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Google’s free Search Console shows how your website turns up in its results, and Google says a small business short on time may not need it. If you do set it up, the business should own the account.
Jack Beckett·Nov 6, 2026
Town Council Chair Brian F.X. Connolly is "on board" with a one-bin food-scrap pilot near the town library, the Green Efforts Committee's chair said Monday. The money still waits on the town survey.
Jack Beckett·Nov 4, 2026
Rep. Mike Demicco won the 21st District, Rep. Rebecca Martinez the 22nd and Sen. Rick Lopes the 6th, and 62.7 percent of Farmington's registered voters cast ballots, in the state's unofficial results.
Jack Beckett·Nov 4, 2026
The words in your browser tab help Google write the headline on your search result. Here is what Google says belongs there.
Jack Beckett·Nov 4, 2026
If your business has more than one address, give each location its own page on your website, with the address, phone and hours written out.
Jack Beckett·Nov 2, 2026
You can’t delete an old complaint on Google or Yelp. You can answer it, and Google tells the customer who wrote it when you do.
Jack Beckett·Oct 30, 2026
The town's emails to the Valero on Farmington Avenue went unanswered, so staff stopped by the store. Four days later its registration was renewed.
Jack Beckett·Oct 28, 2026
The St. James Episcopal parish home on Diamond Glen Road can trade its woodpecker-damaged wood clapboards for composite siding, as long as the boards are the…
Jack Beckett·Oct 28, 2026
Trumpf wants divers to clear about 1,600 cubic yards of muck from the pond behind its Hyde Road building, feeding it into a hose by hand and setting aside any…
Jack Beckett·Oct 28, 2026
Answer an honest complaint in a few calm lines, and never offer anything for a changed review. A burst of bad ratings followed by a demand for money may be a…
Jack Beckett·Oct 28, 2026
Sending only your happy customers to Google to leave a review breaks Google's rules. Give the link to everyone.
Jack Beckett·Oct 26, 2026
Working from outside spares the house's finished second floor and attic, the architect said, and no one voted against it.
Jack Beckett·Oct 24, 2026
Farmington's public schools have fewer students than at any time in at least 10 years, and most of the drop since 2024 is in the elementary schools. The…
Jack Beckett·Oct 24, 2026
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Schools·Oct 24, 2026
On emergency early-dismissal days this school year, Farmington elementary students will go home closer to noon, about 90…
Town Hall·Oct 24, 2026
Farmington's registrars plan to hold the spring budget referendum at Town Hall only. The Town Council also passed a…
Schools·Oct 23, 2026
Borio has spent more than 30 years in public education, the district says, including four years as assistant principal…
For Business Owners·Oct 23, 2026
Ask every customer for a Google review, the same way each time. Google bans giving anything back for a review, even a…
For Business Owners·Oct 21, 2026
One of Google's rules is that the phone number on your listing must be under your business's direct control. Keep a…
For Business Owners·Oct 19, 2026
Your shop may be listed on Google, Yelp, Bing and Apple Maps even if you never set it up. Here is how to claim each…
