NEWRY — Selectmen will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 8, to call for a special election June 10. Because Newry changed its method of voting by adopting the secret ballot method in August 2012, Chairwoman Wendy Hanscom and Selectman Gary Wight have to resign before May 8, Administrator Loretta Powers said Tuesday. “It’s kind […]
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Mahoosuc Land Trust to host presentation by local author, farm owner
BETHEL — The Mahoosuc Land Trust is inviting local author and farm owner Joann Grohman to speak 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, at the Gould Academy McLaughlin Science Center. It’s part of the trust’s Changing Nature Series. The presentation is titled, “The Changing Nature of Farming.” Land Trust member Jolan Ippolito said in a news […]
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Dirigo Middle School’s Robert Staples to retire
DIXFIELD — Robert Staples has devoted all but one year of his 33 years teaching to the former SAD 21 and now RSU 10 school districts. When he leaves his sixth-grade math classroom in June, he will have taught many of the lower primary grades, as well as served as a special education teacher and […]
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Road bond, appointments on agenda for Mexico selectmen
MEXICO — A road bond and committee appointments are among the items on the agenda for the special selectmen’s meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 6. The board asked Town Manager John Madigan last month to find out the cost of finishing paving Backkingdom Road, Main Street and Alder Street, with the option to place […]
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Peru ballot prepared for June referendum
PERU — Town Clerk Vera Parent presented a sample ballot to selectmen for their approval Monday night. The ballot covers items on the June town meeting warrant. It is two pages printed on both sides and will be read by machine. Parent said the reader is very sensitive so it is important that residents fully […]
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SAD 44 board adopts $10.56 million proposed budget
BETHEL — The SAD 44 board unanimously approved a proposed budget of $10,564,225 Monday night. They also approved an Adult and Community Education proposed budget of $158,073. The district budget for 2014-15 is about 1.87 percent, or nearly $193,000, more than the current figure, and the adult education budget is about 4 percent above the […]
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Andover begins second withdrawal process
ANDOVER — An agreement between SAD 44 and the Andover Withdrawal Committee that outlined responsibilities for both entities is now in the hands of the SAD 44 subcommittee. Paula Lee, chairwoman of the newly formed AWC, said little was changed since the January vote to withdraw from the district was very narrowly defeated. Those wishing […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Rumford: Board of Assessors, 3 p.m., Municipal Building Rumford: Charter Committee, 6 p.m., Municipal Building Woodstock: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Woodstock: Planning Board to follow selectmen’s meeting Wednesday Bethel: Board of Assessors, 8 a.m., Town Office Mexico: Mexico Water District Board of Trustees, 4 p.m., Town Hall Mexico: Region 9 School of Applied […]
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Maine to repair Bethel’s bridge over Androscoggin in 2015
BETHEL — Repairing the Route 2 bridge over the Androscoggin River next year could require alternating one-way traffic for six months. Maine Department of Transportation engineers presented preliminary information on the project recently at a public hearing in Bethel. The bridge, built in 1968, needs the concrete decking replaced and it has rust and corrosion […]
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Meroby teacher to retire after 35 years in the classroom
MEXICO — Jane Gaudette plans to dig out an old poetry book she started writing years ago and begin writing again. Gaudette, age 60, will retire from Meroby Elementary School when classes end June 17, after teaching nearly every grade for 35 years. The last few years she has taught second-graders. “They are unique students. […]