Wilton News

Jason Ranger represents Nicole E. Hennessey, 30, of Wilton during her arraignment in Androscoggin County Superior Court in Auburn on Thursday morning on one count of arson.

FARMINGTON -- A former Jay Elementary School employee faces multiple charges after police accused him of sexually abusing two children younger than age 12 within the last six years, which is after he retired from his job at the school, according to police and school district officials.

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.

A former Jay Elementary School employee faces multiple charges after police accused him of sexually abusing two children younger than age 12 within the last six years, which is after he retired from his job at the school, according to police and school district officials.

Members of Farmington Emblem Club 460 fold a flag during Saturday's dedication of Wilton's Flags on Main Street project.

Jon Ross, a Wilton resident who works for BeeLine Cable, puts an American flag on a pole in East Wilton on Wednesday morning.

WILTON, Maine - Conservative columnist and financial adviser Lawrence E. Dwight Jr., known as "J" Dwight, 54, was found dead in his home on Orchard Drive on Monday.

A Chesterville man pleaded guilty recently to robbing a couple at gunpoint in their home and forcing the husband to withdraw money from a nearby automatic teller machine while his wife remained held hostage.

Irving Faunce, who adopted Gordon Collins-Faunce when he was nine years old, talks about the experiences of the past few weeks while outside York County Superior Court in Alfred on Friday.

Four people, including a child, were taken by ambulances to a Farmington hospital Friday after the two cars they were riding in collided at routes 2 and 4. An unidentified woman driving a rental car had turned left off Route 2 to cross over to Route 4 near the Jay line, when the car collided with another driven by Megan Schisler, 25, of Rumford on ... (more)

Although a sign outside the Fortune Fountain Chinese restaurant on Thursday morning states that the Farmington eatery is closed for renovations, state health inspectors suspended its owner's license for 30 days and ordered the business closed on May 1 after an inspection revealed excessive Maine Food Code violations, state officials said.

A visitor to the campus of St. Lawrence University is facing charges in connection to a shots fired incident at the school early Wednesday morning.

Four years ago, Karen Garland-Kidder, a mother of two young children, signed up for career exploration with a Maine Center for Women, Work & Community.

Jim Denholm felt like he had come home Friday morning when he and more than a dozen other World War II veterans were honored at the Eagles Club.