Grab your earmuffs, it’s the 47th annual Chester Greenwood Day

The annual celebration of Farmington inventor Chester Greenwood took place on Saturday with hundreds flooding the streets downtown for a parade, craft fair and other activities.

‘I just feel the need for preservation’: Farmington Historical Society, volunteers clean over 200 headstones

Members of the Farmington Historical Society and volunteers worked one Saturday a month.

Farmington Historical Society cleans gravestones over summer

Members of the Farmington History Society met once a month in the Riverside Cemetery to help clean and collect data on the gravestones in the first row by the road.

Farmington History Society to host soirée

To match the grant received in May, Farmington Historical Society will be hosting another sun porch soiree, set for Saturday, July 29, at 6 p.m.

Octagon House will see renovations thanks to grant funding

The Farmington Historical Society will be renovating part of the Octagon House using grant funding from Maine Preservation.

Tulip poplar tree in Farmington is unusual

A tulip poplar tree near the Octagon House in Farmington is more than 100 years old, was probably imported and planted there by the Mallett family.

Farmington sewer rates to increase, first time since 2018

Selectmen approved a rate of $48 for a minimum of 500 cubic feet per quarter and $9.60 per 100 cubic feet thereafter, a 20.3% increase over last year's rates of $39.90 for a minimum of 500 cubic feet per quarter and $7.98 per 100 cubic feet thereafter.

FHS to host pie sale at North Church

The Farmington Historical Society will be selling pies baked by society members and volunteers on Wednesday, Nov. 23.

Suffrage plaque for Isabel Greenwood unveiled in Farmington

Isabel's plaque is a part of National Votes for Women Trail, which honors suffragists who worked to get women the right to vote with historical markers across America.

Dusting off the Octagon House piano’s keys