Wilton News

As good as it gets: Tax collectors say theya re surprised to find tax bills paid at the same pace as last year.

WILTON a ' Between raindrops and sometimes in the rain, Susan Atwood works to improve and add color to the numerous gardens around her business, the Wilson Lake Inn.

A record 166 new members joined the New Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce in June, through the chamber's recent campaign.

FARMINGTON a ' Franklin County Deputy Christopher Chase has entered into a consent agreement with state law enforcement regulators that allows him to continue police work in Maine.

That night, floating on my comfy air mattress, clothes drying on lines nearby, I felt a deep peace: eat, sleep, ride.

Residents are invited to a free barbecue at 5:30 p.m. Monday at Academy Hill School before the annual town meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria.

Route 133 was closed for several hours Sunday after a car struck a utility pole.

The Maine House of Representatives voted 89-55 Thursday to approve a bill that would lower the state's top income-tax bracket from 8.5 percent to 6.5 percent.

Two men face charges in connection to liquor violations after police broke up an underage drinking party at 77 Knapp St.

Pam Brown, 63, of Wilton, doesn't look at mannequins in the same way other people do.

NEW YORK CITY : Four Down East books have been named winners in the 2009 Independent Publishers Book Awards, as has a book that includes work by a local poet.

Memorial Day ceremonies will be especially tough for Sue Cantrell of Temple. She recently received and heard for the first time a taped interview with her dad, Ralph W. Lake, who died on May 23, 2007, in Farmington.

A Memorial Day service at the American Legion Post 28 begins at 9:30 a.m. Monday with guest speaker, Iraq veteran Adam Cote.

A Wilton man received a five-year sentence with all but 15 months suspended on charges of trafficking drugs Friday in Franklin County Superior Court.

Academy Hill student Savannah Fay planted marigolds in Bass Park on Thursday morning as part of a program to encourage the next generation to help revive and beautify the lakeside town with flowers and plants.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday will mark the receipt of more than $2 million in federal housing funds for upgrades and improvements at the Ethel Walton House also known as Farmington Hill.

TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH OF WELD - Rescuers helped a hiker who had broken her ankle get off Tumbledown Mountain safely Saturday, Weld Fire-Rescue Chief Wallis Tyler said Monday.

A stack of new books complete with a cart to carry them was donated to the Pediatric Unit at Franklin Memorial Hospital Wednesday by members of Girls Talk, a literacy-based mentoring group from Academy Hill School in Wilton.

Police Chief Dennis Brown said Tuesday a search is continuing for a man who assaulted a Wilton officer who was about to arrest him.

Police from several agencies are searching for a man who fled on foot after he refused to submit to arrest early Monday afternoon.