CANTON — Voters will elect five town officers during annual balloting June 11 and act on a budget at the annual meeting June 15. Robert Walker and Brian Keene are running for two selectmen’s positions for three years each. Selectman Shane Gallant, Percy Butler and Chris Dailey are vying for a one-year term. The vacancies […]
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Towns, cities want action on revenue-sharing questions
Cities and towns in Western Maine are planning budgets around gaps as high as $4 million — municipal revenue-sharing funds they’re not sure are going to come from the state. In Canton, that question mark is $80,000. In Canton, that’s a lot. “Five-thousand dollars here is like $500,000 in the city of Auburn,” Administrative Assistant […]
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Irene M. Fournier
1927 – 2013 CANTON — Irene M. Fournier, 85, a former resident of Jay, died Friday, May 24, at Victorian Villa Nursing Home, where she had resided since 2005. She was born Oct. 7, 1927, in Lynn, Mass., the daughter of Albert Poulin and Yvonne (Lebrasseur) Poulin. Irene was a 1946 graduate of Livermore Falls […]
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Request for discussion on Canton properties goes unresolved
CANTON — Selectmen were asked Thursday night to hold a discussion at the annual town meeting on the sale and use of town properties. Chris Dailey of the Land Use Committee made the request, but the board made no decision. The committee was formed last year to take inventory of town property and buildings, and […]
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Canton Fire Department cleans up
CANTON — Led by the Canton Fire Department, volunteers scoured the roads Sunday to clean up debris, including more than 300 tires. Fire Chief Shane Gallant said 14 volunteers, who included firefighters and their families, gathered at 7 a.m and cleaned two miles of Route 140 and some secondary roads. They found garbage, building and […]
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Dixfield teen riding atop car roof pinned under it after rollover
MEXICO — A Dixfield teenager who was riding on a car roof Thursday afternoon on Thad White Road was pinned under the car when it rolled into a drainage ditch, police said. Firefighters from Mexico, Rumford and Dixfield lifted the rear of the car and held it up, allowing Med-Care Ambulance crewmen to retrieve the […]
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Man accused of saw attack pleads to reckless conduct
PARIS — A Jay man accused of beating a man and throwing a circular saw at him in August 2012 pleaded guilty to reckless conduct Wednesday in Oxford County Superior Court. Scott R. Narhuminti, 42, received a one-year deferred disposition and must pay $1,500 in restitution to the victim. A charge of aggravated assault was […]
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RSU 10 board approves $36.2 million budget
RUMFORD — The RSU 10 board passed on Monday a proposed 2013-14 operating budget of $36,181,848 that reflects a 2.95 increase over the current year’s figure. Residents of the 12 member towns will now have a chance to ask questions or make comments on the proposal at two public hearings set for 6:30 p.m., May […]
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Extension Homemakers Council celebrated 4-H at spring meeting
HERMON — The Maine Extension Homemakers Council Spring Meeting was held at Morgan Hill event Center with 73 in attendance. The theme was Hats Off to 4-H 100th Anniversary. Immediate Past President, Barbara Hathaway of Wilton, and Past President Jackie Conant, of Canton, presented gifts to six First Timer. John Rebar, University of Maine Cooperative […]