BETHEL — Residents voted Tuesday evening to approve a $10.59 million budget for the 2016-17 fiscal year. It is .63 percent, or $66,933 lower than the current budget, Superintendent David Murphy said. A budget validation referendum will be held June 14 at polling stations in Bethel, Greenwood, Newry and Woodstock, Murphy said. He added that an […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were recently recorded at the Oxford County Jail: * Matthew Coyne, 37, of Portland, operating under the influence, 3:29 a.m., May 29 in Bethel, Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. * Heather Geer, 22, of Greenwood, domestic violence assault, 8:40 p.m., May 30 in Mexico, Mexico Police Department. * Terrence Gordon, 26, […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Buckfield: Community Day Committee, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Casco: SAD 61 budget vote, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Casco Community Center Livermore: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Auburn: Androscoggin County Commission, 5:15 p.m., county building Otisfield: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Policy and Procedure Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Thursday Buckfield: Economic […]
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Manslaughter case against N.J. man dismissed
PARIS — An indictment charging a New Jersey man with manslaughter, aggravated assault and two counts of aggravated criminal operating under the influence in a fatal motorcycle accident in 2014 has been dismissed because he has died. Steven Thomas, 54, of Califon, N.J., was charged six months after turning in front of an oncoming motorcycle […]
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Mahoosuc Land Trust to host trail workday
ANDOVER — The Mahoosuc Land Trust, with the assistance of the Whitecap Stewardship Committee, is hosting a trail workday on Rumford Whitecap on Saturday, June 4. Development Associate Jolan Ippolito said the workday is one of more than 2,400 national events that are part of National Trails Day, organized by the American Hiking Society. According […]
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This week’s agenda
Monday Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Casco: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Hartford: Road Committee, 7 p.m., Town Hall Mexico: Mexico Sewer District Board of Trustees, 4:30 p.m., […]
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Newry ordinance, land swap questions answered
NEWRY — Revisions to the Fire Department Ordinance, which include changing the term of chief from two years to one, are being made to bring the local law into compliance with the department’s bylaws, town officials say. Other changes include one assistant chief instead of two and adding the position of captain. “We don’t have […]
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Bethel museum offers $20,000 reward for meteorite that lit up the sky
BETHEL — The Maine Mineral and Gem Museum is offering a $20,000 reward to the first person to recover a 2.2-pound meteorite from the fireball that shot across the Maine sky early Tuesday morning. It’s the first time that the museum, which does not officially open its exhibits to the public until 2017, has offered […]
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Educational consultant disappointed in treatment of Newry Withdrawal Committee
NEWRY — Mark Eastman, educational consultant for the Newry Withdrawal Committee, told residents Tuesday night that he has “never seen a withdrawal committee treated with such disrespect.” The former School Administrative District 17 superintendent from Paris told those at the public hearing on a proposal for Newry to leave SAD 44 that he has helped […]
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SAD 44 residents to vote on $10.59M budget
BETHEL — School Administrative District 44 residents will vote on a $10.59 million school budget at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, at Telstar Regional Middle/High School auditorium. They will also decide on a a $164,394 Adult and Community budget. The school budget is 1 percent less than in 2015-16. Superintendent said the three new articles […]