Advocates propose reclassifying the water quality of the river from Rumford to Lisbon — a move they say could spark economic growth.
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Baseball notebook: Competitive races emerge in Class B
Lake Region is taking big step forward; tight games abound in A South; and A North has a surprise leader.
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Superintendents: Loss of federal funding would hit students most in need of support
School districts say Title I and IDEA dollars pay for staff positions in critical areas like intervention, early literacy and special education, and fund other services for some of Maine’s most vulnerable students.
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Franklin County commissioners hire Dixfield man as jail administrator in Farmington
The commissioners also approved hiring Lexi Daggett of New Vineyard as deputy director of the county Emergency Management Agency and honored Johanna Cullenberg as 911 Dispatch Employee of the Quarter.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Seasonal allergies getting worse? Blame climate change.
As temperatures rise, plants produce more pollen over a longer period of time. But locally collected pollen counts are on the way to help Mainers with seasonal allergies navigate the worst of the sneeze season.
Posted inSkiing, Sports, Varsity Maine
Girls skiing: 2025 Varsity Maine All-State team
Our list of the state’s top performers includes one freshman, five juniors and four seniors.
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Girls wrestling: 2025 Varsity Maine All-State team
Our first-ever girls All-State squad contains multiple New England champions from the top programs throughout the state.
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Rumford students sent to hospital after truck strikes bus in Farmington
Four were taken to a Farmington hospital with suspected minor injuries after a bus and truck collided at a ‘very low speed,’ police said.
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Republicans in Maine Senate balk at budget compromise
A compromise proposal for funding a MaineCare shortfall failed to get the two-thirds support needed to pass it as emergency legislation Tuesday night in the Senate, sending lawmakers back to the drawing board.
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Wilton author, retired UMaine Farmington professor to speak at Rumford library
The 2020 Read ME author of ‘The Vigilance of Stars’ will give a book talk March 11.