FARMINGTON – Facing an estimated $3.5 million deficit for this fiscal year, Franklin Memorial Hospital’s board voted to freeze salary increases for employees in 2009. Currently, the deficit totals $1.5 million for…
FARMINGTON – The Franklin County Chamber of Commerce once again exceeded their goal of providing a holiday meal with many extras to 50 families this year, with a final count of 73…
FARMINGTON – Three local churches are planning to operate a rotating warming center over the next three months, providing much-needed heat, food and friendship for residents in need this winter. But they…
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…
AUGUSTA – Governor John E. Baldacci today set the date for a special election to replace former Rep. Janet Mills, D-Farmington, who resigned her seat after being elected as Maine’s Attorney General.…
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…