WILTON — The Board of Selectpersons approved a proposed 2015 budget of $516,228 for the water department Tuesday. During the coming year, the department intends to apply for a rate change, Clayton Putnam, water/wastewater superintendent told the board. The amount has not been determined yet. The rate hike would take effect in January 2016, he […]
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Paris recreation and conservation committees merge
PARIS — Citing declining participation and an overlapping purpose, selectmen Monday approved merging the conservation and recreation departments. The move reorganizes the Conversation Committee as a recreation subcommittee. Volunteer participation in the Conservation Committee, which traditionally preserves trail conditions at Cornwall Nature Preserve on Paris Hill and Billings Dam Park, has fallen to just a […]
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Maine seeking applicants for conservation grants
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine is looking for groups interested in grants to support conservation projects for wetland and wildlife habitats. Letters of intent for the nearly $1.7 million in grants through the Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program are due June 30 and can be submitted online. The program has provided nearly $10 million to restoration […]
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Penobscot River gets federal ‘Habitat Focus Areas’ designation
PORTLAND — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it will focus conservation efforts on the Penobscot River watershed area in Maine and the Choptank River complex in Maryland and Delaware. The agency announced Monday that the two waterways have been designated “Habitat Focus Areas.” The Penobscot is New England’s second largest river and serves […]
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Maine conservation group issues environmental scorecard for Legislature
AUGUSTA — A bipartisan group of Maine lawmakers shared the limelight Thursday as Maine Conservation Voters released its annual scorecard on legislative voting records Thursday. Maureen Drouin, MCV’s executive director, said the last lawmaking session produced “mixed results” for Maine’s environment. MCV is a nonpartisan organization that works to make the protection of Maine’s environment […]
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153 acres on Paris Hill protected by land trust
PARIS — A conservation easement on 153 acres of mixed woodland and hay field off Ryerson Hill Road on Paris Hill has been donated to the Western Foothills Land Trust. The easement was recorded with the Oxford County Registry of Deeds on July 29 by Jon and Carla Magoun, who have lived in their home on the […]