LIVERMORE FALLS — Firefighters spent several hours Monday cleaning up diesel fuel from a reserve tank that burst while a tractor-trailer was delivering groceries to Food City. Some of the 45 gallons of fuel leaked into the store, Livermore Falls Fire Department Lt. Nixon Ortiz said. About seven firefighters from Livermore Falls and Jay helped […]
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Clyde Barker elected chairman of Franklin County commissioners
FARMINGTON — Clyde Barker of Strong was elected chairman of the Franklin County Commission on Monday. Traditionally, the three commissioners take turns being chairman for a year. Barker said that when commissioners are going over the warrants and there are any questions on purchases, the department heads will be called in to explain what they […]
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DEP monitors minor Durham oil spill
DURHAM — State environmental officials on Monday were monitoring a small diesel fuel spill that occurred at a Durham wood processor Sunday morning. Scott Cyr, oil and hazardous material responder for the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, said the spill was reported to DEP just after midnight Sunday. A tanker from Diesel Direct was filling […]
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Franklin County deputies, police dog find missing New Vineyard man
NEW VINEYARD — Franklin County deputies and a tracking dog found a 95-year-old man with slight dementia Wednesday night in the woods about 1½ miles away from his home on Taylor Hill Road, Lt. David St. Laurent said. The man went missing when family members left him alone for approximately four hours, Sheriff Scott Nichols […]