Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Building Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Conservation Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Wilton: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Public Safety building, 874 Main St. Wednesday Newry: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Otisfield: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Policy and […]
River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Oxford Hills Hartford: Food bank, 4 p.m., Town Hall Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall Newry: Fire Department, 7 p.m., Sunday River Station River Valley Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office
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Residents eye road commissioner position
PERU — Three residents, including one of the town’s selectmen, are running for a road commissioner position during the Nov. 3 state referendum ballot, Secretary Angela Barkhouse said. Barkhouse said that residents Maurice Brann and Brad Hutchings took out papers to run for the open road commissioner position, and that Selectman Lee Merrill also took […]
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Franklin and Oxford county polling places
State of Maine voter information: Maine.gov When and where you can vote Tuesday: Franklin Avon: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Community Room Carrabassett Valley: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Town Office Carthage: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Town Office Chesterville: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Town Hall Coplin Plantation: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Town Office […]
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Rumford snowmobile club preparing 90 miles of trail
RUMFORD — Despite dwindling numbers, an aging but hard-working core of volunteers with the Rumford Polar Bears Snowmobile Club is preparing 90 miles of trail for the upcoming season. For that effort this club, like other clubs, must contact the landowners on whose property the trails are constructed. The Polar Bears have extended invitations to […]
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Dusty the wonderful
He was such a good dog — and such a happy dog. He loved everyone, except for the geese. He would curl up with our cats or lay at our feet, whether we were in the kitchen or the living room. We enjoyed his loving devotion for nearly 14 years — but last week, that […]
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Annual Halloween Walk in Dixfield to shut down section of Weld Street
DIXFIELD — The town’s annual Halloween Walk will begin at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, resulting in the temporary closing of several side streets, police Chief Jeff Howe said Wednesday morning. Howe said that in order to protect the children participating in the walk, the Police Department will close Weld Street up to the Ellis […]
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Hanover residents approve $525,926 budget at annual town meeting
HANOVER — More than 40 residents approved a $525,926 municipal budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year at the annual town meeting Tuesday evening. Town Clerk Kelly Harrington said that the meeting lasted around two hours, and that the residents approved all 37 articles, including Article 6, which asked residents if they wished to change the […]
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Dixfield selectmen schedule hearing on sidewalks
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted Monday evening to schedule a public hearing for public comment on whether to move forward with the Safe Routes to School project, Town Manager Carlo Puiia said Wednesday. In early 2013, the town agreed to move forward with constructing 3,500 feet of sidewalk from Dirigo High School to […]
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Dixfield board to send conflicting opinions on citizens petition to town attorney
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted 4-1 Monday evening to task town attorney Jennifer Kreckel with interpreting the opinions of a Belfast lawyer and the Maine Municipal Association on a citizen’s petition for the town’s Wind Energy Facility Ordinance. Patriot Renewables LLC of Quincy, Mass., approached town officials five years ago about constructing wind […]