BUCKFIELD — Selectmen decided to table a resident’s request to remove a long-forgotten grader from town property and refurbish it into a lawn ornament until they got more information about the equipment. At Tuesday’s Buckfield Board of Selectmen meeting, Town Manager Cindy Dunn informed the board about Charles Rabon’s inquiry into the grader behind the Rescue […]
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Nichole Byron of Hartford remembered for bringing smiles
HARTFORD — First came her nursing license, then the new job. She’d set her hopes on her very own lawn, and finally made the move with her three children to the country. There was a barbecue, freedom, and a new, fulfilling relationship. Her birthday had just flashed by and Nichole Byron was happy. It was a […]
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Police identify Hartford woman killed in crash Sunday
BUCKFIELD — Police said they are investigating why a Hartford woman’s car crossed the centerline on Route 117 on Sunday before hitting a tractor-trailer truck head-on. Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant identified the dead woman as 30-year-old Nichole Byron. Byron was traveling east near the Turner town line when her Plymouth PT Cruiser collided with a tractor-trailer […]
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UPDATED WITH IDs: Three killed in Buckfield, Durham, New Sharon crashes
Three people died in separate crashes in Buckfield, Durham and New Sharon on Sunday. In Buckfield, Nichole A. Byron of Hartford was driving a PT Cruiser and was killed when her car collided with a tractor-trailer truck on Route 117 in Buckfield, near the Turner line. The crash was reported to authorities at 3:30 p.m. She […]
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Property manager finds no trouble at Buckfield marijuana grow operation
BUCKFIELD — Selectmen directed Town Manager Cindy Dunn on Tuesday to write a letter informing residents of Nezinscot Village that their concerns have been addressed regarding a medical marijuana grow operation on Depot Street. The property in question is at 130 Depot St. and is owned by W.H. Brown Co. and managed by Sam Small […]
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Sen. Collins’ staff to hold office hours in Oxford County
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ staff from her Lewiston-based Constituent Service Center will hold office hours in three Oxford County towns on Wednesday, July 15. They are: * Fryeburg Town Office, 16 Lovewell Pond Road, 9 to 10 a.m. * Bethel Town Office, 19 Main Street, 11 a.m. to noon. * Buckfield Town Office, 34 Turner […]
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New Buckfield selectman opposes close-ended budgeting
BUCKFIELD — Selectmen directed Town Manager Cindy Dunn to send out a survey to taxpayers regarding close- and open-ended warrant articles and a date preference for the town meeting after some in town opposed the move to close-ended warrant articles earlier this year. Recently elected Selectman Maida Demers-Dobson brought up the issue at Tuesday night’s meeting. […]
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S. Lowell: Don’t insult the farmers
I would like to add to Sen. Roger Katz’ response (Sun Journal, June 24) to Gov. Paul LePage’s denigration of Rep. Peggy Rotundo as a “pig farmer.” I, too, know Peggy Rotundo and find her to be a thoughtful, dedicated individual. I also am a farmer, and this letter concerns the other part of our […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Curtain call: renovations remove remnants of Oddfellow Theater
BUCKFIELD — The message scrawled onto the plywood panel beneath the seating at the former Oddfellow Theater predicted a few things about the future: drolly, that another piece of plywood would cover it up; and that someone would land on Mars, which the the author would live to see if they didn’t first perish in a […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Volunteers sought for Nezinscot fish barrier study
BUCKFIELD — Members of the Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation District want people to heed W.C. Fields’ advice to “remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.” That’s why Project Manager Michele Windsor has put out the call for volunteers to assist with the Nezinscot Watershed […]