In six years, a community-wide focus on revitalization has changed the face of this former mill town. LISBON — It was called a “drive-through community.” One developer called it “a dump.” It was a former mill town unable to distance itself from the past. It had its traditions — the Moxie Festival being its most notable […]
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Game wardens investigating moose killed, dumped in Franklin County
The Maine Warden Service is looking for those responsible for hitting a moose on Kennebago Road in Coplin Plantation and dumping it off a bridge two miles away in Lang Township, according to a news release. The vehicle, which dragged the moose two miles through the unorganized territories in northern Franklin County, is believed to […]
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Young child burned after pulling coffee pot on himself in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS – A 2-year-old child was injured Wednesday morning when the child was climbing up on a counter and managed to pull a coffee pot full of hot coffee down over his head, police Lt. Joseph Sage said. The child was being taken by a LifeFlight of Maine medical helicopter to an unnamed hospital. […]
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Oxford slashes dump fees
OXFORD — Lower costs in waste management are being passed down to residents disposing of trash at the transfer station. In a memo to selectmen, station manager Warren Bennett noted some charges from Maine Resource Recovery Association, the town’s trash collector, had been declined, a savings the town could pass down to residents. Bennett hoped […]
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Property owner decries illegal stump-dumping in Monmouth
MONMOUTH — Upon his return home from volunteering with the Monmouth Lions Club on Saturday, Guy Piper thought something looked amiss on his property. While he was gone, someone had dumped 11 large stumps just beyond the woods line and left Piper with the mess. Piper’s land is across from Monmouth Academy and is clearly […]
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Wilton Tannery cleanup contract awarded
WILTON — The Board of Selectmen unanimously awarded the contract to clean up the Wilton Tannery property to a Farmington company. The lowest of the five bids received was $196,367 from E.L. Vining & Son of Farmington, Jaime Madore, Ransom Environmental’s lead engineer for the project, told the board Tuesday. The highest was $520,000, she said. […]
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Warren sees light at end of tunnel for site holding 27,000 tons of flammable fiber wastes
WARREN — Fourteen years after 27,000 tons of flammable fiber wastes were dumped on a former rifle range off Route 90, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection hopes it has come up with a long-awaited solution. The DEP is soliciting bids for parties that would like to convert the carpet-like fiber into an alternative fuel […]