HARDY — Medora T., 84, of Jay passed away Thursday, Aug. 31, in Farmington. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 6, at St. Rose of Lima Church, 1 Church St., Jay. Visiting hours are 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, at Finley Funeral Home, 15 Church […]
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Birdena D. Hardy
1923 – 2016 FARMINGTON — Birdena Durrell Hardy, 92, of Farmington died peacefully on Friday, Feb. 26, in Farmington. Birdena was born on Aug. 10, 1923, a daughter of Clyde E. and Elsie A. (Pinkham) Durrell of Strong. She graduated from Strong High School in the Class of 1942 and married Harold C. Hardy of […]
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Spring is in bloom at the Lilac Festival
PARIS — Visitors to the McLaughlin Garden and Homestead will be able to view more than 125 varieties of lilacs, most in full bloom, at this weekend’s festival celebrating the flower that signifies spring to many. The 18th annual Lilac Festival will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday through Monday at the garden […]
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Selectmen appoint panel to study needs of the fire station
LIVERMORE FALLS — Following a 30-minute tour of the Livermore Falls Fire Station on Tuesday evening, May 19, the Board of Selectmen appointed a 10-person committee to study the needs of the Fire Department. “The committee will begin as quickly as possible so we can proceed ASAP,” Board of Selectmen Chairwoman Louise Chabot said. “We […]
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New York men remain jailed after Thursday night capture
LEWISTON — One of the men captured inside a Cottage Street home Thursday night was wanted as a fugitive out of New York on a charge of manslaughter. Lewiston police said they used extra caution Thursday night when they went to arrest 36-year-old Shane Hardy of Medford, on a warrant charging him with a parole […]
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Franklin County commissioners approve communications improvements
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Monday to spend $20,000 from the undesignated fund to improve communications and pave a gravel parking lot and walkway at the Regional Communications Center. Communications center Director Stan Wheeler told commissioners that the gravel portion of the lot beside the dispatch center where the dispatchers park needs to be […]
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Wilton board sets date for cleaning Adams Street property
WILTON — The Board of Selectmen unanimously agreed to give an Adams Street resident until May 30 to clear his yard of debris. When Duane Pollis did not respond to requests from the town to clear his yard as directed by the town’s Property Maintenance Ordinance, the town took the issue to court last fall. […]
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County to pickup tab for incorrect tax form
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted 2-1 Tuesday to reimburse a retired employee $353.38 due to an incorrect W2 form. Commissioner Gary McGrane of Jay opposed the vote. Shannon Smith of Wilton, who represented her husband, Albert Smith, requested the reimbursement. Her husband had worked for the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department for 38 years, including […]
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Baldwin Street home damaged by fire in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — More than 30 firefighters from five departments fought a fire at a house at 15 Baldwin St. about noon Tuesday. No one was injured and two dogs were safely removed from the house, fire Chief Tim “T.D.” Hardy said. Chris Stanford, an investigator for the Office of the State Fire Marshal, said […]
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Franklin County commissioners vote to withhold jail money
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to withhold the county’s first payment for 2013-14 to the Maine Board of Corrections until a state task force issues a report in December on the unified jail system. They also authorized Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. to look into an alternative plan to house the county’s inmates […]