Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Casco: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Library Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Fire Department Auxiliary, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Park and Rec Commission, 5 p.m., Hosmer […]
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News and information about the Bethel area from the Sun Journal.
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were recently recorded at the Oxford County Jail: • David Anderson, 30, of Norway, violation of bail conditions, 11:20 p.m., July 29 in Norway, Norway Police Department. • Scott Davis, 31, of Aylesford, Novia Scotia, failure to stop for an officer, driving to endanger, speeding more than 30 mph over […]
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Bethel society hosting ceremony honoring Molly Ockett
BETHEL — The Bethel Historical Society will hold a presentation and plaque dedication on the life of Molly Ockett, a Native American of the Pequawket tribe, who is honored annually during MollyOckett Day. The presentation will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11, at the Dr. Moses Mason House. Society Executive Director […]
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Newry board requests rebids for road reconstruction
NEWRY — The Board of Selectmen voted Wednesday evening to ask the companies who submitted bids for the Sunday River Road construction project to resubmit them by Monday, Aug. 8. Engineer Joe Aloisio of the JAGA Engineering firm told the board that two bids came in for the project to rebuild a section of the […]
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Parking a problem in Step Falls area of Newry
NEWRY — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Wednesday evening to contact the Maine Department of Transportation as soon as possible about placing temporary no-parking signs in the area of Step Falls Preserve on Bear River Road/Route 26. Resident Brooks Morton told selectmen at their July 27 meeting that he had noticed a lot of […]
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Residents seek info on wind power project
WOODSTOCK – Representatives of a Pennsylvania wind company met with selectmen and residents Monday evening to discuss wind energy development efforts in neighboring Milton Township. EverPower Wind Holdings of Pittsburgh has been working on the project for over two years. Last year, it received approval from the Maine Land Use Planning Commission to erect a […]
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Regional agenda
Monday Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Public Library Board of Trustees, 3 p.m., library Woodstock: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Building Hartford: Road Committee workshop, 7 p.m., Town Office Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Conservation Committee, 7 […]
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Greenwood ponders ‘local food’ ordinance
GREENWOOD — Selectmen are considering a citizen request to propose a “local food” ordinance that would protect the sales of home-grown and home-prepared food. Suzanne Dunham, owner of Dunham Farm, said the ordinance would protect people who want to sell their backyard garden produce at farmers markets, public suppers and bake sales. “Most people don’t […]
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Making sense of scents: We want your stinky skunk tales
Skunks are curious creatures. We smell them more often than we see them, and when we DO spot one waddling around in the yard, we tend to run away. Are skunks really so fearsome? Are they just itching to spray the first human they see, or is that merely a scare tactic parents use to […]