FARMINGTON — With a tight budget season ahead and a longtime school leader preparing to step down, the Regional School Unit 9 board of directors tackled key financial decisions and honored W.G. Mallett School Principal Tracy Williams during the Feb. 11 meeting. District officials began crafting the 2025-26 budget three months earlier than usual to […]
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Sturtevant concert cancelled
WEST PARIS — The Davy Sturtevant In Concert event, scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 15, at 2 p.m. at the First Universalist Church of West Paris has been canceled due to illness. The concert will be rescheduled for the spring. A raffle drawing was also supposed to take place and that will be done some time […]
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Hundreds attend 42nd Franklin County Children’s Festival
The Franklin County Children’s Festival on Feb. 8 at Mt. Blue Campus drew large crowds for a day of hands-on activities, entertainment, and community engagement.
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Craft fair brings handmade goods, community spirit to Phillips
The Phillips Area Community Center hosted a craft fair on Feb. 8, drawing local artisans and shoppers for a day of handcrafted goods, food, and community connection. The event featured a variety of handmade items, including hats, wooden signs personalized with names or welcoming phrases, and an assortment of children’s toys.
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4 people on 2 skis? Titcomb Mountain plans ‘amazing’ events
The Farmington ski area will offer three fun Nordic races over the next two weekends, including the unusual Birkebeiner.
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Three fun Nordic ski events set for this month at Titcomb Mountain
Two events will be held on Sunday, Feb. 23, with the third on Friday, Feb. 28.
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Mt. Blue High School honor roll
FARMINGTON — Mt. Blue High School announces the second quarter honor roll. Highest Honors: Tyler Abell, Casey Adams, Reece Adams, Rubyanne Alexis, Nathaniel Armstrong, Noah Arsenault, Lily Bachelder, Emmyt Bailey, Trey Bailey, Preston Ball, Zachary Ball, Elias Bartlett, Tyler Beach, Masyn Bean, Aurora Beisiegel, Nina Bogar, Kael Brackley-Burnham, Luka Burns, Montana Burrill, Mark Cantay-Bachelder, Berta […]
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Franklin County things to do
Mammals of Maine NEW VINEYARD — On Tuesday, Feb. 18, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., the New Vineyard Public Library, located at 20 Lake St, New Vineyard invites you to join them for an interactive program introducing participants to the program Chewonki – Mammals of Maine, a presentation about native warm-blooded vertebrates: Maine mammals. Each […]
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Honor stones for fallen Maine service members displayed at Paris high school
The Summit Project has promised all Gold Star families in Maine that their fallen loved ones will never be forgotten.
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Waterford considers financial implications of elementary school closure
WATERFORD — Over the last year Oxford Hills communities like West Paris and Harrison have been rocked by potential school construction proposals that would consolidate many elementary students into a large, centrally located school. West Paris has launched a lawsuit to stop Maine School Administrative District 17’s application to the Maine Department of Education to […]