CANTON — Selectmen announced Thursday evening that the tax rate for 2018-19 is expected to drop for the fifth consecutive year. The maximum tax rate would be $17.53, Selectman Rob Walker said. “That’s $2 and 30-some-odd cents” less than last year, he said. The current rate is $19.85 per $1,000 of property valuation. “Taxes are […]
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Sunflowers by the handful
Heidi Connor and her son, Brunton, of Limerick pick sunflowers Thursday morning on Route 108 in Canton. The field and nearby farmstand are owned by Jane Lueders and her daughter, Emma, of Canton. (Marianne Hutchinson/Rumford Falls Times) Sabrina Daoud of Rumford assists customers buying vegetables or sunflowers at a farm stand on Route 108 in […]
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Spending ideas welcome at Canton forum in September
CANTON — Selectmen will hold a forum in September to get ideas on how to spend the community benefit fund the town will receive from Canton Mountain Wind. Board of Selectmen Chairman Russell Adams said the town will get about $32,000 per year from the company that runs an eight-turbine wind farm on Canton Mountain. […]
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Rosella D. Walker
NORWAY — Rosella Drake Walker, 98, of Norway died early Sunday afternoon, Aug. 5, at the Norway Center for Health & Rehabilitation. She was born Sept. 28, 1919, in Canton, a daughter of Francis and Eva (Briggs) Drake. Rosella worked most of her life in local shoe shops. Her last position was at Wilner Wood Products, […]
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Canton hosting Margarita Summer Party
CANTON — The Canton Bicentennial Committee will host a Margarita Summer Party from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, July 21, at the town boat launch off Route 108 in the village. It is free and open to the public. The party will feature a taco bar by Margarita’s Mexican Restaurant in Auburn, with a selection […]
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Christine H. LaPlante
CANTON — Christine H. LaPlante, 89, a former resident of Livermore Falls, passed away Wednesday, July 18, at Pinnacle Health and Rehabilitation Center in Canton. She was born July 29, 1928, in Leeds, the daughter of Guy Burgess and Myrtle (Stevens) Burgess. She attended school in Leeds. On Jan. 6, 1952, in Leeds, she married Joseph […]
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Lost Indian tribes topic for Canton Historical Society
CANTON — The Canton Historical Society will present “Lost Indian Tribes of Western Maine” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 25, at 25 Turner St. Peter Powell will show PowerPoint slides on the period from about 1600 to 1763, when the final treaty of the French and Indian Wars was signed. He will touch on about […]
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Canton Historical Society's new building open
CANTON — The new base for the Canton Historical Society was officially opened Saturday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, a speech by state Sen. Lisa Keim and a few happy tears. A crowd of about 30 attended the ceremony, which celebrated a significant achievement by the society and its volunteers. “The accomplishment that we stand before […]
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Canton Town Office closing for two weeks
CANTON — The Town Office will be closed for two weeks, starting Monday, because the interim administrative assistant, who is also the town clerk, tax collector and treasurer, resigned as of Friday. Deputy Town Clerk Kathy Walker, who was appointed to the four additional positions temporarily after Scott Kilbreth resigned in April, also resigned as […]
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Gloria A. Dalessandro
CANTON — Gloria A. Dalessandro, 85, a lifelong resident of Livermore Falls, passed away Tuesday, June 26, at Pinnacle Health & Rehabilitation in Canton. She was born April 14, 1933, in Livermore Falls, the daughter of Wilfred and Lena (Cloutier) Jacques. She graduated from Livermore Falls High School. On July 14, 1951, she married Richard “Dickie” […]