NEWRY — Citing the opinion of the town attorney and concerns about erosion, the Newry Planning Board last week voted unanimously to ask Sunday River Resort to come up with a plan for upgrading a portion of Skiway Road. The request is part of the Planning Board’s review of an application from Sunday River for […]
Bethel
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Newry could pick up a SAD 44 director
NEWRY — If a draft plan proposed last week by School Administrative District 44’s Reapportionment Committee gets ultimate approval, Newry could go from two directors on the school board to three, while the other towns remain the same. “This increases Newry’s voting power by a factor of three,” said Reapportionment Committee Chairman Norm Clanton of […]
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Posted inBethel, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley
This week's agenda
Monday Casco: Open Space Commission, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Economic Development Committee, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Otisfield: Planning Board, […]
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Bethel talks trash fees for businesses
BETHEL — Selectmen have begun discussion on the Tri-Town Transfer Station towns possibly charging businesses and condominiums for trash disposal. But the idea drew strong opposition from businessman/condo manager Ron Savage. Becky Seacrest, an environmental planner with the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments, has been working with the Tri-Town board on ways to save money […]
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60th annual MollyOckett Day Festival in Bethel
BETHEL — The 60th annual MollyOckett Day Festival on Saturday saw locals and visitors enjoying food, the parade, the history and the community. The day began with the Classic Road Races — a 5-mile loop down Vernon Street onto Paradise Road, including the infamous “Paradise Hill,” a favorite challenge for local runners, according to the […]
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This week's agenda
Monday Casco: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 4 p.m. executive session, followed by 6 p.m. meeting, Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: […]
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Starting a 'second life' with art and music
WOODSTOCK — When Monica Mann left her job at Wells Wood Turning in Buckfield this spring, her co-workers presented her with an unusual retirement gift: a brick of pottery clay. Although she had been working in the wood products industry for the past five years, Mann was about to return to her studio to resume […]
Posted inBethel, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley
This week's agenda
Monday Hartford: Food Bank, 4 p.m., Town Hall Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Public Library board of trustees, 3 p.m., library Wednesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Otisfield: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Policy and Procedure Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Planning Board, 6 p.m., Municipal Building Thursday Canton: Planning […]
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What would a state shutdown look like?
LEWISTON — The city clerk’s office is encouraging drivers to tend to July paperwork before Saturday to avoid lapsed registrations and licenses if state government shuts down. That goes for online renewals, too. The city will also stop issuing certified copies of birth and death certificates before the end of the week, because the state […]
Posted inBethel, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, River Valley
This week's agenda
Monday Casco: Zoning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office (executive session for union negotiations at 4 p.m.) Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Special town meeting followed by selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Planning […]