Farmington News

A Spruce Drive man was arrested at his home on three drug charges Tuesday. James R. Sims, 33, of 60 Spruce Drive, was charged with possession of a controlled/narcotic drug - marijuana - with the intent to distribute and two counts of possession of a controlled/narcotic drug - marijuana and OxyContin.

March 20, 1935: Hearings under the direction of the Interstate Commerce Commission on proposed abandonment of the Lake Shore Railroad line will be started in the Federal building in Rochester on Friday, April 5th at two o'clock. Former notification to this effect was given by the New Hampshire Public Service Commission.

Sometimes it's our neighbors who can help more than Uncle Sam. Tim Dempsey of Strafford had one thought after he read about town resident Heather Russell's battle with advanced cancer and her attempts to receive her Social Security disability payments before she dies.

Thursday, March 18, 2010 Discuss this Article - 0 comments @Brief head:Farmington FARMINGTON - The following is the arrest log from March 8: March 8 - Valery Aksionov, 18, of Buttermilk Lane in Middleton, was charged with criminal trespass.

The $787 billion federal stimulus package that has allegedly created or saved jobs all over the country, seems to have passed Farmington by.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 FARMINGTON The Farmington High School Sophomore Class will be hosting its annual penny sale and spaghetti supper on March 27 at Farmington High School.

Living in a small apartment off Route 11 is a woman hoping she hangs on to see a cousin wed in April and her niece walk down the aisle come May.

Profile Bank recently hosted a Dream Package Contest with WOKQ and WSHK as presenting stations.

Two schools in town and one in Milton face tough choices as schools in other states may face closure or the liquidation of the staff due to federal education standards.

The following is the arrest log from Feb. 21: Feb. 21 - Zachary Mallock, 19, of Berry River Road in Barrington, was charged with transporting alcoholic beverages as a passenger.

Quinn/Democrat photo Milton Firefighter Chris Liberi stands ready to help extinguish a sawdust fire that began in the back of a tractor-trailer at Index Packaging early Thursday morning.

Residents here overwhelmingly said "I do" and will petition the state to let the people define marriage, but other communities voted against the issue this week.

Monday, March 8, 2010 Editor's note: Tuesday is Town Meeting day in New Hampshire.

Teenagers from Grace Community Church not only willingly went hungry Friday, but also mustered the energy to complete two community projects as part of World Vision's 30 Hour Famine event.

Five Manchester schools are among the list of New Hampshirea s 12 lowest-performing schools released by the Department of Education Friday.

The Knights of Columbus Council 10662, located at St. Peter's Parish, always buys tickets in the church's twice-yearly 50/50 draw, which raises money for the building's upkeep and parish programs.

Thursday, March 4, 2010 FARMINGTON - Unlike the town warrant of 2009, which contained a major article on a $10 million plus federal government-mandated sewer treatment plant upgrade, this year's warrant facing voters at town meeting on Wednesday, March 10 has nothing so potentially expensive.

A slow- moving winter storm smacked the Northeast on Friday, unleashing heavy snow, rain and hurricane-force winds as it knocked out power to more than 1 million homes and businesses.

Area high school students at Grace Community Church will be helping a Farmington family and a local child care facility during an annual fundraiser to help Haiti next month.

Calling all gardeners! The Goodwin Library Gardeners' Roundtable will meet on Wednesday, March 3 from 6-7:30 p.m. in Farmington Woman's Club.