NEWRY — Selectmen have called for a special board meeting at 5 p.m. Monday, June 30, in the Town Office. Administrator Loretta Powers said Thursday that the only two agenda items are to commit the 2014 taxes and discuss employee vacation time. Next month’s board meetings will be held at 5 p.m. July 7 and 15 […]
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Newry board to set tax rate in July
NEWRY — Town Administrator Loretta Powers said Tuesday night that she hopes to have information together by the next selectmen meeting so they can set the tax rate. At Tuesday night’s board meeting, she told selectmen the assessor will visit the Town Office on Wednesday morning to finish last-minute work on property assessments. She is […]
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Newry selectmen re-elected
NEWRY — It’s now official, and by the correct method this time. Wendy Hanscom and Gary Wight were re-elected at Tuesday’s polls to Board of Selectmen seats by respective votes of 74 and 118. Candidate Doug Webster, who ran against Hanscom, got 62 votes, Administrator Loretta Powers said. In 2012, Newry changed the way it […]
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Road contracts signed in Newry
NEWRY — Selectmen on Tuesday signed a contract for road repairs and another for sealing cracks on a section of Sunday River Road and in the Bear River Grange Hall parking lot. Selectmen also decided when they should get paid, after Administrator Loretta Powers read a resident’s complaint about the matter. Bethel contractor D.A. Wilson […]
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Newry board hires Bethel firm to trim its trees
NEWRY — Selectmen unanimously accepted a bid Tuesday night for tree trimming from a Bethel tree-removal business. However, they accepted it based on the daily rate that the contractor included, even though that wasn’t requested in the bid specifications. None of the other bidders provided a rate. Top Notch Tree Service LLC of Bethel, which […]
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Newry selectman at odds with administrator’s duties
NEWRY — Selectmen discussed the town administrator’s job description at length Tuesday night in the Bear River Grange Hall. Selectman Brooks Morton previously asked for the review, but when asked by Chairman Wendy Hanscom what he thought about it, Morton said he didn’t think Tuesday’s meeting was the forum to discuss his reasons. He said […]
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Newry board meeting Tuesday at Bear River Grange Hall
NEWRY — Selectmen will hold a meeting and workshop at 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, at the Bear River Grange Hall instead of the Town Office. Administrator Loretta Powers said Friday that the board wanted to examine the heating system in the grange hall to possibly change or replace it. The board will discuss the […]
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Newry board accepts selectmen resignations, approves June 10 election
NEWRY — It seemed weird late Thursday afternoon when Newry selectmen Chairman Wendy Hanscom read prepared statements about her resignation and that of Selectman Gary Wight from the board. Then, Hanscom and Wight and Selectman Brooks Morton accepted the resignations. But all three continued their special selectmen meeting, conducting further business. Hanscom’s and Wight’s resignations, […]
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Newry board to call for special election
NEWRY — Selectmen will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 8, to call for a special election June 10. Because Newry changed its method of voting by adopting the secret ballot method in August 2012, Chairwoman Wendy Hanscom and Selectman Gary Wight have to resign before May 8, Administrator Loretta Powers said Tuesday. “It’s kind […]
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Newry town meeting March 3; potluck supper precedes it at 5:30 p.m.
NEWRY — A proposed road project and improvements to the Town Office and Bear River Grange are two items up for discussion at town meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, March 3, in the Grange Hall, administrator Loretta Powers said Tuesday afternoon. Excluding the county assessment of $344,983 and the estimated SAD 44 assessment of $2.78 […]