JAY — Sledders braved the cold to whiz down a man-made mountain of snow trucked in for the Spruce Mountain Sled-In and Winter Family Festival on Saturday. Truckloads of snow had been coming to the French Falls Recreation Area for the past few weeks. The snow was stockpiled and bulldozed into a “mountain” about 30 […]
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Possible reconfiguration of students proposed at RSU 73
LIVERMORE FALLS — Regional School Unit 73 board members overwhelmingly ratified a two-year contract for the district’s six administrators when they met on Thursday. Provisions of the contract were not available. Superintendent Kenneth Healey also distributed the budget books to each of the board members. Among the information he told the board included not filling […]
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Auditor comments on Chesterville finances
CHESTERVILLE — Auditor Bruce Nadeau of RHR Smith and Co. of Buxton presented his report on the town’s finances Thursday, say they were in good shape. “The town seems to be running reasonably well,” he said. Chesterville’s valuation was just under $95 million, based on figures for the year ending Dec. 31, Nadeau said. The 2015 […]
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RSU 73 advised of funding formula implications
LIVERMORE FALLS — Changing the cost-sharing formula for Regional School Unit 73 would require approval by a super-majority of directors — at least one from each of the three towns — and a majority of voters, directors were told Thursday night. The district was formed in 2011 and is required to evaluate its cost-sharing formula […]
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Chesterville board hires highway employee; another resigns
CHESTERVILLE — After the Board of Selectmen hired Mike Cote as a highway department employee Thursday, pending a criminal background check, another employee demanded to know why Cote was the only one interviewed. “I think other people should be interviewed,” Lyle “Buster” Paul said. “This guy came with very strong credentials,” Chairman Guy Iverson said. Paul, […]
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“Tumbledown” movie a love letter to Farmington area
FARMINGTON — After years of perseverance to film the movie, “Tumbledown,” the best part of Friday’s release for screenwriter and Farmington native Desiree Van Til and her husband, Sean Mewshaw, is showing it here. “The whole dream of this film was to bring it to Farmington,” said Mewshaw, the director. “It took so long, but Desi […]
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Magnitude-2.5 earthquake felt in Rangeley area
RANGELEY — People in the Rangeley area felt a magnitude 2.5 earthquake early Thursday morning, Fire Chief Tim Pellerin said. The department responded to four calls at about 1:13 a.m. with people reporting explosions, building collapses and furnace problems, but they did not turn out to be that, he said. The epicenter of the earthquake […]
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Livermore to seek $400,000 loan for sand/salt shed
LIVERMORE — Selectpersons have approved applying for a $400,000 loan from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to build a sand and salt shed. The town is on a state list of municipalities where salt is leaching into the ground. Without a new shed, the town will lose its contamination waiver and be required to get a […]
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Jay tentively reduces draft spending plan by 10 percent
JAY — Selectpersons and Budget Committee members worked 3½ hours Thursday night to make $169,000 in tentative cuts from a $5.4 million draft 2016-17 budget. The overall goal was to reduce the budget by 10 percent. Department heads had already reduced the proposal by $250,000. The cuts will be reviewed Feb. 22 and 23 at […]
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Students collect 1,300 items for Mt. Blue High School food closet
FARMINGTON — Students on the Mt. Blue Campus collected 1,300 food items and drinks for the school’s very own food closet — a food closet many teachers and students didn’t know existed, according to Judy Harmon, Class of 2018 adviser. Students are able to eat breakfast and lunch at the school. But on weekends or […]