Treasurer LucyAnn Cook resigned earlier this month and only one person, who wasn’t qualified, applied.
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Farmington board discusses bridge, ARPA funds
No commitments were made on financial support for the Rail Trail Bridge or how to use American Rescue Plan Act funds.
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Beal University to establish Wilton campus to address Franklin County nursing shortage
Beal University will train students to become registered nurses.
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Farmington to observe Pearl Harbor Day
Participants will gather in the Farmington Park and Ride before the noon ceremony.
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Farmington board approves several expenditures
Two new computers for police cruisers, contracting with Bangor Savings Bank for payroll processing, and a new survey on hi-speed internet availability were approved.
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Emery Community Arts Center hosts exhibit, meetings on mass-incarceration reform and prisoner-advocacy
UMF is hosting a series of Franklin County community action meetings on restorative justice with local law enforcement, organizations, leaders and other state prisoner advocacy and reentry organizations.
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Bell honored, Hardy named Farmington’s interim fire chief
Hardy has been with the department since 1997.
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Vacationland Fun is theme of 45th Chester Greenwood Day
A new category has been added to the parade judging, while some contests are being held virtually again this year.
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Farmington woman and her decades-long British pen pal have never met
Linda Smith began writing while in Scouts and has never missed sending cards for birthdays and other holidays for the last 60 years.
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Wilton Select Board brainstorms on spending ARPA funds
The board suggested spending some of the $418,000 it will receive from ARPA on funding for broadband, pay raises/bonuses for front-line workers like police, firefighters and grocery-store workers, or funding for stay-at-home parents unable to work because they can’t afford childcare services.