TEMPLE — Residents voted Saturday to spend the town’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds on upgrades at the town office. These upgrades will include an ADA complaint bathroom downstairs, along with…
FARMINGTON – The Fiddlehead Festival returned this weekend after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 500 people gathered on the University of Maine Farmington campus for the event,…
FARMINGTON – Mt. Blue High School Employability Skills teacher, Kyle Minear, has used generous donations from members of the community to start the Free Store on campus. The Free Store is open…
An eye is often the first thing I spot when I look for wildlife. (Photo by Dennis York)…
WEST FARMINGTON – The clapboards are peeling; so is the ceiling. “If 200 people in the community each donated $30, we’d have enough money, $6,000, to purchase the primer and top coat…
FARMINGTON – A corrections officer at the Franklin County Detention Center was arrested last Friday following an investigation conducted by the Maine State Police. Wyatt Haynes, 23, of Kingfield, was charged with…
FARMINGTON – The Board of Selectmen did not approve a proposed $1.18 million budget for the wastewater treatment budget, with two selectmen in favor and two opposed. During their April 26 meeting,…
KINGFIELD – The historic Herbert Grand Hotel is under new ownership once again with the recent purchase by Sugarloaf Mountain. The 105-year-old building which looms over Main Street will start a new…
SALEM — The MSAD 58 school board approved the budget for fiscal year 2023 during their budget meeting on Tuesday, April 26. The board needed to approve a budget Tuesday night to…
FARMINGTON – The RSU 9 school board met last night and reviewed the final proposed budget draft presented by Superintendent Christian Elkington for the 2022–23 fiscal year. Four significant, plus several small…