BUCKFIELD — Budget Committee Chairman Glen Holmes accused the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday evening of taking away choices from voters and invalidating the Budget Committee’s work. At their meeting two weeks ago, selectmen voted 2-1 to change all town meeting warrant articles on appropriations to closed-ended, meaning voters can decrease amounts listed but not […]

BUCKFIELD — Some said it was wholly unnecessary and at best extravagant, but when town manager Cindy Dunn, choking back tears, unveiled the new fire-rescue station on Sunday, there was nothing but applause.  Overcoming budgeting shortfalls, scheduling setbacks and debate, town officials held an open house for a few dozen residents at the new, $1 million […]

BUCKFIELD — More than 18 months after construction began, the roughly $1 million Buckfield Fire Rescue Station is ready to be officially opened to the public. An open house is set from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, May 17. The ribbon-cutting ceremony is at 11 a.m. Tours of the building, the firetrucks and the ambulances […]

BUCKFIELD — Selectmen on Tuesday evening opted to get a second opinion from licensed forester Merle Ring on a possible timber harvesting plan for the pine grove behind Bessey Field on Paris Hill Road. Town Manager Cindy Dunn told selectmen two weeks ago that a local logger came to the Municipal Building to ask if the […]

BUCKFIELD — At their upcoming meeting, selectmen will revisit the idea of a selective timber harvest at the Bessey Field pine grove to help maintain tree health after a local logger suggested the town look into the practice. Buckfield Town Manager Cindy Dunn brought the issue to the selectmen’s attention at their meeting on Tuesday, April […]

BUCKFIELD — Selectmen nixed awarding a bid for a new truck because the Ford F-550 the town had planned to trade in died and the trade in value was lost. At the Tuesday night board meeting, Town Manager Cindy Dunn said the 2001 truck she and Road Foreman Tyler Belanger wanted to trade in would cost […]