STARKS — Internationally acclaimed musician/composer/songwriter Phoebe Legere returns to her cherished Maine for a performance of original compositions from her “Home — Where the Heart Is” tour on the center stage of the Harvest Ball at noon Sunday, Oct. 7. The Harvest Ball runs from Friday, Oct. 5 to Monday, Oct. 8, at Harry Brown’s […]
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New Sharon man charged with destroying cornfield in Starks
STARKS — State police charged a 19-year-old New Sharon man Thursday with causing about $5,000 damage to a cornfield in Starks with his truck. According to a news release from Maine State Police Troop C, which covers Somerset County, Kristoffer Welch was arrested at noon and charged with aggravated criminal mischief, a class C felony. […]
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Starks man charged with transporting marijuana infused beverages
ERVING, Mass. (AP) — Police in Massachusetts have arrested a Maine man they say was transporting more than 1,000 bottled beverages infused with THC, the active ingredient in marijuana that produces the high. Erving police say Simon Wiinikainen of Starks, Maine, was pulled over Wednesday for driving 62 mph in a 40 mph zone. Officers […]
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Gervin Palmer
LIVERMORE — Gervin “Bucky” Palmer, 96, a resident of Livermore, passed away Sunday, June 11 at his home. He was the last of 11 children in his family. Bucky was born on September 27, 1920, in Starks, the son of Ernest and Alura Palmer. He graduated from Dixfield High School. Bucky served in the U.S. […]
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Farmington Police seek help finding truck involved in hit and run accident
FARMINGTON — Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the driver of a pickup truck that sideswiped a car Sunday evening on Industry Road. The Police Department is looking for a dark colored pickup truck with a loud exhaust that was headed east on Route 43, also known as Industry Road. It was traveling […]
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N.H. man faces resisting arrest, drug charges after Starks festival
NEW SHARON — A New Hampshire man is facing charges of drug possession and refusing to submit to arrest after he was stopped Sunday on Starks Road, Maine State Police Trooper Niles Krech said. Thomas S. Daigle, 22, of Madbury, N.H., was stopped for speeding as he drove from Harry’s Hoe Down 2016, a weekend […]
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Weld representative plans to continue work started by current administration
WELD — State Rep. Thomas Skolfield, R-Weld, hopes to continue the work started by the current administration over the past four years in his first term. Skolfield, chairman of the Weld Board of Selectmen, was elected to serve House District 112 on Nov. 4. The district covers the towns of Avon, Carrabassett Valley, Carthage, East […]
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Starks man arrested after racing past Farmington police
FARMINGTON —A Starks man who apparently wanted to see how fast his car could go was arrested Wednesday night on charges of drunken driving, speeding and operating an uninspected vehicle, Police Department secretary Bonnie Pomeroy said. Dalton Abbott, 20, started off from the lights in front of Franklin Memorial Hospital and quickly reached a speed […]
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Well done – Students honored
NEWTON, Mass. — Leanne LaRosa of Harrison has received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lasell College during commencement exercises in May. LaRosa majored in applied math with secondary education. — NASHUA, N.H. — Magnolia Veronica Dixon of Avon was awarded the Dr. Jamison Gilder Hoff Leadership Medal at a Rivier University graduating student event […]
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Buttons for Babes reaches $25,000 in bracelet sales to help children
FARMINGTON — In just two years, Buttons for Babes has created an estimated 3,000 bracelets and raised $25,000 to help local children. Chris Bourassa started making the one-of-a-kind bracelets with recycled buttons. Sales of the bracelets helped support homeless children living in a Rumford group home. The bracelets were a hit. She needed help to […]