The Franklin County Retired Educators recently participated in the annual Day of Caring, sponsored by the Maine Education Association Retired. To help the new teachers hired this year at Academy Hill School in Wilton, the group bought supplies the teachers needed to set up their classrooms. The items included math manipulatives, flash cards, books and […]
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Revised route for CMP transmission corridor provides new point of contention
Environmental regulators are considering a request from Central Maine Power to reroute 1 mile of its proposed corridor to avoid Beattie Pond, stirring up more questions about the controversial project.
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Chesterville won’t let residents vote on moratorium aimed at delaying CMP project
Selectmen decline a request for a special town meeting vote aimed at temporarily preventing construction of a transmission line through the Franklin County town.
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J.P. Devine: August 1945, for three sisters the waiting is over
J.P. remembers waiting for Japan to surrender in 1945.
Posted inCommunity, Morning Sentinel
Maine Community Foundation awards $68K in grants
Recipients include MaineHealth, Rangeley Lakes Regional Historical Society, Town of Jackman.
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel
Scholarships offered to adult learners
Deadline for applications is Aug. 16.
Posted inCommunity, Morning Sentinel
Business After Hours held at Farmington hospital
Franklin County Chamber of Commerce members, as well as Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls Chamber members attend health fair.
Posted inMaine
Franklin County commissioners continue to withhold nonprofit funds, but approve new spending
Two of three commissioners attempted to eliminate funding for two nonprofits in the county budget and said they don’t support paying $12,500 in money budgeted this year for Western Maine Community Action.
Posted inMaine, News
Franklin County budget committee increases spending for nonprofits
The $6.74 million total county budget, up 2.7%, will now head to county commissioners for approval.
Posted inMaine, News
Beaver dam breach causes washout of Phillips road
A section of Route 4 near Pinkham Hill Road was closed for about five hours as the Maine DOT and the Phillips Highway Department worked on repairs.