Beef, pork and more can now be bought at Colby Woods farm store

A new farmstore has been built at Colby Woods Cattle Farm in Chesterville to sell beef, pork and other items produced by their farm or area farms.

Spruce Mountain Schools: Meet the Staff!

Spruce Mountain Primary School Tabbatha Cushman is a Kindergarten teacher at the primary school. She graduated from University of Maine Farmington and Walden University. She started teaching in 1997 at the Primary Learning Center in Livermore Falls. She loves Mickey Mouse and visiting Disney World with her husband and kids. She has two wonderful children […]

Curious farm animals

New lunch wagon gets permit for Farmington

The Outpost will open daily at 495 Wilton Road.

Farmington Board of Selectmen agenda

6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 25 Item 1: Pledge of Allegiance Item 2: To hold a public hearing and vote on an application for a new lunch wagon permit for Brian T. Bates d/b/a The Outpost, located at 495 Wilton Road Item 3: To review and approve the warrant for the March 30 Annual Town Meeting […]

New community project to work on processing extra food

Preserving produce and processed foods for future use by food pantry recipients was identified as the top priority among those attending a meeting Thursday, Feb. 13, at Knowlton Corner Farm.

New start times among changes for sled dog races

The Down East Sled Dog Club sponsored races on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 22 and 23, at Sandy River Farms’ cornfields, Routes 2 and 27 in Farmington, will have a new name, later start times and a different order of races.

County 4-H beef members attend NAILE in Kentucky

COUNTY — The Franklin County 4-H Beef Club spent nearly two years fundraising for their trip last fall to Louisville, Kentucky, to attend NAILE (North American International Livestock Exposition). Thirteen 4-H members and nine others took part in the trip. Members who were eight years of age or older and Jr. Members of the Belted […]

GUEST COLUMN/ Children’s healthy development, school readiness can reduce crime

I recently had the honor of testifying before the Maine Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee in favor of LD 1760, “An Act To Support Children’s Healthy Development and School Readiness.” If passed, LD 1760 would establish community-based, comprehensive, high-quality early child care and learning programs for at-risk Maine kids. I offered my views as a […]

Good Times Unlimited makes changes

The family that runs Good Times Unlimited recently stepped back, looked at what it does best and is moving forward in a new location with discontinuation of recreational vehicle sales.