BUCKFIELD – Selectmen on Tuesday night reappointed Tony Lord as Buckfield Rescue Department chief.
Lord served as chief for Hebron-Buckfield Rescue from 1984 until 1991, when he took a leave of absence. He returned to service in 2002 and was elected chief in 2003.
Lord served in the Navy and serves in the Maine National Guard, supervising about 125 soldiers. He is qualified as a combat lifesaver and has been trained in battlefield first aid, with emphasis on victims of gunshot wounds and explosions.
He is currently assigned as a criminal intelligence analyst for the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and is a section leader for the operations section of the 240th Engineer Group in Augusta.
Buckfield Rescue recently came under the jurisdiction of the town after a special town meeting approved this change on Feb. 3.
Town Manager Glen Holmes reported that the Lowe property on Turner Street was not sold as scheduled and has gone back to Wells Fargo, which is saddled with the remainder of a $40,000 loan. Apparently no one is willing to spend $40,000 on property that is partially burned and has to be torn down. Holmes said the building is unsafe.
A municipal landscaping project workshop is scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday, March 26.
Holmes announced that papers would be available March 21 for one selectman, one assessor and one school director for terms of three years each. The papers must be returned by April 30.
Holmes also announced that the Streaked Mountain Snowmobile Club is offering the town land it owns between High Street and Route 117 behind Roger Bennett’s house. The acceptance will be decided at the annual town meeting in June.
Selectmen will get a demonstration of a new mapping system, which offers free document scanning and document management for towns, at the selectmen’s next meeting at 7 p.m. March 15.
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