After 41 years of presenting the Community Service Award to local residents, the Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce is renaming the award in honor of Suzanne Grover, who passed away in January. John Williams, executive director of the chamber and a friend of the Grover family, said that Suzanne and her husband Rupert received the […]
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Oxford Hills robotics team invited to California for second consecutive year
PARIS — Pipe Patrol, the Oxford Hills Homeschool Robotics team, has been invited to represent Maine at the FIRST Lego League California International Open in Carlsbad California. The competition among teams from across the country is set for May 18 to 20. It’s the second consecutive year the team has been invited to the competition. […]
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This week's agenda
Monday Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Farmington: Franklin County Budget Committee caucus, 5 p.m., county building Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Farmington: SAD 9 board of directors, 6:30 p.m., Mt. Blue campus Livermore: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Naples subdivision plan teed up for Tuesday meeting
NAPLES — A proposal to turn the front nine holes of the now-closed Naples Golf and Country Club into a housing development will go before the Planning Board this week. Developer Paul Hollis of The Homes on the Front 9, LLC sent a letter to the Planning Board with an outline of the potential residential […]
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West Paris voters approve Fire Department request
WEST PARIS — Voters sided with the town manager Saturday and approved a higher amount of money for the Fire Department than recommended by selectmen and the Budget Committee. Town Manager Wade Rainey made a motion at the annual town meeting to budget $97,650, the same as last year. Selectmen and the Budget Committee recommended […]
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Waterford approves fireworks ordinance
WATERFORD — Voters on Saturday approved a fireworks ordinance that would allow use without a permit around the Fourth of July holiday. Resident Charlie Tarbell said at the annual town meeting that he represented a small group of citizens that got together in the fall of 2017 to develop a fireworks ordinance. “Greenwood and Hanover […]
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Oxford selectmen: What you need to know
Oxford Board of Selectmen March 1, 2018 Oxford Town Office What happened: Brent Bridges, senior vice president of Woodard & Curran engineering firm in Portland, updated selectmen on installing sewer lines in the center of town to connect with the wastewater treatment plant in Welchville village this year. What it means: Bridges said the plan is […]
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Norway board votes to approve new reserve police officer
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Thursday evening to accept Craig MacDonald as a reserve police officer for the Norway Police Department. Police Chief Rob Federico Sr. said that he always likes to have at least three reserve police officers working for the department at any given time. “Two of our reserve officers […]
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Waterford residents to vote on $1.85 million budget
WATERFORD — Residents will vote on a $1.85 million budget at their annual town meeting Saturday. It begins at 9 a.m. at the Waterford Municipal Building on Valley Road. The budget is $344,964, or 8.1 percent, more than last year. Most of the increase comes in the paving budget: $616,778 for 2018 compared to $316,778 in […]
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Selectman contest, pot moratorium on Newry warrant
NEWRY — Voters will elect a selectman Monday and decide on a marijuana moratorium and a town budget Tuesday. Selectman Jim Largess is being challenged by Gary Drown for a three-year term. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. March 5 at the Town Office. The town meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. […]