Dead River
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York man dies in accident during whitewater rafting trip
WEST FORKS PLANTATION (AP) — Authorities say a man ejected from a raft while on a whitewater rafting trip is dead. The Maine Warden Service says 67-year-old Richard Sanders, of York, was on a commercial rafting trip on the Dead River Saturday when he and six others, including a guide employed by North Country Rivers, […]
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Boy Scout chaperone dies on Dead River rafting trip
WEST FORKS — Officials say a Massachusetts man chaperoning his son’s Boy Scout trip in Maine died after falling out of a raft while on a whitewater rafting trip. The Maine Warden Service says 52-year-old Michael Arena was on a commercial rafting trip in West Forks on Saturday when he fell out of the raft […]
Posted inFranklin
Woman killed in Farmington crash
UPDATE: Farmington police say Tacy Taylor crossed center line in fatal collision FARMINGTON — Two vehicles collided Tuesday night on Farmington Falls Road resulting in one fatality and a fuel spill. According to Police Chief Jack Peck, a 2003 Ford Windstar driven by a 59-year-old Farmington woman was traveling east when her car crossed the lane […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Selectmen consider request from Kingfield Quad Runners
KINGFIELD — Voters will have a chance to weigh in on a proposal to allow the Quad Runners ATV Club increased access to trails. When voters go to the polls on Nov. 4, they will receive a separate ballot to complete outside the formal voting area, selectmen learned at their Monday evening meeting. The questions […]
Posted inConnections, The Franklin Journal
Mt. Abram High School scholarship recipients
SALEM — A total of 162 individual local and state scholarships amounting to $133,165 were awarded to 52 graduating seniors of the Mt. Abram High School Class of 2014. Forty-five seniors were accepted to post-secondary schools. Evan Andrew Abbott: American Legion Auxiliary Unit 28, Farmington, Bernice Crosby Memorial Scholarship; Donald P. Richards Law Enforcement Scholarship; […]
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Walk-a-thon to fund tarring Historical Society driveway
STRATTON — The Dead River Area Historical Society will sponsor a walk-a-thon at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 10. The starting lineup will be at the Stratton Elementary School parking lot going along School Street and turning around at the site of the Old Dump two miles away and returning to the school parking lot. This […]
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Dead River Historical Society receives grant
STRATTON — The members of the Dead River Historical Society have received a grant of $3,300 from the Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust, to replace two rotted sills, clapboards and sheathing on the west and southwest side of the museum building. The building was built as a church in 1878. In 1963 an annex was added onto […]
Posted inConnections, The Franklin Journal
Dead River Area Historical Society’s calendars are now available
STRATTON — The Dead River Area Historical Society’s pictorial 2014 calendars are now available. The cover features Stratton High School Class of 1964 – 50 Years Ago with Colby Bean, Barbara Targett, Frank Caldwell, Douglas Townsend, Leo Harris, Connie Tague, Ray Henderson, Minnie Field and Christine Sylvester. January Circa 1910 shows three businesses on Main […]