FARMINGTON – Preliminary findings issued by the Maine Department of Labor regarding the Sept. 16, 2019 explosion that killed a member of Farmington Fire Rescue include up to $22,000 in potential fines…
EAST DIXFIELD – Firefighters from seven communities responded to the Rollins Ridge Road Tuesday evening, after a chimney fire spread up through an old farmhouse causing significant damage. According to East Dixfield…
NEW SHARON – The old town office was demolished Tuesday, an early step in a plan to shift municipal and fire department operations into a single building. At a special town meeting…
FARMINGTON – Meeting via a teleconference call, county commissioners and other officials discussed how the novel coronavirus would impact county operations moving forward and approved a contingency plan for the Franklin County…
INDUSTRY – The operator of a 2005 Jeep Liberty was treated and released by NorthStar EMS this morning, after the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said her vehicle hit a snowbank and rolled…
FARMINGTON – A local manufacturing company has begun stitching face masks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and hopes to be producing 5,000 by next week. Origin USA initially specialized in the…
ORONO – The University of Maine System will not be holding in-person commencement ceremonies at any of its universities this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement was made Monday by…
FARMINGTON – Students and adults alike in Regional School Unit 9 towns will have access to some new books, thanks to a donation made by Devaney, Doak & Garrett Booksellers. The store…
AVON – A motorcycle crash on Route 4 sent a 14-year-old to the hospital Thursday afternoon. According to Sheriff Scott Nichols, Deputy David Davol and other first responders were dispatched to Route…
JAY – The Regional School Unit 73 school board postponed previously scheduled budget meetings at Thursday’s meeting, opting to wait until the State of Civil Emergency has been lifted. The board met…