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    November 8, 2019

    What makes Thanksgiving Thanksgiving to you?

    Is it a special food you make? Or one you hope will be on the table Thanksgiving day? Is it going hunting, or enjoying the harvest of an earlier hunt? Is it watching the Macy’s Day Parade on TV or family games you play? Is it the volunteering you do for — or on — […]

  • Published
    November 7, 2019

    New Gloucester town manager resigns

    Carrie Castonguay will work at the town office until Nov. 27.

  • Published
    November 6, 2019

    For animal and art lover Jeff Miller, painting windows opens doors to expression

    LEWISTON — Jeff Miller doesn’t see store windows the same way most people do. For him, the glass is always greener — or redder, bluer, a deep pumpkin orange or perhaps a vivid violet — with his artwork on it. Armed with a supply of liquid chalk markers or acrylic paint, Miller views the giant […]

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    November 6, 2019

    Planting daffodils to celebrate women’s right to vote

    POLAND — On Tuesday, members of the Poland Huddle and its supporters gathered on the lawn of Ricker Memorial Library and planted 100 daffodil bulbs as part of the 100th anniversary of Maine’s suffrage movement. On Nov. 5, 1919, the all-male Maine Legislature voted to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by a […]

  • Published
    November 6, 2019

    Bonds approved for Lisbon water, road construction

    The projects will be done over the next five years.

  • Published
    November 5, 2019

    ATVS near Poland park and trail raise concerns

    Safety, protected areas and public road use cited by several residents

  • Published
    November 5, 2019

    Sabattus voters fill board and committee seats

    Selectmen Mark Duquette and Richard Lacombe were re-elected.

  • Published
    November 5, 2019

    Minot selectman send backhoe purchase to voters

    The issue will be decided at the March 2020 town meeting

  • Published
    November 5, 2019

    Minot voters OK minimum lot size change

    MINOT — Voters Tuesday decided to reduce the minimum lot size in rural zone districts from 5 acres to 2.5 acres. Two questions were needed to make the change: one amended Section 1 of the town’s comprehensive plan, while the other amended the minimum lot size for the Rural I district in the town’s land […]

  • Published
    November 5, 2019

    Lisbon voters approve both bond issues

    LISBON — Voters on Tuesday approved two bond requests totaling $7.5 million for infrastructure improvements. Residents voted 655-406 to borrow up to $1.5 million to finance the reconstruction of 2.4 miles of Pinewoods Road from the intersection of Spruce Street to Cotton Road. They also voted 762-294 to borrow up to $6 million to replace […]