Cornelia “Fly Rod” Crosby from Phillips was the first Maine Guide and a 2017 inductee to the Maine Women’s Hall of Fame.
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Mt. Abram High School announces honor students
STRONG — Mt. Abram High School has announced its first-quarter honor roll for the 2022-23 academic year. High honors Grade 12: Josey Arms, Madison Contreras, Isabella Norster, Emily Pillsbury, Frank Provencher, Savina Sherwood and Abigail Wilcox. Grade 11: Samuel Cockerham, Isabelle Danala, Brooke Douglass, Ryleigh Frost, Cameron Frost-Grey, Payton Mitchell, Sydney Sillanpaa and Alyssa Sniadecki. […]
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Strong, Wilton residents indicted on drug charges
Shawn Lord, 39, of Wilton was a passenger in a car stopped in December 2021 in Wilton for a traffic violation when heroin was allegedly discovered in his possession
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Wood pellet plant in Strong damaged in fire
A battery charger on a forklift is believed to be the cause.
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Farmington-based coalition to offer mobile outreach services
Healthy Community Coalition’s mobile health unit plans to offer free education and health screenings, substance use resources including harm reduction services, COVID-19 vaccines for adults, and many other resources in Greater Franklin County communities in the coming weeks. Individualized health coaching and connections to services are also offered. Not all services are offered at each […]
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Fire on Isle View Lane in Strong ruled accidental
A state fire investigator believes a lamp fell on a bed and started the fire, Fire Chief Duayne Boyd said.
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Veteran Franklin County commissioner Clyde Barker dies
Clyde Barker died Sunday. He resigned June 2 as he struggled with critical congestive heart failure. He served as commissioner for nearly 12 years.
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Farmington-based coalition announces August mobile outreach services
Services include health screenings, harm reduction services, COVID vaccines for those 18 and older.
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Phillips teen completes Eagle Project
Robert Butterfield IV of Phillips, a member of Boy Scout Troop 500 in Strong, recently built and donated a wheelchair-accessible picnic table to Shadagee Apartments in Phillips. He has two more badges to complete before he can obtain his Eagle Rank, but his Eagle project is now complete, according to a news release from Sheila […]
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Walk-in COVID-19 mobile vaccination clinics to be held in six towns in Franklin County
The vaccinations are for people who are age 18 and older.