Farmington News

A faulty ceiling fan left running over the weekend in a men's bathroom appears to be the cause of a one-alarm fire Sunday morning at Jarvis Cutting Tools on Route 125, according to city Fire Marshal Mark Dupuis.

Friday, November 6, 2009 E-mail supper listings to communityweekly @ fosters.com. @Brief head:Turkey BERWICK, Maine - Our Lady of Peace Church will host a turkey supper on Saturday, Nov.

Although the local school portion of the tax rate rose significantly, Superintendent Michelle Langa would only explain the overall increase on this year's tax bills is an "employee error." The N.H. Department of Revenue Administration set the tax rate at $19.73 per $1,000 of valuated property.

The Farmington PTA is getting ready for its annual Santa's Workshop. It will be be held on Saturday, Dec.

Interfaith Food Pantry of Farmington and Middleton serves 90 families a month year round.

On Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 6 p.m., the Goodwin Library at 422 Main St. in downtown Farmington will be hosting "Night of the Wolves," a special night in celebration of the wolf in poems, songs, stories and film - all for a good cause.

Using Farmington's Tiger Trail as an example, William Allen School used a $10,000 grant from the state to help inspire students to adopt healthier habits.

While overall property values dropped by close to 4 percent, the tax rate rose by just over 14 percent, mostly due to the schools.

Rochester mayoral candidate and Mountain Men club member Josh Colwell donates $375 on behalf of the Strafford County chapter of Mountain Men for use at the food pantry at the First Congregational Church of Farmington Thursday.

A 21-year-old man was recently indicted for allegedly driving two local teenagers who wanted to run away to Massachusetts in June.

Farmington Outreach Office, is sponsoring the ninth annual "Gift in Giving" to help at many as 300 local families.

The six people charged in connection with a street fight in East Rochester in August were indicted this month in the most recent Strafford County grand jury session.

E-mail supper listings to communityweekly @ fosters.com. Beans and ham NEWMARKET - The Newmarket Community Church will have a ham and bean supper on Saturday, Oct.

The community converged en masse at the flagpole outside Farmington High School Friday night, where the flag billowed at half-staff and the school held a candlelight vigil in remembrance of Matthew Laughton, the 17-year-old who was struck and killed while riding a bicycle Wednesday night.

Police released the identity of the local high school student who died after being struck by a van while riding a bike Wednesday night.

A local 16-year-old boy was killed after being struck by a van while riding a bike with another local teen on Bay Road Wednesday night.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Noteworthy business The Farmington Downtown & Business Committee welcomed ACCEL Music to downtown Farmington with a ribbon cutting, recently.

Miles from home, practically in the middle of nowhere, hunters of two wildly different species met up in the woods of Indian Stream yesterday morning.

The Lilac City is looking for an event to call its own. Dover has Apple Harvest Day, Somersworth has the Pumpkin Festival and on Saturday, Rochester had Octoberfest.

Levi Downs, the teenager who received a gunshot wound to the abdomen after allegedly brandishing a firearm inside the Rochester Walmart in March, will remain in jail on high cash bail until his trial next month.