CARRABASSETT VALLEY – More than 800 athletes, coaches and spectators filled the slopes of Sugarloaf on Monday at the 48th Special Olympics Winter Games. Maine was home to the first ever Special…
WILTON – A Franklin County native has returned home in order to open a new restaurant on Main Street called Fattie McGee’s. Owner Hugh Ryan grew up in Farmington and Chesterville before…
FARMINGTON – Through a National Education Association grant, a group of students at the University of Maine at Farmington will be addressing the issue of poverty in Franklin County. The group, the…
KINGFIELD – The MSAD 58 school board approved a first reading of a new policy regarding flags on school property during Thursday night’s meeting at Kingfield Elementary School. The policy was created…
TEMPLE – I pull up under a simple wooden sign with bright red letters that are hard to miss in the snowy setting. A little pile of ski poles and walking sticks…
WILTON – Ideas on management of the new Bass Park gazebo were discussed at Tuesday night’s Selectboard meeting with Recreation Department Director Frank Donald. Questions such as rental fees and how to…
FARMINGTON – A local group of mothers and their daughters have joined forces to participate in next weekend’s Women’s March on Washington in Washington, D.C. More than 300,000 people are expected to…
RANGELEY – For the second year in a row lessons and pick-up matches of curling will be offered at Haley Pond for anyone interested in learning the unique sport. The group was…
FARMINGTON – A new delivery service will soon be available to those wanting to eat out without leaving their living rooms. Downtown Delivery, founded by Justin Richard, will offer an easy-to-use…
FARMINGTON – Franklin County welcomed its newest resident Tuesday afternoon with the birth of Jemma Jade Gauthier of New Sharon, the first baby of 2017. Parents Lydia and Christopher Gauthier head home…