Embden is one of several western Maine communities exploring withdrawal from their regional school district.
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Anson fire victim was a great outdoorsman, story teller, according to his children
Richard Duley, 75, was alone in his Moore Street home Sunday when it was destroyed by fire, the cause of which remains unknown.
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Former Industry man makes third appeal of murder conviction
SKOWHEGAN — A former Industry man found guilty of murder in 2012, when prosecutors used DNA from a cigarette butt to match samples taken from the victim 32 years before, was back in court Tuesday afternoon mounting his third round of appeals on the conviction. Jay Mercier, 67, through his fourth defense attorney, Amy Fairfield, […]
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New Vineyard woman injured in Industry Crash
INDUSTRY — A New Vineyard woman was injured Thursday morning when a Jeep crossed the centerline on Industry Road and collided head-on with a car she was driving, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. Clarence Brown 23, of Anson was traveling east at about 5 a.m. in a Jeep Commander when it struck a […]
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Anson man lay injured for 11 hours in woods after motorcycle crash
ANSON — An Anson man was taken to a hospital Wednesday morning with serious injuries after he spent nearly 11 hours stranded in the woods after a motorcycle crash. A couple was taking a walk before 7 a.m. Wednesday when they heard someone yelling for help, Chief Deputy James Ross, of the Somerset County Sheriff’s […]
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Carolyn N. Farrington
ANSON — Carolyn N. Farrington, 87, passed away Saturday morning, June 2, at her daughter’s home in Anson. Carolyn was the daughter of a New Sharon couple, George and Clara Davis. She grew up always doing her share of the work at the family farm, Silver Valley Farm, and showing their prize cattle at state fairs. […]
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Anson woman sentenced for child sexual molestation
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice sentenced an Anson woman Friday to six years in prison with all but 2½ years suspended for unlawful sexual contact with a child under age 12. Anna LaRochelle, 26, was also sentenced to seven years of probation. Justice William Stokes also sentenced her to two years, to be served […]
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Anson woman enters plea in sexual molestation
FARMINGTON — An Anson woman pleaded guilty Thursday to sexually molesting a child under age 12. Anna LaRochelle, 26, entered her pleas to felony unlawful sexual contact and visual aggression against a child by way of Alford plea, which means she doesn’t agree with the state’s evidence but acknowledges if the state presented it to a […]
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Ethlyn M. Clifford
1928 – 2015 FARMINGTON — Ethlyn Marion Clifford, 87, of Canton Point Road, Dixfield, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Franklin Memorial Hospital, after a brief illness. She was born on Feb. 26, 1928, in New Sharon, a daughter of the late William McKinley White Sr. and Marjory (Quimby) White. She was educated […]
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More than $400K reported missing from Anson’s coffers
ANSON (AP) — Town officials in Anson are seeking ways to recover more than $400,000 in missing money. The Kennebec Journal (http://bit.ly/1eyYBeS ) reported that an auditor sent a letter to the town last week citing a shortfall of almost $111,000 between the amount of excise tax collected in 2011 and the amount deposited in the […]