TEMPLE — The U.S. Postal Service is planning to reestablish retail services as close as possible to the former post office. More information will be presented at a public meeting on Monday, Oct. 22 at 6:15 p.m. at the Temple Town Office, 258 Temple Rd. “The reasons for this decision, along with potential sites and […]
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Temple Historical Society calendar features items from the past
TEMPLE — The Temple Historical Society’s 2019 calendar, Remember When, is dedicated to a time when some simpler things in life were the norm. Through the years items such as the treadle sewing machine, kerosene lamps, kitchen cook stove, butter churns and molds, and outhouses have faded into the past but are not forgotten by […]
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Temple teen named Student of the Year
FARMINGTON – Eighteen-year-old Aidan Salisbury of Temple likes to solve problems and help other students. “I like finding solutions to problems,” the Mt. Blue High School senior said Wednesday. “That is why I got into composites.” He is a second-year student in the composites manufacturing program at Foster Career and Technical Education Center. Salisbury is […]
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Temple man sentenced for assaulting father
FARMINGTON — A Temple man was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison for assaulting his father at his home on Cummings Hill Road in Temple. Brian R. Mackin, 27, pleaded guilty to a felony count of aggravated assault Monday in Franklin County Superior Court. Charges of aggravated criminal trespass, terrorizing and violating condition of release […]
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Temple post office closing March 24
TEMPLE — The Temple post office will close March 24 at the end of the business day, because the building owner is terminating the lease March 31, U.S. Postal Service communications specialist Steve Doherty said. “We have been actively looking for a new location within Temple and are optimistic about having something in place by that […]
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Rangeley outlasts Temple in D South semifinal
Rangeley’s Natasha Haley pressures Temple’s Sarah Derosiers during their Class D tournament game in Augusta on Thursday. Rangeley’s Ellah Smith is at right. (David Leaming/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — With a lineup that included a couple of eighth-graders and a sophomore on the floor at the same time, ,it’s understandable that the Rangeley girls basketball team […]
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Temple man arrested on warrant
FARMINGTON — William L. Griffin, 38, of Temple, was arrested Tuesday after Sgt. Michael C. Adcock responded to Franklin Memorial Hospital. The hospital’s security requested assistance. Upon arriving, Adcock found Griffin to be uncooperative, and after running his information, discovered he had an outstanding warrant for failure to appear at the Waterville district court for […]
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Robert L. Fredericks
TEMPLE — Robert L. Fredericks, 83, of Temple, passed away peacefully with his family by his side Saturday, Jan. 27, at home. He was born Nov. 25, 1934, in Island Falls. He will be sorely missed. Robert was a very loving man and kind man with a wonderful sense of humor. He will be missed by […]
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Temple man arrested after stand-off
TEMPLE — A local man was arrested after a standoff with police Thursday night and charged with assaulting his father at 34 Cummings Hills Road. Brian Mackin, 27, was charged with Class B aggravated assault, Class D domestic violence terrorizing and Class E violating conditions of release, according to a release by Franklin County Sheriff […]
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Temple couple deaths ruled murder-suicide
TEMPLE — The deaths of a Temple couple have been ruled a murder-suicide by the Medical Examiner’s Office, according to a statement by Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. Autopsies on Thomas Masse, 60, and his wife, Michelle Masse, 59, showed both died from a single gunshot wound to the head. Investigators […]