LIVERMORE FALLS — Residents approved a $2.5 million budget Tuesday and elected two selectmen and one RSU 73 director. The closest race was for a three-year seat on the Board of Selectmen, with incumbent Nixon Ortiz defeating Ron Chadwick 252-251. In a race for a two-year seat on the Board of Selectmen, challenger Sarah Flagg beat […]
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Saviello re-elected; Hilton joining select board
WILTON — Tuesday’s election produced a first-time selectperson: Philip Hilton won the three-year seat, replacing Jeff Adams, who was elected in 2015. Tom Saviello will return for his third term as a selectperson, finishing out the remaining year of Ruth Cushman’s three-year term. Saviello is on the Planning Board, and will need to resign from that […]
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Jay voters pass four articles
JAY — Voters approved four articles Tuesday, including a revised budget article and three amended ordinances. Residents voted 448-373 to spend $181,215 on professional services, including legal, assessing, animal control, welfare services and funding for the industrial valuation reserve account. The select board and budget panel cut $20,000 from the article that failed 261-213 in […]
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SAD 58 budget leading in two towns
SALEM TOWNSHIP — The School Administrative District 58 budget appeared headed for passage Tuesday night, based on partial returns as of 10:30 p.m. Kingfield approved it 193-62. Strong supported it 152-111. Results from Avon and Phillips were pending. The $9.4 million budget for 2018-19 is an increase is $38,897, or .416, over last year’s approved […]
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Children jump from 3rd floor to escape fatal fire in Livermore Falls
[UPDATE:Livermore Falls officer credited with saving lives of two boys in deadly fire] LIVERMORE FALLS — One person died in a fire Tuesday night and a child was injured after jumping from the third story of a home on Main Street, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office. The single-family home was engulfed in flames […]
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Jay mom sees childhood hunger statistics, takes action
JAY — On Saturday, Stacy Greenleaf saw national and state children hunger statistics and wondered what she could do to help. Monday afternoon, she began offering free ‘grab-n-go’ bag meals for anyone who needed one. Greenleaf began her first University of Maine at Augusta college course, Introduction to Human Services, four weeks ago. For that class, she […]
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Livermore election warden receives national award
LIVERMORE — Retiring election warden Frank Castonguay, 91, was presented with a National Secretaries of State Medallion Award by Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap on Tuesday. The surprise honor — one of only five Medallion Awards presented in the state — was in recognition of and appreciation for his 14 years of overseeing voting in […]
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Dump truck snags utility wires, rolls over in Kingfield
KINGFIELD — A dump truck snagged utility wires and rolled over Monday near Tufts Pond Road and Route 27, according to Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. No one was injured, Nichols said. Gilbert Taylor, 69, of North New Portland was driving east on Tufts Pond Road, approaching the Route 27 intersection, when the raised dump body […]
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Wilton teenager rescued after fall from cliff in Industry
INDUSTRY — Dawson Tolman, 17, of Wilton is recovering “spectacularly” from a fall off a cliff on Little Pico Ridge last week, his mother Dawn Tolman said Tuesday. He had a broken foot and facial lacerations but just two days after the fall he was back to his old self, she said. “He fell about 30 […]
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Jay accepts Livermore company's bid for SUV
JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to accept the high bid of $1,201.99 for the Sewer Department’s 2004 Ford Escape. The SUV was put up for sale after the town learned the vehicle needed costly repairs before it would pass a state inspection. Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere opened three bids during the select board’s meeting. Ted […]