To the Editor: This week the town of Wilton passed a new ordinance to protect our natural resources from major transmission line projects like CMP’s NECEC corridor. At the meeting, CMP’s fancy lawyer requested to speak, and my fellow citizens joined together to block her. We have heard more than enough from this foreign corporation. […]

Lance Harvell running for CountyCommissioner

Letter to Editor/Guest Column

Priorities include consumer-owned utilities, local agriculture, and rural broadband

Letter to the Editor

Letter to editor

FARMINGTON — Fenwick Fowler, a longtime Farmington resident and local leader has announced his candidacy for County Commissioner for District 2, covering Farmington, New Sharon, and Chesterville. Fowler, as he is usually known, was born in Fort Fairfield, graduated from Brewer High School in 1969 and the University of Maine at Farmington in 1973. He […]

To the Editor: The trustees and officers of Franklin County Agricultural Society have had many discussions on the issues facing the nation due to the Covid 19 pandemic. On July 1, 2020 they decided to cancel the September 2020 fair. Our first priority is the health and safety of our community, volunteers and exhibitors who […]

To the Editor: If anything these days of Covid 19 have done, it has been to remind us of how important our online connections are. Sure, the internet is great. It’s our source for news and email. But this time of pandemic and social distancing has sparked a deeper need for connection and has revealed […]