RSU 9 accepts additional gift from Bjorn Foundation

Regional School Unit 9 board of directors voted to approve an additional gift of $240,000 from the Bjorn Foundation to allow them to move forward with the CTE center at Mt. Blue Middle School.

Farmington senior to study medicine and engineering at UMaine

Emily Hammond is No. 3 in her class at Mt. Blue High School. "Both my mother and brother were 3rd as well. It's like a weird family coincidence," she said.

Farmington woods fire deemed arson

The Maine Forest Service is asking for help to determine who may have set the fire in a remote wooded area.

Preliminary flood damages exceed disaster threshold

Franklin, Oxford and Androscoggin counties reported millions of dollars' worth of needed repairs.

Franklin County Children’s Task Force seeks summer program applications

Farmington principal shares student scores, teacher appreciation

W.G. Mallett School Principal Tracy Williams shared with Regional School Unit 9 board of directors their standardized test scores in her administrative report, along with teacher appreciation day on Tuesday, May 9

Recent flooding may have extended life for fiddleheads, says expert

Dave Fuller, formerly with University of Maine Farmington Cooperative Extension spoke about the recent flooding and the effect it could potentially have on the seasonal harvest of ostrich fern fiddleheads.

Franklin County panel to vote on final budget

Several residents of the county either spoke or sent in emails in support of nonprofit organizations being funded at the agencies' request levels and noted during a public hearing Tuesday the good the agencies do.

Farmington board approves police expenditures, outlines options in absence of an assessor

Farmington Selectmen on Tuesday approved reimbursing $34,428 to Jay for a new hire's officer training and spending $52,515.80 for a new police vehicle.

Marshalls coming to Hannaford Drive in Farmington

A second new store, The Granite Group, is planning to move into the former Bouffard's Furniture & Carpet building at 622 Wilton Road.