Russ Florenz of Paris, left, and Tom Hoy of Norway set up a wooden train in the field behind McLaughlin Garden on Main Street in Paris on Tuesday. Hoy said the train will have 135 pumpkins on the front and will be lit. They’re calling the train Journey to Hogwarts in recognition of the Harry […]
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Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Speakeasy raises over $5,000 for food closet in Farmington
FARMINGTON — The third annual Speakeasy Benefit Dance Party raised $5,045 for the Farmington Care and Share Food Closet. Ticket sales and donations reached $3,545, which is over $300 more than last year. A matching donation by Franklin Savings Bank added $1,500 to the total. The 1920s-theme dance party Nov. 8 turned the Homestead Kitchen […]
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Lewiston nearing deal to buy downtown canals
It likely means that hopes of surfing, kayaking and tubing down the canals are out. Lewiston owns some water in the canal, but the structures themselves are owned by a private company that appears ready to part with them. Last month, Grow L+A pitched the City Council a proposal on stopping negotiations with canal owner […]
Posted inConnections, The Franklin Journal
Franklin County Retired Educators donate to food pantries
FARMINGTON — At a recent meeting of the Franklin County Retired Educators, members voted to double this year’s donation to seven area food pantries to $100 each. The money comes from dues, book swaps and monthly mystery basket raffles. Food closets receiving the money will use it to purchase items needed by families but not […]
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Wind knocks window out of downtown Bangor building onto street
BANGOR — A storm bearing 30 mph winds, gusting up to 45 miles per hour, and torrential downpours brought an unpleasant surprise to downtown Bangor massage therapist and yoga instructor Eric Sirois on Wednesday afternoon. At around noon, a particularly large gust of wind knocked a single panel storm window out of its frame on […]
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Property owner says she didn’t want to sell to McLaughlin Foundation
PARIS — The former owner of the 103 Main St. property sold two weeks ago to the McLaughlin Foundation says she was misled into the sale. The foundation, which owns McLaughlin Garden, intends to expand the garden’s footprint into the abutting lot, which includes a 19th-century house. In an interview at her Minot home on Thursday, […]
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Officer shoots, kills Grindstone man in armed confrontation
GRINDSTONE — An apparently intoxicated man who nonsensically ordered his neighbors to leave their own home was killed during an armed confrontation Saturday with police, officials and witnesses said Sunday. Robert Bellfleur, 78, who was armed with a shotgun, was shot by East Millinocket police Officer Seth Burns after he responded to a neighbor’s 911 […]