The Maine Community Foundation has awarded $282,500 in grants to 21 Maine organizations to support animal welfare, according to a news release. Local grantees include: • Humane Society Waterville Area, for the Angel Foster program, $20,000; • Franklin County Animal Shelter, for the shelter’s spay/neuter voucher program: $10,000; • Greater Androscoggin Humane Society, to support […]
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Franklin County commissioners considering stipends for essential workers
If approved as presented Tuesday, they would total $129,000 and be covered by federal funds.
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Franklin County jail cook gets new title and more money
The food service manager’s salary is raised to $21.35 an hour.
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Car hits man walking his bike across Farmington highway and doesn’t stop
The driver of the car did not stop but police located him and he was issued a summons for leaving the scene of personal injury accident.
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Harmony woman hurt when car hits guardrail in Farmington
A Chevrolet Impala driven by Mackenzie Harding, 19, swerved to avoid a dog and hit a guardrail.
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Nordica Scholarship winners to perform via livestream
Kaleigh Hunter and Emma Jones, winners of last year’s Nordica Scholarship, are scheduled to perform in this year’s Nordica Day Concert. The livestreamed event will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 17, from Nordica Auditorium at the University of Maine at Farmington. Aug. 17 was the date in 1911 when world-famous opera diva and Farmington […]
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Farmington school board adjusts mask mandate for grades 9-12
Vaccinated RSU 9 students in grade 9-12 are now required to wear a mask or shield.
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Two new police officers start in Farmington
Police officer Ethan Whitney is new to the area while school resource officer Matthew Brann has experience with Franklin County Sheriff and Farmington Police departments.
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Former scholarship winners to perform in this year’s Nordica Day Concert
Kaleigh Hunter and Emma Jones, winners of last year’s Nordica Scholarship, will perform in this year’s Nordica Day Concert at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 17. The performance will be live-streamed from Nordica Auditorium. On Aug. 17, 1911, world-famous opera diva and Farmington native, Lillian Nordica, performed in her hometown. The direct link to the […]
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Farmington-based healthy coalition gets $1 million federal grant to help vaccine efforts in five counties
The project’s target population includes the unvaccinated in the service areas of Franklin, Androscoggin and Oxford counties.