As a local landowner with a camp near the Appalachian Trail in Madrid Township, I became aware of a desire to protect the back country area around the headwaters of the Orbeton Stream. I knew this was a special place — my uncle once owned forestland here, and despite living all over the country, this […]
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Selectmen consider request from Kingfield Quad Runners
KINGFIELD — Voters will have a chance to weigh in on a proposal to allow the Quad Runners ATV Club increased access to trails. When voters go to the polls on Nov. 4, they will receive a separate ballot to complete outside the formal voting area, selectmen learned at their Monday evening meeting. The questions […]
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Franklin County ceases winter maintenance on portion of Madrid Township road
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to close 1/5 of a mile of East Madrid Road in Madrid Township to winter maintenance. The action followed a hearing on the proposal. The county will continue summer maintenance on the county’s portion of the road but will not plow snow or sand or perform other winter […]
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Franklin County sets public hearing on Madrid Township road
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners will hold a public hearing Sept. 23 on a proposal to discontinue winter maintenance on a section of East Madrid Road in Madrid Township. The hearing will be held at 9 a.m. in the commissioners’ meeting room at the County Courthouse on Main Street in Farmington. The section is approximately […]
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Madrid Township man to serve three years in prison in sex abuse case
AUGUSTA — Justice Nancy Mills on Monday ordered a Madrid Township man to serve three years of a five-year sentence for sexually abusing a teenage boy. John A. Fahnley, 59, was sentenced in Kennebec County Superior Court in Augusta. The conviction carried a penalty of up to five years in prison. He will serve two […]
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Recorded evidence indicates section of Madrid Township road is private
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners received the surveyor’s results on the upper East Madrid Road in Madrid Township. It appears that 0.7 mile at the end of the road, where the county has been doing winter maintenance, is a private road and not under the jurisdiction of the county, Commissioner Gary McGrane of Jay said Tuesday. […]
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Convicted sex offender faces new charge for courtroom comment
FARMINGTON — A Madrid Township man faces a new felony charge for a comment he made to a victim and his family after a Franklin County jury found him guilty Friday of sexually abusing a minor. John A. Fahnley, 59, was walking toward the doors to leave the Franklin County Superior Courtroom in handcuffs with […]
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Franklin County jury finds Madrid Township man guilty of sexually abusing teen
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County Superior Court jury found a Madrid Township man guilty Friday of sexually abusing a teenage boy in 2008. John A. Fahnley, 59, also was found not guilty of sexually assaulting the boy in 2008 and not guilty of sexually abusing him in 2009. The incidents occurred at Fahnley’s home, according […]
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Farmington company gets contract to survey Madrid Township road
FARMINGTON — A Farmington company was awarded the contract to survey about 1.8 miles of the East Madrid Road in Madrid Township. Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to accept a bid of $4,800 from ACME Land Survey LLC to survey the portion of the road. If expert testimony is necessary, it will be billed separately […]
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Police: Driver fell asleep, car hit guard rail in Strong
STRONG — A Madrid Township man escaped injury Wednesday night when he fell asleep while driving on Route 4 and his car hit a guardrail, Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy Matthew Brann said Thursday. Robert Ferro, 40, was heading north in a 2000 Subaru Legacy when it went off the right side of the road near […]