Farmington News

In general, I like living in northern Franklin County. It's peaceful, the neighbors aren't too close and mostly behave civilly on those rare occasions when we encounter each other, and the general store carries an excellent selection of beer and an adequate stock of liquor .

Emma Warren and Rebecca Carrasquillo are not only good friends, aiming for careers in the medical field, and friendly competitors, they are the top two students in the Class of 2012 at Buckfield Junior/Senior High School.

A Dexter man who crashed an 18-wheeler into a YMCA minivan in August, killing a 12-year-old girl from Connecticut, is contesting a three-year license suspension.

Regional School Unit 73 Superintendent Robert Wall gave an overview of available options for high school buildings to the board Thursday night.

Grange members, from left, Rebecca Wentworth, Laura Livingston, Betty Tyler, Brenda Astbury and Deborah Evans peel carrots for the annual Mothers' Day supper.

Nick Waugh envisioned a project to digitalize Peru history that would benefit area students several years ago when he was a technology specialist for the former Peru school district.

May 25, 2012 - The names of twenty high school seniors, who will each receive a scholarship of $1,000 from the Maine State Credit Union toward their post-secondary education, were announced last week.

Students in grades kindergarten through third at the W.G. Mallett School celebrated Maine Arbor Week on Wednesday by planting trees, flowers and herbs on the new school grounds.

Led by a procession of University faculty, administrators and dignitaries to the moving music of a local bagpipe group, 387 University of Maine at Farmington bachelor's and master's degree recipients marched in the 2012 UMF Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 12.

A New Vineyard teen escaped injury Wednesday morning when he successfully missed several deer but lost control of the car he was driving and rolled it on Holley Road.

FARMINGTON, Maine- - The following local students of the University of Maine at Farmington marched on Saturday, May 12, at the 2012 Commencement Ceremony KITTERY: Catherine Proctor, B.A., Int Studies - Music Arts; LEBANON: Justine DiMambro, B.S., Community Health Education; Jordan Turcotte, B.S., Secondary Education Social Studies and B.A., ... (more)

A local man is accused of sexually abusing two Franklin County girls, who were younger than 12 at the time, within the last six years, police said.

Andrea Burns, president, Norway Downtown, holds the award the organization received as a Downtown Network Community, while board members Brenda Melhus and Scott Berk, and Norway Town Manager David Holt, look on.

BANGOR, Maine - The University of Maine System board of trustees passed a balanced budget for 2012-13 on Monday despite a $2.3 million reduction in the state appropriation, decreasing enrollment and the first freeze on in-state undergraduate tuition since 1987.

Six puppies from a litter of nine who were adopted from the Franklin County Animal Shelter by different families celebrated their third birthday together Saturday at Prescott Field in Farmington.

The University of Maine System says its 2013 budget under consideration includes no tuition increase for the first time in a quarter century.

Franklin County officials say they face a logistical nightmare because Somerset County commissioners recently decided to stop accepting inmates from other communities at their jail.

A camera and microphone in a room at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Lewiston allow doctors from other hospitals to monitor and communicate with patients.

Sandi Croft of College for ME - Androscoggin speaks to Heather Turcotte as she registers her daughter, Hailey, for kindergarten at Sherwood Heights Elementary in Auburn Friday.

Greg Paxton, executive director of Maine Preservation, and others discuss architecture in downtown Farmington on Friday during a walking tour at the 12th annual Maine Downtown Conference.