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The purchase price of the 21 parcels was about $3.8 million.

FRANKLIN COUNTY - The Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust (MATLT), The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Maine, and the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's (DACF) Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL) announced last week that 2,706 acres have been added to the Mount Abraham Public Reserve Land managed by the State of Maine. Created

About 80 people turned out Tuesday night for a public hearing at Thomas College in Waterville, where many commented on a federal recommendation to relicense four dams on the Kennebec River, between Waterville and Skowhegan.

A Federal Energy Regulatory Commission report recommends relicensing four dams between Waterville and Skowhegan, over the objections of residents who say the dams are killing fish and harming the environment.

About 80 people turned out Tuesday night for a public hearing at Thomas College in Waterville, where many commented on a federal recommendation to relicense four dams on the Kennebec River, between Waterville and Skowhegan.

The purchase price of the 21 parcels was about $3.8 million.

They're starting up this weekend, with the Sandy River Music Festival in Farmington.

Weekly report from the Franklin County Sheriff's Office for May 11 - 17, 2024 All persons charged are innocent until proven guilty. 05/11/2024 0146hrs, Deputy Clement received a complaint of a hitchhiker who had traveled from Winslow to Eustis and had run out of cash. The person wanted a ride to the border, this was denied.

Some say relicensing the four dams would harm fish and wildlife along the river, while others argue losing the dams could cripple the central Maine economy.

According to local lore, Alaskan prospectors built the Rhododendron home in 1920. In 1989, Pratt & Larson's founders bought it and fixed it up.