FARMINGTON — A Carthage man has been sentenced to serve 20 months of a five-year sentence for burning his father’s truck on Dec. 15, according to Franklin County court documents. Spencer C. Knox, 23, will serve four years of probation after his release from the Department of Corrections. Knox pleaded guilty Monday in Franklin County […]
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Carthage man charged with witness tampering
FARMINGTON — A Carthage man, who was charged in December with setting his father’s truck on fire, is accused of tampering with a witness in the case, according to a state fire investigator’s statement. Spencer Knox, 23, was arrested Thursday night on a warrant charging witness tampering and violating bail conditions. He was taken to […]
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Carthage man indicted on arson charges after father's pickup torched
FARMINGTON — A Carthage man has been indicted on charges that he set fire to his father’s pickup truck Dec. 15 in Carthage. A Franklin County grand jury indicted Spencer C. Knox, 23, on Jan. 18 on two counts of Class A arson, a Class C charge of aggravated criminal mischief and a Class E […]
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Bail set for man in Chesterville standoff
CHESTERVILLE — Bail was set at $2,000 cash Monday afternoon for a Carthage man charged in a 10-hour standoff with police Saturday night. Vance Billings, 41, of Carthage was charged with aggravated criminal trespassing, aggravated criminal mischief and violation of bail conditions, after an incident at a mobile home on Horseshoe Pond Road, Steve McCausland, […]
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Carthage voters re-elect officers, raise money for trash truck
CARTHAGE — Voters re-elected Selectman Banaman R. Weston, Town Clerk/Tax Collector Linda Berry and Treasurer Nancy Blodgett at the annual town meeting Monday, Selectman Steve Brown said. Weston’s term is for three years; Berry and Blodgett will serve a year. Twenty-six voters attended the meeting and all 42 warrant articles were approved in about an hour, he […]
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Volunteer gravestone restorer touched by those now thanking him
Mike, who does not want his last name published, holds an interesting gravestone he found mostly buried in a cemetery in Carthage with details of the woman’s life written on the back. He plans to build a display case in the cemetery for it. The photo was taken in Auburn in the parking lot of […]
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RSU 56 second budget of $12.95 million passes
DIXFIELD — The Regional School Unit 56 revised spending plan of $12.95 million was approved 320-221 by residents of the towns of Dixfield, Peru, Canton and Carthage at the second school budget referendum Tuesday. The estimated annual tax increase provided by each town office on a home valued at $100,000 based on the proposed school […]
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School board prepares for more cuts to budget
DIXFIELD — Regional School Unit 56 directors reviewed three possible budgets at their meeting Tuesday night in an effort to get a spending plan passed for 2017-18. The district’s proposed $13.2 million budget was rejected by voters this month. It represented an increase of over 20 percent in assessments to Canton, Carthage, Dixfield and Peru, compared […]
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Carthage man sentenced in heroin case
FARMINGTON — A Carthage man was sentenced June 7 to one year in jail, with all time suspended, for his part in a July 30, 2015, heroin case. Russell C. Smith, 53, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of criminal conspiracy in Franklin County Superior Court, according to court documents. He will serve nine months of […]
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Chairwoman: New district, RSU 10 will not share services
MEXICO — The new school district comprising the towns of Canton, Carthage, Dixfield and Peru will not seek to share services with RSU 10, from which the towns withdrew in November, the chairwoman of the new board said Monday. “We will not be coming to RSU 10 at this point (or) at any time to […]