Plenty of old Maine homes and camps already host an old-fashioned woodstove — a no-frills potbelly, an ornate parlor stove, or a classic Franklin stove (named for the Founding Father who designed it).

For that was the day Benjamin Franklin is widely believed to have invented the type of stove that bears his name. Franklin's cast-iron creation was designed to fit inside a fireplace, to solve the ...

Q: I have an antique parlor stove made by the Richmond Stove Co. of Norwich, Conn. Cast above the stove door are the words "Ivy Franklin," and ivy is cast into much of the stove's surface.

The Factory at Franklin will again be transformed. So, too, might the surrounding neighborhood. A hand-carved carousel out front, greeting visitors to the reimagined old stove factory.

By surrendering their old wood burning stoves, residents will be able to get a rebate in the amount of $600 for a new wood burning stove, $800 for a new pellet stove and $1,000 for a new ...