JAY – Federal funding has been approved and is now available to aid the 149 permanently laid-off mill workers at Wausau Paper Corp. The federal Trade Adjustment Assistance funding, which the Maine…
WILTON – Residents unanimously supported rejoining the state’s retirement system after a 23 year hiatus. Few people turned out for the special town meeting held Tuesday night, which featured a four-article warrant.…
FARMINGTON – The ongoing debate on parking spaces in the downtown district spilled over into another venue today, when the county commissioners heard a request to use a portion of the lot…
FARMINGTON – The budget committee approved a six-month transitional budget Monday evening, which will likely equal $2.48 million after the state’s figures for the jail are calculated. The budget is designed to…
FARMINGTON – Under winter’s ice-white landscape, a garden like no other is in the works. Imagine, if you will, a large, fertile-rich plot under the blue warming sky of spring as an…
A full moon shines on the lighted gazebo and Franklin County Courthouse. Don Waterhouse photo…
FARMINGTON – Walk, don’t run, to Devaney Doak & Garrett Booksellers to check out a new book soon to be in the backpacks of thousands of students. University of Maine at Farmington’s…
LOOKING FOR OFFENSE: Mt. Blue’s Johanna LaPlant (20) looks for a pass inside while her teammates are cutting to the basket in a make-up game with Nokomis on Saturday afternoon. The Warriors edged…
ON THE FLOOR: Livermore Falls hustled its way to a 48-39 win over Dirigo, Friday night in a Mountain Valley Conference girls basketball game. Missi O’Connor (23) and Andies teammate Kathrynn Lake…
FARMINGTON – After 25 years on campus, the Archaeology Research Center at the University of Maine at Farmington is moving out. The state’s continuing budget crunch was cited as the reason the…