WILTON – The Selectboard will be exploring the idea of increasing water rates after Superintendent Justin Futia reported a jump in treatment costs and a drop in usage as reasons for the…
Tuesday, Feb. 7. 5:25 p.m.: This story has been updated to identify the victim of the propane explosion. COPLIN PLANTATION – A 71-year-old man was injured and his home destroyed after a…
WILTON – Police said traveling a little too fast on a slippery road was the cause of a tractor trailer sliding and jackknifing across traffic lanes on Routes 2&4 this morning. No…
FARMINGTON – Instead of sitting in a warm classroom discussing forestry management, University of Maine at Farmington students were in a real forest on a recent bitter cold morning talking with timber…
LIVERMORE – Family and the many friends of Michael Holland, 25, of Wilton, who was one of 33 El Faro crew members lost at sea when the cargo ship sank on Oct.…
FARMINGTON – Selectmen made their budget recommendations at Tuesday’s meeting that included a major cut in the library’s funding request and a raise in selectmen’s pay. Requests for the 2017 municipal operating…
EUSTIS – A fast-moving fire destroyed a house and attached garage in Grand View Estates on Saturday evening. The cause of the blaze was believed to be sparks from shop machinery in…
FARMINGTON – For more than 30 years athletes competing at the Special Olympics have received a special welcome from the American Legion Post 28 on their way to compete at the Maine Winter…
PHILLIPS – A 21-year-old Dixfield man died as the result of a crash in which police say his pickup truck was unable to stop at an intersection due to icy road conditions…
FARMINGTON – If disaster struck and the town’s drinking water should become in peril, what would the local and state response be to such an emergency? In a workshop held Thursday, nearly 30 representatives…