FARMINGTON — Eight forestry students at Foster Career and Technical Education Center on Friday began cleaning the Red Schoolhouse Cemetery, where Revolutionary War soldiers are buried, forestry and agricultural instructor Rodney Spiller said. Last fall, Wal-Mart employees proposed cleaning the cemetery and the community adopted the project. Store manager Greg Patterson said he got a […]
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Farmington Dunkin’ Donuts moves out of Walmart store
FARMINGTON — Dunkin’ Donuts closed its shop inside Walmart on Monday. “The lease ended,” owner Dan Silvestre said. Although customers and Walmart employees have enjoyed the coffee shop location over the last 10 years, he said financially it was not a good decision to sign another 10-year lease. “It is bittersweet,” Silvestre added. “We’ve been […]
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Farmington board accepts Wal-Mart employee cemetery project
FARMINGTON — A proposed plan to clean up the Red Schoolhouse Cemetery in the spring has taken on a life of its own. As word spread about the plan for Farmington Wal-Mart employees to clean up and adopt the cemetery, more people wanted to help and be involved, store Manager Greg Patterson told the Board […]
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Wal-Mart employees propose cemetery project in Farmington
FARMINGTON — With a light covering of snow over the Red Schoolhouse Cemetery on Tuesday, indentations in the ground were more obvious. They indicate burial plots. Headstones have probably sunk into the ground over the past couple centuries. Come spring, a group of employees from Wal-Mart and others may clear brush, find and help restore […]
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Lightning strike causes up to $100,000 damage to Farmington apartment
FARMINGTON — A lightning strike on Wednesday afternoon at Blueberry Hill Apartments at 145 North St. caused an estimated $75,000 to $100,000 in damage to one building containing four apartments, Farmington fire Deputy Chief Clyde Ross said Wednesday evening. No one was injured, but 13 people were displaced and the American Red Cross was working […]
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Farmington Police seek input on theft of Walmart televsion
FARMINGTON — Farmington police are asking for the public’s help to identify two men suspected of stealing a large flat-screen television from Walmart on Friday. Store security photos show two men leaving shortly after 10:30 a.m., one with a television in the cart. Police believe the two may have walked out with a Vizio television, […]