JAY — Resident Dot White told selectpersons Monday her dream of having a gazebo built at the Town Office property is “slowly dying.” Her comments came after selectpersons told her there is not enough space and property setback for plowing snow. There is also no electricity or other amenities and no money. And with the close […]
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Owner of hydroelectric facilities in Jay requests tax abatement
JAY — Androscoggin Hydro, a subsidiary of Eagle Creek Renewable Energy based in New Jersey, has filed a tax abatement request for 2017 for its two hydroelectric facilities on the Androscoggin River. Eagle Creek bought four hydroelectric facilities from Verso Corp. in January 2016 for nearly $62 million. The other facilities are in Livermore and […]
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Weld voters to consider equipment purchase, roof repair
WELD — Voters at the annual town meeting Saturday will consider requests for employee pay increases, a tractor and replacing the town office roof. The meeting begins at 10 a.m. March 3 at the Town Hall. Selectmen recommend raising the fire chief’s annual stipend from $1,200 to $1,500 and the assistant chief’s from $800 to […]
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Man pleads guilty in Franklin County heroin case
FARMINGTON — A Connecticut man was found guilty Monday of a charge connected to the sale of heroin in the Franklin County area. Sean Michael “Cali” Blalock, 32, of Wolcott, Connecticut, was sentenced by Franklin County Superior Court Justice Roland Cote to serve six months of a four-year sentence, followed by two years of probation. Blalock […]
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Windows broken in Jay, Livermore Falls
Police in Jay and Livermore Falls are investigating reports of broken windows in a home, a car and a business Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday, a living room window and a storm door window at a home on Haines Corner Road in Livermore Falls were reported broken by a ball-bearing, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. […]
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Temple post office closing March 24
TEMPLE — The Temple post office will close March 24 at the end of the business day, because the building owner is terminating the lease March 31, U.S. Postal Service communications specialist Steve Doherty said. “We have been actively looking for a new location within Temple and are optimistic about having something in place by that […]
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Donations for Jenavieve Luciano-Feith, hurt in skiing accident, accepted at Livermore town office
LIVERMORE — The Livermore Town Office is accepting donations to help Jenavieve Luciano-Feith, who was injured Thursday afternoon while skiing at Black Mountain in Rumford. The student at Spruce Mountain Middle School was making her last run of the day when she hit a tree and suffered severe injuries. She was wearing a helmet. Jenavieve, the daughter […]
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School improvements topic for March 1 RSU 73 budget meeting
LIVERMORE FALLS — A nearly $6 million proposal to improve district buildings will be presented at a Regional School Unit 73 budget meeting Thursday, March 1. It will begin at 6 p.m. in the Spruce Mountain Elementary School gym. Buildings and Grounds Committee Chairman Douglas DiPasquale on Thursday night gave directors a report on improving […]
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Carthage man charged with witness tampering
FARMINGTON — A Carthage man, who was charged in December with setting his father’s truck on fire, is accused of tampering with a witness in the case, according to a state fire investigator’s statement. Spencer Knox, 23, was arrested Thursday night on a warrant charging witness tampering and violating bail conditions. He was taken to […]
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Civil deputy Ryan replaced
FARMINGTON — A story published on Page B1 of the Region edition Wednesday should have said a civil deputy was named to replace Mike Ryan.