NEWRY — Selectmen are expected to begin budget work at their first meeting of the new year. The meeting starts at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, in the Town Office. Administrator Loretta Powers said Wednesday morning that the town auditor came last week and did pre-audit work to ready the books for the budget process. […]
Administrator Loretta Powers
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Newry researching funding to continue free shuttle service to Bethel
NEWRY — Selectmen were asked Tuesday to help figure out how to fund the free Mountain Explorer shuttle bus program between Bethel and Newry. Pat Roma from the Mountain Explorer Committee spoke about funding for the program that takes people to work, to Sunday River Ski Resort to ski or snowboard and to dinner at […]
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Four take out papers for Newry selectman, SAD 44 School Board seats
NEWRY — Residents seeking municipal offices can take out papers for the election in March, Administrator Loretta Powers said Wednesday morning. Up for grabs are one three-year Board of Selectmen seat, Assessor & Overseer of the Poor seat, and two School Administrative District 44 School Board director seats, one for a two-year term and the […]
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Newry board discusses junkyard complaint, grange hall work
NEWRY — Selectmen took up the issue of junkyards Tuesday night after a resident complained about their neighbor’s yard. The board didn’t identify either resident; they just asked Code Enforcement Officer David Bonney how best to handle the complaint. However, Bonney said there isn’t much the town can do because Newry doesn’t have a property […]
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Newry board appoints selectman to SAD 44 Withdrawal Committee
NEWRY — Selectman Brooks Morton is the fourth and newest member of Newry’s SAD 44 Withdrawal Committee. Morton was the only one of the three selectmen who didn’t have a potential conflict of interest, Administrator Loretta Powers said Wednesday morning. Withdrawal Committee lawyer Daniel S. Stockford of Brann & Isaacson of Lewiston and Portland told […]
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Newry board learns about road woes
NEWRY — Selectmen learned Tuesday night that $1,000 a month, on average, is being spent to patch potholes on Sunday River Road. Code Enforcement Officer Dave Bonney said the worst of it was between Foster’s historic farmstead and the Sunday River bridge. That prompted Selectman Gary Wight to ask if the town should consider rebuilding […]
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Newry voters OK starting process to withdraw from SAD 44
NEWRY — It’s official: Newry voters decided Wednesday at the polls to continue the multi-step withdrawal process from School Administrative District 44. The district also includes Andover, which voted Wednesday to leave SAD 44. Other towns in the district are Bethel, Greenwood and Woodstock. Voters were asked whether they wanted to authorize the town’s Withdrawal […]
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Newry board OKs liquor licenses, gets updates on town projects
NEWRY — Selectmen on Tuesday evening approved liquor licenses for Sunday River restaurants at Barker Mountain and North Peak, and a couple of catering liquor licenses for weddings at Mountain House on Sunday River. Administrator Loretta Powers said Mountain House on Sunday River is the old Romeo Baker house just beyond the Artists’ Covered Bridge […]
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Newry sets hearing on SAD 44 withdrawal
NEWRY — Selectmen will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, to see if residents want to file a petition to withdraw from SAD 44. The meeting will be held at the Bear River Grange Hall off Route 26. Administrator Loretta Powers said Wednesday afternoon that petitioners who sought to start the […]
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Newry board sets tax rate at $9.05
NEWRY — Approximately 3,500 tax bills were mailed Wednesday morning, following the selectmen setting the tax rate Monday evening. The new rate is $9.05 per thousand dollars of valuation. Last year’s rate was $8.97, Administrator Loretta Powers said Wednesday morning. Unlike some Maine towns that split the tax bill into two payments — one in […]