CARTHAGE — The tax rate is on track to fall by $2 per $100,000 of property value as townspeople vote Monday on a budget at town meeting at 7 p.m. at the Town Office. “This is an unusual year for us because of the taxes from the 12-turbine Saddleback Ridge Wind project,” Selectman Stephen Brown […]
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Regional agenda
Monday Bethel: Sign Committee, 4 p.m., Town Office Bethel: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Farmington: Discussion on discontinued and abandoned roads, 5:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Fire Department Auxiliary, 6:30 p.m., […]
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Experiencing a 19th-century Christmas
LIVERMORE — A cold, windy day didn’t prevent scores of families from experiencing what a 19th-century Christmas would have been like at the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center on Saturday. Visitors made their way from room to room. Tour guides, in character, were ready to answer questions or talk about the various items on display. In […]
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Changes made in Chesterville Highway Department
CHESTERVILLE — Selectmen made several changes to the Highway Department last week. Mike Cote, who was named interim foreman when Road Foreman Ron Powers resigned in October, has been promoted to road foreman. Selectmen Thursday hired Jack Moultrie to a 20-hour position with the Highway Department and moved Jim Perkins from the 20-hour position to full time. […]
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State labor team conducting sessions at Verso mill
JAY — A Rapid Response Team from the Maine Department of Labor has begun holding sessions at Verso’s Androscoggin Mill for employees who will be affected by upcoming layoffs. Verso Corp. announced Nov. 1 that it would lay off about 190 workers and temporarily idle the No. 3 paper machine, and a digester and recovery […]
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Chickens perish in Chesterville barn fire
CHESTERVILLE — Several chickens perished when a three-story barn attached to a house caught fire Friday afternoon at 28 Vienna Road, Fire Chief John Archer said. More than 30 firefighters responded to help fight the blaze in 28-degree weather while a brisk wind sent billowing smoke into the air that could be seen for miles. […]
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Franklin County to hold hearing on proposed $1.16 million UT budget
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners will hold a public hearing Monday, Dec. 12, on a proposed $1.16 million unorganized territory budget for 2017-18. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the Eustis Community Building. Commissioners voted Tuesday to move $678,114 from the unorganized territory’s unassigned funds, formerly known as undesignated, into a capital […]
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Kittens abandoned outside Franklin County shelter
FARMINGTON — For the second time since Monday, a kitten has been abandoned outside the Franklin County Animal Shelter. On Thursday, a 4- to 6-month-old white and tiger, short-haired, male kitten was found on the front step of the shelter in a cardboard box, taped shut with holes poked through it, said Dory Diaz, website […]
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Livermore Falls board rejects retail development contract
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen on Tuesday decided against collaborating with Jay, Farmington and Wilton on a retail development contract with Texas-based Buxton Co. The three-year contract was for $50,000 per year, which would be split among participating communities. Greater Franklin Development Corp. Executive Director Alison Hagerstrom has been working with Buxton and these communities on […]
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RSU 73 board looking to keep budget costs steady
LIVERMORE FALLS — With recent layoffs at Verso’s Androscoggin Mill, a tough budget process has become even more difficult for the Regional School Unit 73 board of directors. One of the biggest challenges is a projected loss of school subsidy of $233,000, Superintendent Kenneth Healey said at Thursday’s meeting. The reason for the loss of subsidy […]