FARMINGTON - Entrepreneurship is not for the chicken-hearted among us.

FARMINGTON - Police closed Whittier Road from Wilton Road to Seamon Road this morning after heavy rain from Hurricane Earl fell overnight and washed away an area up to and under the road’s tarred edge. Erosion created a deep gorge off the side where the installation of a new sewer line is underway.

It’s been a hot first week of school.
School started this week in the midst of a heat wave that pushed daily temperatures into the 90s. School administrators have responded with advisories for staff that included bringing in fans, taking students out to the shade, encouraging fluid intake and canceling after-school sports practices.
The decision to keep [...]

JAY - Sponsors, vendors, runners, walkers and volunteers with big hearts are needed now.

After Lisa and Chris Brochu of Jay, found out that both their children, Joshua, 8, and Brooke, 5, were diagnosed with Ataxia Telangiectasia or A-T, a rare fatal disease that strikes young children, many people wanted to know more about the disease and how to help the young family.

JAY - Investigators believe a light bulb ignited a rapid-moving fire that destroyed a barn on the Old Jay Hill Road Thursday morning.

CARRABASSETT VALLEY - The exhilaration of a nearly hour-long silent glide around trees in perfect, deep powder over a varying terrain is one skiers and riders in the east have been yearning for.

Towards that end, Sugarloaf officials announced today it is expanding by 655 acres. The expansion will effectively double its skiing acreage.

FARMINGTON - The 5th annual End of Summer Hoorah! car and bike show is going on today at the Farmington Fairgrounds. The event, sponsored by the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce, awards 25 classes with 3 places in each and includes best of show for both cars and bikes.

NEW SHARON - A tractor trailer, two cars and three drivers were involved in a chain reaction crash at the intersection of Route 2 and Route 27 in New Sharon this morning.

FARMINGTON - There were few dry eyes during the short gathering to remember what would have been the late Richard Caton III’s 30th year anniversary of service to the town of Farmington.

FARMINGTON - The End of Summer Hoorah! is here. For the fifth year, the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce is hosting the car and bike show along with several more events at the Farmington Fairgrounds on Friday, Aug. 27 through Sunday, Aug. 29.

A car & bike show will be held on Sunday at the fairgrounds.

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