A $15.9 million violation of civil rights lawsuit has been filed against the town of Carrabassett Valley, Police Chief Mark Lopez, Town Manager Dave Cota, Sugarloaf Mountain Corp., Boyne USA, and others.
Dee Menear
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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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New Sharon voters defeat roof replacement, OK $1M budget
Annual town meeting voters approved moving forward with structural testing and design work to update the Town Office to include a new fire station but failed to raise funding for a roof replacement project.
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Eustis votes to keep streetlights
About 40 townspeople attended the annual town meeting Saturday.
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RSU 9 snow days dwindling
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 Superintendent Tina Meserve reviewed the status of snow days during the Tuesday, Feb. 26 Board of Directors meeting. “Without any snow days, the last day of school would have been Friday, June 7, which is early,” Meserve said in a phone call following the meeting. “As of Feb. 26, […]
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Long winter for Wilton public works, so far
WILTON — Dale Roberts, public works foreman told the Board of Selectpersons Tuesday, March 5 the department had dealt with 25 snow storms and eight ice storms so far this winter. “Snow, snow, snow,” he said. “It’s been a long winter. Winter started in October and we’ve had 116.5 inches of snow.” The public works […]
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Serving the Community/ Scott Nichols, Sr. Franklin County Sheriff’s Office
FARMINGTON — “Law enforcement is more of a calling,” said Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols, Sr. “For me, it seemed to be a good fit after I left the military.” A good fit, indeed. In his 35 years in law enforcement, Nichols has moved through the ranks as a trooper, a chief, and an instructor […]
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DHHS to open temporary call center in Wilton
DHHS to open temporary call center at the Wilton Career Center and is expected to hire 45 employees to answer questions about Medicaid expansion.
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New pastor to lead Livermore Falls churches
Forrest Genthner of Lewiston is the new pastor of First Baptist Church and Moose Hill Freewill Church, both in Livermore Falls.
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Members needed for Wilton board
WILTON — An Appeals Board meeting was canceled Thursday, Feb. 28 due to the lack of a quorum. The meeting was scheduled to consider an Application for Administrative Appeal filed by the East Wilton Community Neighborhood Action Group. The group is appealing an Oct. 18, 2018 planning board approval of an application submitted by Alltrista […]
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Wilton voters show strong opposition to CMP project
Nearly 200 residents were nearly unanimous in rescinding the selectpersons’ letter supporting the $950 million transmission line from Quebec to Massachusetts.