KINGFIELD – This town’s big, three-day Kingfield Festival Days celebration of summer includes the annual crowning of a “Mrs. Kingfield,” a big parade, a Whatever Floats Race and a whole lot of…
Dedicated fans, from left to right: Autumn and Mali Obomsawin, Monica Danforth, Katie Lewis, and Brianna Gelinas, began their wait for movie tickets at 8 a.m. Tuesday at the Narrow Gauge Cinema in Farmington…
CHESTERVILLE – A small plane crash landed off of Egypt Pond Road today, with the single occupant suffering only minor injuries. Authorities currently believe that Parker Tyler, 62, of Skowhegan, was piloting…
AUGUSTA – The state agency which oversees property on the National Register of Historic Places has problems with the proposed Emery Community Arts Center, writing in a letter that the plan is…
Five Franklin County Flyers surround a Gardiner runner in the first game of a doubleheader after pitcher Ryan Barker (5) picked him off second base in Zone 2 American Legion baseball action at Hippach Field. (Arin McLaughlin photos)…
FARMINGTON – The local planning board began considering a plan to construct a new art center in the heart of central Farmington today, scheduling two future meetings on the subject. Meanwhile, the…
JAY – A local man is dead today, following a vehicle-related incident which occurred Sunday evening. Police are continuing to investigate the death of Peter Benoit, 56, of Jay, who was pronounced…
My fishing excursions have been fairly frequent as of late in Franklin County, a special region of Maine where trout are sustained by the large and scenic western Maine mountains. The rainfall…
APPLETON – Lavender plants. We know and grow several cultivars of hardy English Lavender -mainly ‘Munstead’ and ‘Hidcote’ – in our mainly Zone 4 and 5 Maine gardens. But a lavender farm?…
On the Fourth of July, members of the Henderson Memorial Baptist Church in Farmington kicked off a new season of fundraising for the fuel assistance needs of Franklin County residents. Following the…