The 43rd annual Chester Greenwood Day parade is the highlight celebration of Farmington’s native son, Chester Greenwood, earmuff inventor.
Dee Menear
Staff Writer
Dee Menear is an award-winning journalist and photographer with over a decade of experience in community news. She is the editor and staff writer for The Rangeley Highlander. She has worked for the Franklin Journal, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Advertiser Democrat, Daily Bulldog and Original Irregular. Dee enjoys live local music, cooking, hunting, fishing and hiking.
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UMF, Mallett school collects 1,473 pounds of food
For the first time, W.G. Mallett School and University of Maine at Farmington students collaborated to help local food closets.
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Farmington-based school board hears strategic planning proposals
Consultants from Good Group Decisions of Brunswick and New England School Development Council of Marlborough, Massachusetts, outlined the process for developing long-term plans.
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Wilton voters to consider truck purchase
The Board of Selectmen set a special town meeting for Nov. 19 at 6 p.m. on a lease-purchase agreement for a 2019 International truck for the Public Works Department.
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Investigators determine Livermore Falls fire accidental
The Wednesday morning blaze destroyed a farmhouse at 182 Foundry Road.
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Livermore Falls home destroyed, cat dies in morning blaze
The cause of the farmhouse fire at 182 Foundry Road is believed to be unintentional, Deputy Fire Chief Scott Shink said.
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Wilton selectmen can’t restrict mobile homes on Webb Avenue
The board delayed action on any sale offers after a group of Webb, Eastern and Sunset avenue residents issued a petition to prevent mobile homes moving into their neighborhood.
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Farmington area school directors review standards-based grading
The district implemented a hybrid system of standards-based grading and reporting using a traditional 0-100 grading scale at the start of the 2018-19 school year.
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Wilton enacts electrical transmission corridor moratorium
The 180-day moratorium will defer new elective electrical transmission corridor applications while the planning board looks at developing regulations for such projects.
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Six-year-old hit by vehicle while waiting for school bus in Farmington
A student was injured by a vehicle Monday morning at a bus stop in Farmington.