Franklin County News Archives

The Appalachian Mountain Club has scrapped its plan to seek a Tax Increment Financing District on Unorganized Territory land.

Earl Ellsworth and PFC. Robert DeRoche, who died in World War II, and former substitute teacher, Mildred Ross.

RUMFORD a ' Preparations are under way to protect people from the H1N1 flu virus, the local Rotary Club was told Monday.

Following an extensive search that lasted more than two hours, authorities found the driver of a car that caused a head-on crash that sent two people to the hospital by helicopter Saturday morning.

FARMINGTON a ' The following were recently booked at the Franklin County Detention Center: a Robert J. Sirois, 56, of Farmington, charged with trafficking in marijuana and cultivating marijuana on Sept.

Dick and Sandee Welch of Rumford were setting up the Maine Elks pie booth Thursday at the Farmington Fairgrounds.

September 17, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: BILL NORBERT 620-3540 242-1236 FAME APPROVES $500,000 LOAN TO FRANKLIN COUNTY PELLET MILL AUGUSTA - The Board of Directors of the Finance Authority of Maine today approved a $500,000 economic recovery loan to Geneva Wood Fuels, LLC to help the company resume operations following an explosion at its ...

PottedA marijuana plants growing in farmhouse basement. A Industry a ' The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency reported four men were arrested late Tuesday night inA the Franklin County town of Industry and charged in connection with a large marijuana growing operation, according to a Sept.

A fire heavily damaged a home with an attached barn, an unattached mobile home and destroyed one vehicle Monday at 423 Knowlton Corner Road in Farmington.

The Franklin County Chamber of Commerce's 2007-2008 Welcome Guide wins a national award.

KINGFIELD a ' Three men were arrested Thursday night on charges of killing a young moose off the West Kingfield Road, said Sgt.

CHAIN OF PONDS TOWNSHIP a ' Franklin County sheriff's deputies charged a New Gloucester man Thursday in connection to a break-in at a camp on Route 27.

A wrinkle in the administration of tax increment financing in the Unorganized Territory has prompted the Appalachian Mountain Club to put a hold on its pursuit of a TIF district in Piscataquis County.

FARMINGTON a ' Owners of Church Street Commons have offered Franklin County commissioners space to rent as the county tries to solve its safety and security problems.