New Vineyard News

NEW VINEYARD a ' A New Vineyard man was injured Friday afternoon after he blacked out and his car left Route 27 and struck a tree, State Police Trooper Randy Keaten said.

A sentencing hearing for a Massachusetts man found guilty in May of leaving the scene of a fatal accident in 2008 has been continued.

The town of New Vineyard will conduct a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 8, in Smith Hall to discuss proposed changes to the town's Shoreland Zoning Ordinance.

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A Franklin County Superior Court justice denied a request for a mistrial Wednesday in the manslaughter trial of Ryan Hurd, who has admitted to being "blackout drunk" when his car crashed in October 2007.

A physics professor testified Thursday in the manslaughter trial of a Lincoln man that if anyone was ejected from his car when it crashed it would have been the passenger.

Ryan Hurd was driving his car when it crashed and burned in New Vineyard in 2007, a survivor of the fiery wreck testified Wednesday at Hurd's manslaughter trial.

The trial for a Lincoln man accused of drunken driving that resulted in the death of a co-worker began Tuesday in Franklin County Superior Court.

Steve Maki has realized a longtime dream of opening his own community pharmacy. A celebration and ribbon-cutting for Spruce Mountain Pharmacy at 3 Tweedie Road will take place at 10 a.m. Monday, May 11.

A motorcyclist and his son were treated and released from Franklin Memorial Hospital on Friday after being hit by a car on the Wilton Road.

Members of the Sandy River Young Marines and a couple of volunteers clean up the leaves Monday around the World War I Arch in Farmington.

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A 65-year-old woman was seriously injured in an ATV accident at around 8:15 Thursday morning on a private road in New Vineyard.

Rescuers responded to an all-terrain vehicle accident shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday on Pratt Mountain Road, a dirt road located off Barker Road.

American flags will soon line the town's streets with plans to keep them up from May through Labor Day, organizer Norma Holbrook said.

Voters raised the pay for volunteer firefighters and elected a new selectman Saturday at the annual town meeting.

A fire that destroyed an older-style mobile home Thursday on Route 27 is believed to have started around the clothes dryer area, Fire Chief Doug Churchill said Friday.

A Farmington man was arrested on a charge of unlawful sexual contact stemming from a 2003 incident in New Vineyard, Franklin County Sheriff's Department Niles Yeaton said.

Voters will gather for the annual town meeting at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Smith Memorial Hall.

The verdict in the trial of a Massachusetts man facing felony charges for leaving the scene of a fatal accident has been postponed.