Lauren Abbate

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Published
September 25, 2016

Franklin County Sheriff’s Office designates ‘safe zone’

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office has designated an area on their County Way hub as a ‘safe zone’ that is monitored 24/7 by surveillance cameras.
Published
September 22, 2016

Wilton area watershed survey aimed at water quality issues

The Friends Of Wilson Lake will be conducting a watershed survey of the area surrounding Wilson Lake and Pease and Varnum ponds on Saturday to better understand where possible areas of erosion could be affecting water clarity.
Published
September 21, 2016

Maine poet laureates set to read at UMF event

Maine Poet Laureate Stuart Kestenbaum and previous Poet Laureate Wesley McNair will give a joint reading of their work Thursday at the Emery Community Center for the Arts on the University of Maine at Farmington campus.
Published
September 21, 2016

Wilton residents approve changes to TIF expenditure rules

Voters at a special town meeting amended the terms of the town’s two tax increment financing districts to allow the Wilton Selectboard to release TIF funding without having to ask to use it at a town meeting.
Published
September 19, 2016

Wilton holding special town meeting on tax amendments, CMP substation

A special town meeting is scheduled Tuesday at the town office for residents to consider amending two of the town’s tax-increment-financing agreements.
Published
September 17, 2016

AT instructor says he alerted Largays of earlier meet-up spot

If Appalachian Trail hiker Geraldine Largay and her husband had met up at a road that Warren Doyle says he advised, searchers might have had a better idea of where to look.
Published
September 17, 2016

‘A cautionary tale’: The fate of Geraldine Largay

Controversial trail expert says Largay took a five-day course, but a warden service report raises questions about her preparedness.
Published
September 16, 2016

Farmington Fair kicks off Sunday

The 176th annual Farmington Fair will run through Saturday, Sept. 24, with a demolition derby concluding the weeklong festivities.
Published
September 16, 2016

Wilton man hid fentanyl in remote control car, police say

Kyle Campbell, 29, was arrested Tuesday following an investigation into the heroin overdose of a woman he lives with.
Published
September 16, 2016

Two Chesterville selectboard members abruptly resign amid IRS payment confusion

The departures occurred during Thursday night’s meeting following debate over who had knowledge of tax payments made on the town’s behalf to the IRS.