SeniorsPlus, Western Maine’s designated Area Agency on Aging, distributed $67,000 in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act mini-grant awards. These grants monies were distributed by SeniorsPlus to 15 businesses, organizations, and agencies that serve older people and adults with disabilities in Androscoggin, Oxford, and Franklin counties, according to a news release from the Lewiston-based […]
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Franklin County community addressing homelessness
Shelter hopes to announce a new location in the coming weeks.
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Franklin County valuation increases, tax rate rises 4 cents
Commissioners set the tax rate at $1.32 per $1,000 of valuation on July 29.
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Farmington-based school district superintendent outlines back-to-school plan
Pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade students would have the option for a full return to school, while high school students would be limited to a hybrid model.
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Farmington native navigates the Appalachian Trail in a pandemic
21-year-old Farmington native Brooklynn Winters, also known as “Bear Bait,” has completed just under 600 miles of the AT so far.
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Originally rescheduled for August, UMF postpones 2020 graduation again
The class of 2020 still awaits commencement plans from the University of Maine at Farmington but some are ready to let go of a ceremony altogether.
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Farmington’s Summer Fest canceled due to pandemic
The majority of the usual programming, such as musical performances, races and a food court, had already been canceled to prevent large gatherings.
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Farmington area school district voters approve K-12, adult ed budgets
Farmington, Industry, Starks, Temple, Wilton, Chesterville, New Vineyard, New Sharon, Vienna and Weld voted on the spending plans.
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Franklin County commissioners restore their annual pay to $12,000
It will take a two-thirds vote of the Budget Committee to override the commissioners’ change.
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Competing Republican State Senate candidates both worked with LePage
Two Democrats seek party’s nomination for state representative from House District 112, which includes Starks, Anson and Kingfield, among 16 communities in Somerset and Franklin counties.