Officials seek residents’ approval Thursday to spend about $650,000 more this year in part to catch up on deferred road maintenance and to fund the snow plow contract, as the town shifts to using more salt rather than a sand-salt mix to keep roads clear in the winter.
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Gardiner man charged in alleged Farmingdale stabbing
Hector Rivera, 26, of Gardiner faces elevated aggravated assault and other charges after allegedly stabbing a Farmingdale man Tuesday.
Retired teacher and local waitress compete for Farmingdale seat on RSU 2 school board
Megan Elliott and Deb Large vie to represent town on Regional School Unit 2 board.
Early science interest sets path for Hall-Dale High School graduate
Samuel Thibeault is poised to trade getting up early for school for getting up earlier to go to work, now that a vocational training program has him on a path toward becoming an electrician.
Hallowell Boy Scout Troop, Legion to hold bottle drive June 25
The Boy Scout Troop 647 and Goodrich-Caldwell American Legion Post 6 of Hallowell plan to conduct a community bottle drive for Hallowell and Farmingdale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 25. For pickup, call Scoutmaster Glen Glidden at 207-557-0686 or Adjutant Maureen Malley at 207-557-3109. Bottles also can be placed at American Legion […]
Augusta tech center presents awards, scholarships
Capital Area Technical Center in Augusta recently presented the following awards and scholarships: From Cony High School: Zainab Al Braihi: Early Childhood Education Scholarship and Instructor’s Choice Scholarship for Early Childhood Education; Sagad Al-Badri: Mark Scott Memorial Scholarship; and Mallory Audette: Instructor’s Choice Scholarship for Health Academy and Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Career and […]
Augusta tech center inducts 31 into honor society
Capital Area Technical Center inducted 31 students on May 16 into its chapter of the National Technical Honor Society, according to a news release from the Augusta center. Inductees are as follows. Cony High School: Courtney Bacon, Building Construction; Raegan Bechard, Certified Nursing Assistant; Haylee Cyr, Certified Nursing Assistant; Aiden Fleck, Building Construction; Madison Jackson, […]
Watch: Fire destroys 122-year-old Farmingdale house under renovation to be sold
The Northern Avenue home, owned by John Jaques of Keller Williams Realty, was under renovation and nearing completion as a four-bedroom, two-bathroom home.
Man who fled child rape trial in Massachusetts arrested in Farmingdale
Police: Stephen Corbin Jr., 38, of Methuen, Massachusetts, cut off a GPS monitoring bracelet and headed to Maine.
Emerson College inducts Farmingdale student into honor society
BOSTON, Mass. — Georgia Howe of Farmingdale recently was inducted into Emerson College’s Gold Key Honor Society. Howe, a creative writing Bachelor of Fine Arts major, is a member of the class of 2024. The society was founded at the college in 1962 to recognize and encourage outstanding academic achievement. Membership in the society is […]