Dee Menear is a staff writer for The Franklin Journal. She has reported local news in Oxford and Greater Franklin counties since 2013 and has a passion for connecting with local people and communities. Dee covers community and school news with a focus on Regional School Unit 9 and the Town of Wilton. She enjoys coffee, fly fishing, frequent trips to Seattle, learning local history, exploring the mountains of western Maine, and live music. If The Mallet Brothers Band or Ghost of Paul Revere are playing nearby, she is most likely in the front row. Dee earned her associate degree at Central Maine Community College and has won several Maine Press Association awards.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2019
Jared Golden addresses Farmington crowd on universal health care
The 2nd Congressional District representative held his first town hall meeting since being elected in November.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2019
Jay board opposes legislation to add commissioners
Selectpersons voted 3-2 against the bill to add two more commissioners.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2019
Farmington marijuana ordinance puts limits in downtown, historic district
The ordinance regulating marijuana businesses is scheduled to go before voters at the annual Town Meeting on March 25 and has been amended after public feedback last month.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2019
Code enforcement officer to recommend changes to Livermore Falls ordinance
CEO Rob Overton plans to bring his recommendations to the Planning Board on March 20.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2019
Livermore Falls voters to consider loan, cruisers and firetruck
A special town meeting March 19 seeks money for a firetruck, two cruisers and rebuilding equipment at the Wastewater Treatment Plant.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2019
Carrabassett facing $15.9M civil rights lawsuit
A $15.9 million violation of civil rights lawsuit has been filed against the town of Carrabassett Valley, Police Chief Mark Lopez, Town Manager Dave Cota, Sugarloaf Mountain Corp., Boyne USA, and others.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2019
New Sharon voters defeat roof replacement, OK $1M budget
Annual town meeting voters approved moving forward with structural testing and design work to update the Town Office to include a new fire station but failed to raise funding for a roof replacement project.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2019
Eustis votes to keep streetlights
About 40 townspeople attended the annual town meeting Saturday.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2019
RSU 9 snow days dwindling
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 Superintendent Tina Meserve reviewed the status of snow days during the Tuesday, Feb. 26 Board of Directors meeting. “Without any snow days, the last day of school would have been Friday, June 7, which is early,” Meserve said in a phone call following the meeting. “As of Feb. 26, […]
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PublishedMarch 8, 2019
Long winter for Wilton public works, so far
WILTON — Dale Roberts, public works foreman told the Board of Selectpersons Tuesday, March 5 the department had dealt with 25 snow storms and eight ice storms so far this winter. “Snow, snow, snow,” he said. “It’s been a long winter. Winter started in October and we’ve had 116.5 inches of snow.” The public works […]
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