Town requested state to fix Upper Street a year earlier than planned.
Mary Delamater
Mary Delamater has lived in western Maine all her life and started her career at the Sun Journal as a proofreader, freelance writer and photographer. Eventually, she moved to an editing position, reading staff-generated stories and laying out pages for the Oxford Hills region. With changes to the publication over the years, she has continued on the copy desk, ensuring stories reflect the paper's values of truth, fairness, excellence and compassion. She is a graduate of Oxford Hills High School in Paris and has attended and/or led workshops on reporting and editing. She's one of 14 children and aunt to dozens of nieces and nephews. She enjoys family gatherings, hosting the annual Merrill Family Christmas Open House, cooking, home decorating, reading, boating, daily walks and chairing the Sun Journal Fun Committee.
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Candidates’ night scheduled in Poland
A public forum for voters to meet candidates for town offices will be held Thursday.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Poland officials oppose proposed water tax
POLAND — Selectperson Joe Cimino said a bill in the state Legislature proposing a 12-cents-per-gallon excise tax on water that has been extracted from the ground would have a negative and lasting impact on Poland, the home of Poland Spring Water Co. Speaking at Tuesday night’s Select Board meeting, Cimino said he will testify against […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Lisbon grapples with roads after tough winter
The Town Council gets a rundown of problems faced by the Public Works Department.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
RSU 16 board approves $22.8 million budget
POLAND — The Regional School Unit 16 board of directors approved a $22.8 million budget Tuesday night for the 2019-20 academic year. The budget represents a $536,716 increase, or 2.4 percent, from current spending. Stacie Field, business manager for RSU 16, said the budget breaks down as follows: Poland: $7,094,285, an increase of $138,889, or […]
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Sabattus to pay more county tax
The Board of Selectmen was not happy to hear that the town’s assessment is going up by more than 5.5 percent.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
New Gloucester selectmen adopt fees for using facilities
The charges vary according to the type of group and whether they are from the area.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Turner town meeting warrant finalized
The annual town meeting is April 6; elections April 5.
Posted inFranklin, News
Newcomers elected to Strong Board of Selectmen
STRONG — Voters elected Jim Burrill and Andy Pratt II to three-year terms on the Board of Selectmen on Friday. They received 186 and 155 votes, respectively. Selectman Mike Pond lost his bid for re-election, getting 147 votes. Selectman Rob Elliott was re-elected for two years with 240 votes. Fire Chief Duayne Boyd was re-elected […]