CANTON — The Canton Water District is applying for grants to extend its water main from the downtown to the new Town Office and fire station on Route 108, Superintendent Debi Hutchins told selectmen last week. “We’re trying to get decent water to the fire station, but there is no financial obligation (on the town’s […]
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Bethel board considers public hearing on fluoride, heating system
BETHEL — The Board of Selectmen will hear a request Monday for an hourlong public hearing on whether to remove fluoride from the town’s drinking water. The board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26, at the Town Office. The town has added fluoride to the water supply since 1970. Bethel business owner Sarah […]
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Project to clean Lake Auburn drinking water intake wraps up
AUBURN — Cleaning the Twin Cities’ water supply intake pipe is a pretty straightforward job, according to water officials. “It’s the planning that takes all the effort,” said John Storer, superintendent of the Auburn Water District. Workers began cleaning the intake pipe Monday and they’d all but finished by Wednesday morning. There will be one […]
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Public hearing on fluoride in drinking water set for Aug. 25
BETHEL — A public hearing to discuss whether or not the town should remove fluoride from the town’s drinking water is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 25, during the regularly scheduled selectmen’s meeting. Although the town has added fluoride to the water supply since 1970, Bethel business owner Sarah Lane recently brought evidence […]
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Bethel residents to vote on fluoride in drinking water
BETHEL — Selectmen on Monday unanimously voted to call a special town meeting for Sept. 8 to vote on whether to continue adding fluoride to the town drinking water. Fluoride is touted as a deterrent to tooth decay. Bethel has been adding it to the water since a town vote in 1970. But at Monday’s […]