Lauren Abbate

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Published
September 14, 2016

RSU 9 approves interim assistant principal, athletic director for Mt. Blue Middle School

Katherine Duchesne, a math teacher at the middle school, was unanimously approved as the interim assistant principal and athletic director.
Published
September 13, 2016

UMF ranked among top colleges in the northeast in new report

The University of Maine at Farmington was ranked in four categories as a top college in its regional classification by U.S. News and World Report.
Published
September 12, 2016

Two plead guilty in connection to 2015 Franklin County sexual molestation case

Anna LaRochelle, 26, of Anson, and Jamie Ouellette, 38, of Wilton, pleaded guilty last week to felony sex crimes stemming from allegations that they, along with Ouellette’s wife, molested a child under the age of 14 and forced the child to watch them have sex.
Published
September 11, 2016

Citizen budget task force forming to address Farmington area school spending

Working Together for Change, a community task force aiming to promote discussion and share ideas about the budget issues within RSU 9, is meeting Tuesday night for its first gathering.
Published
September 9, 2016

Construction of $4 million Farmington ‘memory care’ center starts

A group of Woodlands Senior Living representatives, Farmington officials and area business representatives gathered at the site for the Woodlands Memory Care Center of Farmington groundbreaking.
Published
September 8, 2016

Judge sets $150,000 cash bail for man charged in Wilton murder case

Timothy Danforth, 24, of Wilton, is being held on $150,000 cash bail with a Maine Pre-Trial Service contract per a written order issued Thursday by a Franklin County judge.
Published
September 7, 2016

Wilton schedules special meeting on tax deals, considers multi-town meeting on fire coverage

The Wilton select board has set Sept. 20 as the date of a special town meeting for residents to vote on proposed amendments to the town’s two tax increment financing agreements.
Published
September 7, 2016

Marijuana debt cited in Wilton murder case

New details surrounding the Wilton shooting were disclosed during a bail hearing Wednesday for Timothy Danforth, who is charged with murder in connection with the June 1 shooting death of Michael Reis.
Published
September 5, 2016

Facebook post leads to life-saving kidney transplant for Waterville native

Michael Bowles, 38, was in end stage kidney failure when Davine Grantz, of Saco, saw his December Facebook post about his desperate need for a kidney and offered one of hers.
Published
September 4, 2016

TIF informational meeting in Carrabassett Valley Wednesday

Franklin County residents to get input at second informational meeting on proposed amendments to the county’s TIF agreement with TransCanada Maine Wind Development.