CANTON — The Canton Park and Trail Committee, Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation District and the Maine Forest Service will host a trail walk at 9 a.m. to noon Friday, July 24, along the Whitney Brook Trail. The informal event will start at 9 a.m. at the Canton Heritage Park (Route 108, West of the intersection with […]
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Canton board seeks resident for RSU 10 Withdrawal Committee
CANTON — Selectmen are looking for a resident to serve on the town’s new Regional School Unit 10 Withdrawal Committee. On Thursday night, they appointed all but that member to the committee, which will work with legal counsel to craft a withdrawal agreement and negotiate with RSU 10’s superintendent and school board. Donny Hutchins was […]
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Canton officials condemn ‘unlivable’ log cabin on Route 140
CANTON — Town officials condemned a log cabin on Route 140 this month for having “unlivable conditions.” Town Administrator Scotty Kilbreth updated selectmen Thursday night about Steven Cole’s property at 258 School St. Cole wasn’t living there when Animal Control Officer Richard Burton Jr. arrived earlier this month to investigate an animal complaint. “As soon […]
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Canton Fire Department buys two life support medic bags with donations
CANTON — A former volunteer firefighter who died last month helped the Fire Department get two medic bags needed to help save lives. After Norman A. Vashaw, 88, passed away on May 10, his family asked that people wanting to buy flowers for his funeral service and visiting hours to make contributions in his name […]
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Canton appeals board meeting
CANTON — The newly formed Canton Board of Appeals will meet at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 27, in the Town Office to elect a chairman, vice chairman and secretary, Administrator Scotty Kilbreth said Thursday afternoon by email.
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Oxford County log
PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 249 calls from June 8 to 16, including the following. * At 8:57 a.m. June 16, Deputy Danielle Welch responded to a complaint about a farmer on Jim Warren Road in Buckfield whose pigs keep escaping from their pens. Welch said she issued the owner a […]
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‘Don’t jinx it!’
CANTON — Town meetings in Canton are usually high-octane and rambunctious to the point of annoying. On every article, there are discussions that are liberally lathered with lengthy verbal duels that seem to run on forever — a moderator’s nightmare. But not Thursday night’s meeting. This meeting was something else entirely — it was as […]
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Canton couple added to town Honor Roll
CANTON — At a town meeting Thursday night, town officials recognized two longtime residents for their service to Canton and announced that they intend to resume honoring the oldest residents with Boston Post Cane certificates. Selectmen Chairman Donny Hutchins told the audience that about three decades ago, Canton officials devised a way to recognize individuals […]
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Canton voters repeal obscure anti-whistling, skateboard ordinances
CANTON — It is now legal to whistle in town and vex people. At Thursday night’s town meeting in the Town Office meeting room, voters repealed that ordinance adopted on April 9, 1963. Labeled “An Ordinance Promoting Public Peace, Safety and Health,” it banned whistling, vexing and a host of other things. It also contained […]
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J. Wesley Adams
1926 – 2015 AUBURN — J. Wesley Adams, 88, of Clover Manor and formerly of Canton, died Sunday, June 7, with his family by his side. He was born in Canton on Aug. 25, 1926, a son of Bernard Sr. and Julia Hayden Adams. He married Marie Pratt in May 1948, whom he met at […]