HARRISON — Residents at the town meeting Wednesday evening will vote on a $1.89 million budget that includes money for paving, a bucket loader, a pickup truck and a new roof on the fire station. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. June 10 at Harrison Elementary School, 309 Naples Road. There are 23 articles on […]
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Crooked River conservation side-steps Augusta battle
HARRISON — When Robert Carlson’s father-in-law was hospitalized in Portland nearly sixty years ago, he gave instructions for the young sawmill operator to watch over nearly 3,000 forested acres. Carlson never saw him again. Now 89, he’s spent most of his life tending the land like a garden, carefully harvesting and selling the timber over decades, […]
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Steve F. Farnum
1954 – 2015 NORWAY — Steve F. Farnum, 61, of Harrison, died early Monday morning, May 4, at Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway, with his loving family by his side. He was born on Apr. 20, 1954, in La Rochelle, France, a son of Frederick and Eleanor (Wing) Farnum. A graduate of Telstar High School […]
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Harrison club announces Lion Hearted Award
HARRISON — The Harrison Lions Club has established the Lion Hearted Award to be presented a person up to age of 18 and a person over 18. To be eligible, persons must reside in Bridgton, Harrison, Naples or Waterford and have demonstrated at least one of the following traits: * Innovative in solving a particular […]
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Harrison home destroyed by fire
HARRISON — Firefighters from a dozen communities combined to fight a fire at 485 Maple Ridge Road Tuesday afternoon. Crews from Harrison were called to the fire around 3:55 p.m. to the 19th-century post-and-beam structure at the intersection of Maple Ridge and Haskell Hill Road. According to Harrison fire Chief Dana LaPlante, firefighters arrived on […]
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Mixed martial arts: Boyington vs. Harrison eagerly awaited main event at NEF XVII
LEWISTON — Saturday night’s main event at New England Fights XVII is a simple demonstration of supply and demand. Local mixed martial arts enthusiasts have demanded a fight between Bruce Boyington and Jamie Harrison, and the region’s dominant fight promotion is happy to provide. The NEF lightweight title showdown between Boyington (10-7) and Harrison (5-1) is […]
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Kindergarten registration scheduled SUMNER — Hartford-Sumner Elementary School — serving the towns of Hartford, Sumner and Buckfield — will conduct kindergarten registration and screening for the 2015-2016 class from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 15 and 16 at the school, 145 Maine St., Sumner. All children who register must be 5 years old on […]
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This week’s agenda
Franklin Tuesday Farmington: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Livermore: Joint Selectmen and Budget Committee, 7 p.m., Livermore Elementary School cafeteria Phillips: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Livermore Falls: Budget Committee, 5:30 p.m., Town Office Thursday Farmington: Transportation Advisory Committee, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Livermore Falls: Selectmen’s budget workshop, 5 p.m., Town Office Livermore Falls: RSU […]
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Harrison officials taking inventory of cemeteries, researching ownership
HARRISON — A cemetery is supposed to be protected, in part, out of reverence for the dead, and a place for quiet reflection. That’s hard to do if no one knows it exists. Town Clerk Melissa St. John said people came to the Town Office to purchase lots at Bolsters Mills Cemetery on Bolsters Mills […]