FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FEBRUARY 18, 2020 10:00 A.M. APPOINTMENTS: 10:00 A.M. Detention Center, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Bid Award Discussion 10:15 A.M. EMA Director Tim Hardy, Mosher Hill Tower Repair Costs and Pest Control Contract 10:20 A.M. Acting Communication Director Amanda Simoneau, Promotion at Communications Center, Consideration of Teamsters Contract Extension, Work Station Quote and Communication […]
Dee Menear
Staff Writer
Dee Menear is an award-winning journalist and photographer with over a decade of experience in community news. She is the editor and staff writer for The Rangeley Highlander. She has worked for the Franklin Journal, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Advertiser Democrat, Daily Bulldog and Original Irregular. Dee enjoys live local music, cooking, hunting, fishing and hiking.
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Wilton Planning Board Agenda – Thursday, Feb. 20
Town of Wilton Planning Board Agenda February 20, 2020 7:00 PM 1) Pledge of Allegiance. 2) Review and consider adopting the minutes from the previous meetings, 1-30-2020. 3) CEO Report. 4) Other Business: (a) Elective Electrical Transmission Corridor Moratorium Ordinance & Development of Ordinance. Renamed Energy/Transportation Conduit (ETC) Draft revised and sent for legal review, […]
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‘Making roads in the woods’
Jim Boyce, trail master for Kingfield Sno-Wanderers explains what it takes to make and maintain snowmobile trails. Video included.
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Two new propane-powered buses coming to RSU 9
The district has been notified it will receive $138,400 to purchase two new liquid propane-fueled buses.
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Consideration of solar agreement continues in RSU 9
Regional School Unit 9 directors Tuesday, Feb. 11, learned there were several variables to consider in determining how much the district could save by entering into a power purchase agreement with ReVision Energy.
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PHOTOS: Skating through life in Carrabassett Valley
Kingfield Elementary School students enjoyed an afternoon on the ice Thursday at the Sugarloaf Outdoor Center in Carrabassett Valley.
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Wilton library: ‘Always something exciting going on’
WILTON — Jennifer Scott, director of Wilton Free Public Library, told the Board of Selectpersons Tuesday, Feb. 4, staff had removed several outdated selections of adult nonfiction from the stacks. “We finished a major deacquisition project,” Scott said. “Essentially, every book has a life span. If it was written in 1942 and it is about autism, it is probably not relevant […]
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Walking tour proposal gets board support
WILTON — Members of the Wilton Historical Society are hoping a community grant through the Maine Bicentennial Commission will help fund a historical walking tour of the town. Richard Corey, member of the historical society, asked for and received support for the project from the Board of Selectpersons Tuesday, Feb. 4. “It has been in my […]
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RSU 9 considers solar electricity proposal
By entering into a 25 year power provider agreement with Revision Energy, the district could see an annual savings of nearly $150,00.