FARMINGTON – Franklin County commissioners sent a $6.79 million budget back to the Budget Committee Tuesday morning, opting to revert a reduction in commissioner pay. Commissioners Charlie Webster of Farmington and Terry…
Voters in the Regional School Unit 9 towns approved a $38.19 million budget Tuesday, by a combined vote of 2,454 in favor to 1,917 opposed. Towns reporting results for the Regional School…
JAY – Voters approved a $5.3 million municipal budget and reelected two members of the Board of Selectpersons at the polls Tuesday. Selectperson Gary McGrane was reelected to another three-year term on…
JAY – The owner of the Androscoggin mill announced that 59 employees will be laid off Monday, as part of a staffing reorganization tied to the loss of the mill’s pulp operation.…
JAY – The Regional School Unit 73 school board approved setting a new date for its budget referendum vote, after learning that figures accompanying the warrant were incorrect. The RSU 73 budget…
PHILLIPS – A local man was transported to the hospital with head injuries this morning, after his vehicle crashed into a utility pole on Main Street. According to Sheriff Scott Nichols, a…
FARMINGTON – The Franklin County Agricultural Society has decided to cancel this year’s Farmington Fair for the first time in decades, citing safety and financial issues relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. Farmington’s…
Unwanted white perch led to a smelly situation on Parker Pond two weeks ago, after 13,000 of the fish removed from the body of water were discarded on a small island. Mark…
FARMINGTON – A local man has been charged with threatening a family member with a knife, assaulting a police officer and refusing to submit to arrest, following an incident that occurred Wednesday…
FARMINGTON – A local man was arrested on the charge of aggravated assault Wednesday, after he allegedly struck a woman multiple times, dragged her into a bathroom and refused to let her…