The Board of Directors of the sewage treatment plant agreed to accept sewage from Lisbon while preventive maintenance is being done on a pumping station in that town.

Lisbon will pay $110 per thousand gallons of waste and $250 to cover an annual cost the Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control Authority charges communities other than Lewiston and Auburn to use its facilities.

– John Plestina
Lisbon:

Auburn firm awarded bridge contract

The Maine Department of Transportation has awarded a local bridge-improvement contract to T Buck Construction of Auburn. The contract calls for work on the Sabattus stream bridge on Route 196, to be completed by Nov. 15.

Litchfield:

Selectmen set

land-use hearing

Selectmen set a public hearing on a proposed land-use ordinance for 7 p.m., March 10, at the Town Office. Town Manager Steve Musica explained that the town hasn’t passed a land-use ordinance to provide enforcement for provisions of the comprehensive plan passed in 2000.

Voters will determine the fate of the ordinance at the annual town meeting in June.

In other business, selectmen:

• decided to explore four options to replace a vintage 1980s grader: purchasing a new grader, buying a used one, renting one or contracting earthwork to a private contractor.

• asked Rescue Unit Director Tina Gowell to find a used vehicle that could function as a rescue vehicle. The current 20-year-old GMC rescue vehicle cannot pass inspection because of a rusted frame and other problems, Musica said. He said the town expects to spend between $10,000 and $20,000.

– John Plestina
Mechanic Falls:

Several seats up

for election

Nomination papers for elected positions will be available Friday, Feb. 20, at the Town Office. Anyone wanting to run for office needs to provide at least 25 signatures and to return election forms by April 1 to qualify.

Three seats on the Town Council will be open since the terms for Marchian Crane, William Diehl and Walter Lowe expire this year. Seats held on the School Committee by David Griffiths and Lena Schmitz will open up this year. Positions held by Gloria Diehl and Michael Baird on the Sanitary District Board will be up for election as well.

Other board positions currently vacant and needing immediately filling are for the Planning Board, Board of Appeals and Development Board. Alternates for each seat also need to be appointed. For more information, people can call the Town Office at 345-2871.

– Emily Tuttle