With hope dimming for a proposed boat ramp site on North Pond, Woodstock selectmen and people interested in pond access met Tuesday to discuss other options. The current access, right off Route 26 in Woodstock, will be closed by the Maine Department of Transportation because it is considered too dangerous. Several people who attended Tuesday’s […]
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Newry board appoints municipal officers
NEWRY — Selectmen chose Gary Wight as chairman Tuesday night and appointed Sarah Berry to a three-year term as health officer. They also appointed Brooks Morton to the Planning Board and Amy Call as a Planning Board alternate. Administrator Loretta Powers said the board is looking for one more Planning Board alternate and someone to […]
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Andover board continues work on zoning matter
ANDOVER — Selectmen spoke with Code Enforcement Officer Bob Folsom Sr. on Tuesday night about a consent agreement the town’s attorney is drafting, and OK’d use of sections of two town roads by all-terrain vehicle riders. Board of Selectmen Chairman Keith Farrington said the consent agreement deals with a property owner who built in the […]
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MDOT holds hearing on Bethel bridge deck replacement
BETHEL — Rebuilding the deck of the Androscoggin River Bridge on Route 2 is slated to start next April and take five or six months, residents at Tuesday night’s public hearing by the Maine Department of Transportation were told. Project Manager Joel Kittredge said that while the bridge is in decent shape, the deck was […]
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Signs ‘idiot-proof’ rough road in Oxford County
ANDOVER — Efforts to stop Canadian and out-of-state tractor-trailer drivers from following their GPS devices during winter from New Hampshire to Route 2 via Upton and Andover appear to be working, Oxford County Administrator Scott Cole said Friday. Earlier this winter, the county erected large orange signs at either end of East B Hill Road, […]
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A life preserved in pictures: Nettie Cummings Maxim
More than a century ago, a Bethel farm girl who rarely traveled more than a few miles from her home acquired a camera, found her artistic calling and created an exceptional body of work. Her photography survives today as a testament to her creativity and talent and as an invaluable historic record of her life […]
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Newry planners elect officers, work on Merrill Hill subdivision
NEWRY — The Planning Board elected officers Wednesday night. They are: Chairman Doug Webster, Vice Chairman Ron Guertin, and secretary Brooks Morton. Turning to other business, members sought answers from Merrill Hill Estates owner Kathleen Meador and her project engineer, Joe Aloisio, about the project’s next four phases. It is an 88-home subdivision initially approved […]
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Andover board approves paying all but one bill
ANDOVER — Conducting their first board meeting since the town meeting last week, Selectmen Chairman Keith Farrington and Selectman Jim Adler approved all but one financial warrant. Farrington motioned to pay MacGregor Electrics $2,220 from the library grant from Stephen King and the Davis Family Foundation, but Adler declined to second it, so the motion […]
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Bethel church to hold 10th annual Smile Fund yard sale
BETHEL — The West Parish Congregational Church will hold its 10th annual Smile Fund Yard Sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 11, resident Jane Chandler said Tuesday. The Smile Fund was established 10 years ago by the church to help people without health insurance or dental coverage receive restorative dental work. “Insurances […]