Kaitlin Schroeder

Staff Writer

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Published
August 27, 2013

Wilton call center expansion to create 200 new jobs

Barclaycard is expanding its credit card business operations in Wilton, and expects to bring 100 new jobs to its call center in the town by the end of the year and another 100 next year.
Published
August 26, 2013

Police comb evidence in Wayne, Farmington teacher sex-assault allegations

Police continue to investigate Patrik Ian Arsenault, 27, of Norridgewock, a Wayne and Farmington special education teacher charged with molesting two Clinton boys this summer.
Published
August 26, 2013

Farmington voters asked to relax handicapped accessibility rules

Farmington voters will decide Tuesday whether to streamline the permitting process for building a handicapped accessibility ramp or rail, and to appropriate $14,000 to repair a failed sewer drain at the Town Office.
Published
August 24, 2013

Temple couple teaching better life through simpler living

At Chris and Ashirah Knapp’s Temple homestead, the couple teaches apprentices a self-sustaining lifestyle, one that creates minimal waste and maximizes sparse resources.
Published
August 22, 2013

Wayne, Farmington special ed teacher charged with sex assaults

Patrik Ian Arsenault, 27, of Norridgewock, a former Wayne special education teacher hired to start in Farmington this fall, has been charged with sexually assaulting two Clinton boys this summer.
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August 22, 2013

New Sharon body shop robbed of parts from Dodge pickup

A New Sharon body shop was robbed of parts from a Dodge pickup truck in a burglary discovered Wednesday morning.
Published
August 22, 2013

Convicted NH murderer violates release arrested in Maine

Barry Brown, 50, of New Hampshire, convicted of murder and burglary, was arrested in Chesterville Wednesday after moving to a new residence without permission of his parole officer.
Published
August 21, 2013

Farmington selectmen OK road funding

Farmington Selectmen approved a construction bid for the Whittier Road stabilization project, with $46,000 coming from the Public Works Department budget.
Published
August 20, 2013

Corrections board votes to fully fund jails, but doesn’t have the cash

The Maine State Board of Corrections voted Tuesday to fully fund the state’s jails, despite not having enough money to fund even 25 percent of the requests, in hopes of forcing the Legislature to cough up the rest of the promised money.
Published
August 20, 2013

State postpones Franklin County jail upgrade vote

The Maine Board of Corrections Tuesday delayed until September a vote on Franklin County’s request to make its jail once again fully operational.