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Two teens charged in Chesterville store burglary

CHESTERVILLE — Two teenagers are accused of breaking into the Chesterville Corner Store between Friday night and early Saturday and stealing $1,200 worth of beer, cigarettes and lottery tickets, according to Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. A baseball bat was used to forcibly enter the Dutch Gap Road store and caused $1,000 in damage to the […]

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New Portland teen injured in Strong crash

STRONG — A New Portland teenager was injured Sunday morning when the vehicle he was driving went off Farmington Road, struck a mailbox and went into a ditch before striking a utility pole and snapping it in half. The vehicle then rolled over, according to Franklin County Deputy Andrew Morgan’s report to Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. […]

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Farmington woman injured in New Sharon accident

NEW SHARON — A Farmington woman was taken to a local hospital Monday morning after her car was struck by a pickup truck on Route 2 just past the intersection with Mile Hill Road. Donna Dalouch, 57, of Farmington was heading east at approximately 5:27 a.m. when a truck driven by Andrew Prindall, 25, of […]

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Franklin County deputy injured when Greene man attacks him in Kingfield

KINGFIELD — A Franklin County deputy was injured early Sunday when a Greene man slammed him to the ground, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Monday. Deputy Andrew Morgan was grabbed from behind while processing Tyler Poland’s father, Daniel Poland, on a charge of drunken driving, Nichols said. Tyler Poland, 28, was arrested on a felony […]

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Franklin County commissioners approve hiring deputy

FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to allow Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. to hire Andrew J. Morgan of Augusta as a patrol deputy, providing he passes a psychological exam. Morgan will start April 1. Commissioners gave Nichols conditional approval to hire a Winthrop man to fill the vacancy March 4, pending him passing examinations […]