Wilton News

BANGOR, Maine a ' One baby girl was so anxious to greet the new decade, she was born just four minutes after midnight Friday at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington.

WILTON a ' An animated Christmas light display, The Wilton Lights, which has entertained viewers nightly since early December, will change the accompanying holiday music slightly starting New Year's Eve.

FARMINGTON a ' The online Western Maine Market now offers home delivery of locally produced items.

WILTON a ' A hundred holiday baskets were assembled Tuesday night by members of the United Bikers of Maine, Franklin Chapter, volunteers and Western Maine Community Action's Operation Santa Claus staff.

FARMINGTON a ' Call it a Christmas story or just a tale of a knight in shining armor but the demise of a local medical supply store has been granted a reprieve.

WILTON a ' Wilton Police charged a juvenile with the unauthorized use of a motor vehicle after a truck was taken Sunday and then recovered.

Dawn Jepson has a pleasing voice. I came to her office in downtown Wilton to get some ideas about her business and what she can do for people.

EAST DIXFIELD a ' A purse and gun were reported stolen from a vehicle on Gordon Road on Saturday morning, said Wilton Police Chief Dennis Brown.

Chris Becker removed the AAA sign last week as the Mount Blue Motel in Farmington undergoes renovations to reopen in early January.

WILTON a ' Two vehicles received extensive damage Monday in an early morning crash on Route 2 West, said Wilton police.

Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Bunny O'Leary, left, of Norway laughs with supporters while getting one of four wreaths ready for the Wreaths Across America ceremony at Edward Little High School on Sunday.

WILTON a ' Four Franklin County teenagers face charges related to a break-in at the former Primary School on School Street, and spraying fire extinguishers inside.

WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 12; supper 4 p.m.; dance 7 p.m. WILTON a ' After years of helping to fight fires, Michael Warren is in the midst of another kind of fight, one for his life.

Farmington Medical Supply and Services Manager Brenda Laviolette helps customer Elizabeth Nerath of Michigan, who is visiting her daughter Katherine Shoaps of Wilton, on Tuesday.

Weld illustrator Kay Whytock Jackson, her granddaughter, Bradie Reynolds, and author Elizabeth Scott, now of Texas, sign books at Touch of Class in Farmington.

WILTON a ' The Police Department has received an $8,148 grant to conduct traffic safety checkpoints and enforcement patrols as part of the 2009 High Visibility Holiday Enforcement campaign, Chief Dennis Brown said.

Passing bag after bag of food items they had collected, about 200 students at Academy Hill School in Wilton lined Main Street Friday from the neighboring Cushing School driveway to the Wilton Area Food Pantry located at the United Methodist Church.

FARMINGTON a ' A Waterville man was arrested Friday on charges connected to a string of vehicle thefts in Farmington and Temple, and a burglary at Rick's Market in Wilton in October.

Terry Karkos/Sun Journal During Saturday night's Veterans Recognition Ceremony in the Farmington Baptist Church, Maine Army National Guard Major General John W. "Bill" Libby, left, and Rep.

FARMINGTON a ' Flu shot clinics for students in Mt. Blue Regional School District will be held next week, Assistant Superintendent Susan Pratt said.