CANTON — Selectmen on Thursday night set Wednesday, Oct. 22, for a public hearing on a petitioned article for the November ballot. The article will ask if citizens will vote on a fire chief every three years rather than have one appointed for them. The hearing will be at 6:30 p.m. in the Town Office. […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Newry: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Board of Assessors, 3 p.m., Municipal Building Rumford: Sidewalk Committee, 4:30 p.m., Municipal Building Wednesday Bethel: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Thursday Canton: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Combined meeting of RSU 10 board and Region 11 School of Applied Technology board, 6 p.m., Oxford Hills […]
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Celebrates 100th birthday
Dorothy Hiscock celebrated her 100th birthday at the Victorian Villa in Canton with her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Also present for the Sept. 17 gathering was her only living sibling, Roger Gammon. Hiscock was born on Sept. 17, 1914, in the old homestead on Gurney Hill in Hartford. The fifth of 10 children born […]
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Canton lake association keeps tabs on water clarity
CANTON — Selectmen were advised Thursday night to enforce shoreland zoning rules to protect the health of Lake Anasagunticook. Tom Hamilton of the Lake Anasagunticook Association presented the board with an overview of the lake’s health and said it is generally OK. He showed Secchi readings, which measure water clarity, for May to September from […]
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Dixfield library hires Canton woman as new storytime coordinator
DIXFIELD — The Ludden Memorial Library hired a new employee to run the preschool Storytime Hour at 10:30 a.m. every Monday, Librarian Peggy Malley said Tuesday afternoon. Malley said that the library hired Canton resident Loretta Blancato as the new storytime coordinator. She will be responsible for organizing the weekly story hour and inviting guests […]
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Annual ATV toy run is Sept. 27
JAY/FARMINGTON — The 18th annual WhistleStop ATV Toy Run is Saturday, Sept. 27. Participants should bring a new toy (wrapped to protect from dust) or cash donation and meet at McDonald’s parking lot in Jay at 7:30 a.m. or at the end of the Whistle Stop Trail on the Town Farm Road in Farmington at […]
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River Valley Animal Advocates receive grant for spay/neuter trailer
CANTON — The River Valley Animal Advocates recently received a $10,000 grant from the Belvedere Animal Welfare Fund of the Maine Community Foundation to be used to purchase medical and surgical equipment to be used in a mobile, self-contained, spay/neuter trailer for cats to be used in Oxford County. “This grant will help many local […]
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GrowSmart Maine begins pilot project with Movie Night on Sept. 17
LIVERMORE FALLS — GrowSmart Maine will soon release a new online community resource: Making Headway in Your Community. T his online clearinghouse of local, regional, statewide and even national organizations connects community members with people available to assist in identifying goals and completing on-the-ground projects related to economic development, environmental conservation and community revitalization. GrowSmart […]