Buckfield Board of Selectmen March 7, 2017 Buckfield Municipal Building Town manager resigns What happened: Town Manager Cindy Dunn surprised selectmen by handing them a resignation letter effective Friday, June 30, when her contract ends. What it means: Selectmen accepted Dunn’s resignation with regret as town manager, road commissioner, General Assistance director, code enforcement officer, […]
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Peru board has issues with sandbox cameras
PERU — The company that installed cameras at the town sandbox is looking into why Town Office employees cannot access recorded footage from the office computers, Board of Selectmen Chairwoman Carol Roach said this week. Roach said the cameras installed by E W Electric of Dixfield at the town garage allowed for a live feed to […]
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SAD 17 weighs snow day options
PARIS — Oxford Hills School District Superintendent Rick Colpitts recommended to directors Monday evening that they take no action now to make up six snow days. “It is far better to do nothing, but if we get two or three more snow days, I think we will have to do something,” he said. As of […]
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Peru Budget Committee votes against recommending two budget articles
PERU — Budget Committee member Don Roach told the Board of Selectmen on Monday evening that the committee voted against supporting money to complete the Worthley Pond fire station and to support Med-Car Ambulance Service. The two articles are on the annual town meeting warrant. The Board of Selectmen previously voted in favor of both […]
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West Paris voters elect new selectman
WEST PARIS — In addition to passing a $1.18 million municipal budget — down by nearly $2,000 from last year’s spending plan — at town meeting Saturday, voters chose a new selectman. Dale Piirainen was elected by a vote of 42-39 to a three-year term on the Board of Selectmen, defeating incumbent Dennis Henderson. Piirainen, […]
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Question on Norway rural village development on warrant
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen has voted to place a question on whether to amend the town’s Site Plan Review Ordinance on the annual town meeting ballot in June. At the 2016 town meeting, voters approved a 180-day moratorium on industrial and commercial development in four rural villages: • Swift’s Corner — The area around […]
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Oxford Hills Middle School students engineer chairs
PARIS — Sitting on a chair out of newspapers and tape can be comfortable. At least that’s what some Oxford Hills Middle School students think. With the assistance of the Sun Journal, which provided the newspapers to the class, the students built chairs as part of the Quest project in Zac Knight’s science class. “On […]
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Regional agenda
Monday Hartford: Food bank, 4 p.m., Town Office Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Rumford Library board of trustees, 3 p.m., Public Library Rumford: Finance Committee, department budget meeting, 6 p.m., Municipal Building Wilton: Selectmen, budget meeting, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Bethel: Recreation Board, 6 p.m., […]
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Waterford voters approve $1.5M budget
WATERFORD — About 55 Waterford taxpayers braved the subzero wind chill Saturday to approve the proposed $1.5 million annual budget, an increase over last year’s budget of $1.4 million. Of the 70 articles approved which comprised this year’s warrant, only a few raised any sort of discussion from the floor. Pat Lawler motioned to increase the […]
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West Paris residents shoot down ordinance on prohibiting retail marijuana establishments
Residents cast a vote on whether or not to approve a prohibition against retail marijuana establishments and social clubs during Saturday morning’s annual town meeting in the Agnes Gray Elementary School gymnasium. WEST PARIS — Residents voted 34-43 during Saturday morning’s annual town meeting against approving an ordinance that would have prohibited retail marijuana establishment, social […]