WEST PARIS — Selectmen agreed Thursday evening to sign a letter supporting Tri-Town Rescue’s effort to obtain federal financing for a new ambulance and a cardiac monitor. The service is seeking a grant of $26,250 for the monitor and a loan of $48,750 for the ambulance. Both are from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The […]
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Lewiston man seeks to grow marijuana in Norway
NORWAY — The Planning Board met Thursday evening for a pre-application meeting with a Lewiston man seeking permission to grow medical marijuana inside the former production facility of the Advertiser Democrat newspaper at 1 Pikes Hill Road. Rob Laverdiere said he was leasing the building from James Costello, with an option to buy in the […]
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Bail set for Rumford stabbing suspect
PARIS — A Rumford woman charged with stabbing a woman three times during a brawl last month had bail set Wednesday afternoon in Oxford County Superior Court. Tiana Crossley, 35, was being held at Two Bridges Jail in Wiscasset on Wednesday evening on bail of $10,000 cash or personal recognizance with supervised release, according to […]
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Sumner residents approve annual spending, ordinances
SUMNER — At their annual town meeting Thursday night, residents passed all 42 articles and two ordinances, including a marijuana moratorium. They also re-elected Selectman Mary Anne Haxton and Road Commissioner Andy Wickson. There were roughly 45 people in attendance at Hartford-Sumner Elementary School, where Terry Hayes was elected moderator. At the beginning of the meeting, […]
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Otisfield board approves ordinance, ordinance amendments
OTISFIELD — Board of Selectmen Chairman Hal Ferguson said Tuesday that the board voted Aug. 2 to approve an ordinance prohibiting retail marijuana stores and social clubs in town. Voters passed the ordinance in June, so the board’s vote was procedural, Ferguson said. The board also held procedural votes approving amendments to the Board of Appeals […]
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Sumner Town Office will be closed
SUMNER — The Town Office will be closed from Friday, Aug. 11, through Saturday, Aug. 19, because a staff member is being called to duty by the National Guard.
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This week's agenda
Wednesday Bethel: Planning Board, 6 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Selectmen’s workshop on governance analysis process, 4:30 p.m., Municipal Center Livermore Falls: Water District, 7 a.m., District Office Mexico: Mexico Water District board of trustees, 4 p.m., Town Hall Peru: Selectmen’s workshop on tax commitment, 3 p.m., Town Office Thursday Bethel: Ordinance Review Committee, 6 p.m., […]
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Classmates remember Ben Cross as ’a good, thoughtful, genuine man’
BETHEL — The world lost someone classmate and close friend Deagan Conrad described as “dedicated and determined” Saturday, when the search for Ben Cross was called off. Cross, 26, a first lieutenant from Bethel, and 25 other U.S. Marines were conducting a routine search-and-rescue operation in an MV-22 Osprey when it crashed off the coast of […]
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Norway selectmen approve updated safety policy
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen has voted unanimously to approve the latest draft of the town’s safety policy mission statement. Recreation Director Deb Partridge said the town first approved a draft of the statement seven years ago, and every year, the town votes to readopt it. “This document validates that the town takes safety seriously and […]