40,000 Wednesday for a Wilton man facing more than a dozen charges after escaping from a police van, assaulting a police officer and a local woman, and crashing a stolen car into a tree. Derek Cook, 31, of Wilton was arrested Tuesday after he escaped from […]
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Wilton man faces more than 12 charges after escape, chase in Franklin County
WILTON — A Wilton man remained in jail Tuesday night, charged with escaping from a police van, assaulting an officer, breaking into a woman’s home and assaulting her, taking her vehicle and crashing it into a tree, police said. Derek Cook, 31, of Wilton is being held at the Franklin County jail in Farmington on […]