Farmington News

FARMINGTON : But Seriously, Folks... I get rave mail from all over the district praising my unvarnished prose , but one question that has arisen on all sides from the very start of my campaign is "Are you a ...

Saddleback Ski Resort recently received the Gannett Family Business of the Year Award in the small business category by the Institute for Family-Owned Business.

A two-vehicle crash at Spaulding Road and Hartwell Road on Thursday sent two people to the hospital and a dog to a veterinary hospital.

Franklin County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to move forward with a space and structural needs study of the courthouse and sheriff's office.

Four men are being held at a Farmington jail on $10,000 to $15,000 cash bail on charges connected to camp burglaries on Porter Lake in Strong and New Vineyard last week.

Nestled next to an apple orchard, land on Bryant Road has been prepared for a new Masonic building to be shared by Farmington's Lodge No.

Franklin County Sheriff's deputies have made seven arrests in last week's break-ins and vandalism at camps along Porter Lake.

Things grow well in Aroostook County. Potatoes. Broccoli. Peas. Musicians. A lot of those things get shipped away upon ripening - the spuds hitch a ride in big rigs down I-95 to meet their destiny in the form ...

The big jump in heating oil prices is fueling a boom in sales of wood pellet stoves, with some Maine dealers saying demand is so great that they can't keep them in stock.

Maine Lodge No. 20 will hold an open house from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Masonic Building, 343 Main St.

An electrician renovating the lodge at Saddleback Ski Area lost his job because he blew the whistle on shoddy work performed by unlicensed workers.

The Mt. Blue Curtain Raisers Improv Comedy Troupe will deliver its third annual Last-Day-of-School Show at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 16, at the Farmington Grange.

The next time Kirk Kimel spots a fawn on the road or in the woods, he won't pick it up like he did Thursday.

Nearly a full Androscoggin Bank Colisee watched, cheered and took pictures as 240 graduated from Lewiston High School Friday night.

It is the 23rd year of the three-day Trek Across Maine, which starts on Friday, June 13 at Sunday River Ski Resort in Bethel and ends on Sunday, June 15 in Belfast.

A Rumford judge says a local lawyer may be unfit to practice law. In an April letter, Judge Valerie Stanfill wrote the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar that she would not appoint Seth Carey to any cases in ...

Richard Bjorn and L. Herbert "Bussie" York, both of Farmington, are this year's recipients of the Farmington Rotary Club's 10th annual community service awards.

AUGUSTA : Sabins earns award for academic excellence at graduation AUGUSTA - ' On May 17, hundreds of black-gowned graduates of Kennebec Valley Community College celebrated with their families after receiving ...

By Roxanne Moore Saucier Monday, June 2, 2008 - Bangor Daily News Even before you get to the articles, each quarterly issue of The Maine Genealogist is worth reading.

A man accused of robbing a downtown bank in December was sentenced this week to two years in prison.