Two former Franklin County sheriff’s deputies are anticipated to plead to conspiracy to commit honest services fraud. Two other charges to be dismissed if judge accepts plea agreements.
Donna M. Perry
Staff Writer
Donna M. Perry is a general assignment reporter who has lived in Livermore Falls for 30 years and has worked for the Sun Journal for 20 years. Before that she was a correspondent for the Livermore Falls Advertiser for five years. She covers Franklin County courts, police and spot news. She also covers police and spot news in northern Androscoggin County and town governments of Jay and Livermore Falls. In her spare time, she spends time with her family, including three grandchildren, and relaxes by reading books.
Franklin Memorial Hospital will continue obstetric service, deliver babies if license changes
Hospital representatives intend to apply for Critical Access Hospital status and reduce its bed count from 65 to 25, if license changes.
MSAD 58 voters approve $11.5 million budget
KINGFIELD — Maine School Administrative 58 residents voted Tuesday to approve a $11.5 million budget, 150-72. Residents in all four district towns passed the budget: Avon, 20-7; Strong, 51-23; Phillips, 41-28; and Kingfield, 38-14. The biggest increase in the budget is the return of eight teaching positions and a half-time nurse position from the final […]
Eustis man killed in head-on collision in Carrabassett Valley
Joshua Farnsworth, 42, of Stratton Village was pronounced dead at the scene after his pickup truck crossed the centerline and struck another truck Friday afternoon on state Route 27.
Jay used $2.25 million in undesignated funds to offset a significant tax increase, now it faces $600,000 loss in state revenue
If the town had not used the money, the tax rate would have increased by $8.80 to make it $26.30 per $1,000 in 2021.
Boy cooking mud pie leads to minor garage fire in Wilton
The Maine Forest Service will do a follow-up interview with the family.
Preliminary flood damages exceed disaster threshold
Franklin, Oxford and Androscoggin counties reported millions of dollars’ worth of needed repairs.
Service dog alerts owner to fire in Jay
Jay firefighters and mutual aid partners respond to two house fires in two days.
New York woman, Wilton man indicted on drug charges
The two were charged with trafficking in fentanyl and crack cocaine in October 2022 in Wilton.