WILTON — Life Enrichment Advancing People, or LEAP, celebrated its 35th year Thursday with a gathering at Calzolaio’s Pasta Co. “A lot has changed in 35 years, but one thing remains the same,” Executive Director Darryl Wood said. “Individuals with significant functional disabilities are born in our communities, and some of them need help outside […]
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills Buckfield: RSU 10 board of directors, 6:30 p.m., Buckfield Junior-Senior High School Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Newry: Cemetery Committee, 5:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office River Valley Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: […]
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Jay voters to consider curbside pickup options
JAY — Voters will be asked Tuesday, Nov. 3, to consider whether they want a company to pick up trash and recyclables curbside or have the town service eliminated. The vote is advisory to selectpersons. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Community Building at Spruce Mountain Middle School. The […]
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Kingfield voters amend TIF agreement
KINGFIELD — Four voters at Monday night’s special town meeting authorized selectmen to revise the original tax sheltering agreement with Nestle Waters North America, the parent company of Poland Spring Water Co. Voters also agreed to designate an arts district within the Tax Increment Financing District, allowing funds to be allocated for other projects to […]
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Kids race pumpkin cars in Wilton
WILTON — Meredith Gagnon, 9, was declared the winner of the 2015 Wilton Pumpkin Car Derby when her “Mike Wazowski” pumpkin rolled the farthest down Lake Road. Let me set the scene for you: Saturday afternoon, idyllic Wilson Lake to the left, laughing children bundled in winter jackets and hats to the right. Each small […]
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3rd Annual Freezin’ For a Reason polar plunge supports great causes
WILTON — The 3rd Annual Western Maine Community Action Freezin’ For a Reason Polar Plunge was held Saturday with a new twist. WMCA opened the event to other nonprofit organizations. The partnering nonprofit that raised the most money would keep all of its pledges. The other groups would split their donations with WMCA. WMCA’s Bill […]
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Rejuvenating a historic Livermore property
LIVERMORE — When Ray Hamilton visited the former Deacon Elijah Livermore property on Center Road in the spring of 2014, he was overcome with emotion. “I had done some painting for the Livermore-Livermore Falls Historical Society,” he said. “I was down there turkey hunting a year ago this spring. I saw this foundation and wanted to […]
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Student representative attends first RSU 73 meeting
LIVERMORE FALLS — The Regional School Unit 73 board welcomed student representative Trevor Doiron to his first meeting Thursday night. Doiron, a junior, began the community garden when he was in the seventh grade. The board also welcomed newly hired Business Manager Michele Coates. She replaces Stacie Field, who took a similar position in the […]
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Franklin County homemakers donate thousands of hours
FARMINGTON — Extension Homemakers in Franklin County donated 7,690 volunteer hours to their communities last year. Those hours were valued at $107,660. In 2014, 116 Maine Extension Homemakers in the county participated in community education programs in areas such as food safety, personal safety, nutrition and health, gardening and environment, Linda Gramlich told Franklin County […]