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Selectmen reject loan for Fire-Rescue Station
BUCKFIELD — A split Board of Selectmen opted not to spend $18,000 in loan interest for items removed from the original Fire-Rescue Station project after learning of yet another problem Tuesday night with the roughly $1 million building. Selectmen voted 2-1 to hold off on spending the money until the station, which is located on […]
Buckfield selectmen approve emergency purchases policy
BUCKFIELD — After almost an hour of discussion Tuesday night, selectmen unanimously approved an emergency purchases policy for the town that would require the town manager to notify the board ahead of time and utilize an expedited bid process. The new policy will be added Buckfield’s Personnel Policies and Procedures Handbook. It states that the […]
Buckfield manager questioned about replacing burnt truck
BUCKFIELD — Selectmen voted 2-1 Tuesday night to get a legal opinion on whether Town Manager Cindy Dunn violated protocol by not consulting them before buying a truck to replace one that burned during last week’s nor’easter. The Public Works Department’s 2000 Sterling caught fire Dec. 10 while Jacob Gilbert was plowing Brock School Road, […]
Wiring stolen from the Buckfield Fire-Rescue Station
BUCKFIELD — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of electrical wiring stripped from the walls of the $1 million fire and rescue station under construction. More than 100 feet of wiring was reported missing last Thursday after a worker entered the station, which is in front the Town Office on Turner Street. Police […]
Richardson named rescue chief for Buckfield
BUCKFIELD — Selectmen voted Tuesday night to name Floyd Richardson rescue chief. The longtime Rescue Department member and certified paramedic had been serving as interim chief. In other business, the board held a public hearing on Captain Bly’s entertainment permit and William Sullivan pleaded to consider his situation as a neighbor. “The tavern is the […]
Cuts to Buckfield emergency providers postponed
BUCKFIELD — Selectmen have postponed outlining a plan to cut services from emergency providers until residents meet later this month. The decision halts formal recommendations on how to cut $52,000 from the Rescue Department’s budget, made in light of voters taking up the issue on whether to restore the funding at a special town meeting […]