WILTON — Selectpersons on Tuesday unanimously approved designating several locations as drug-free safe zones. Chief of Police Heidi Wilcox requested the designation and appropriate labeling for areas where children congregate, including licensed day care centers, a child-only fishing area, and Western Maine Play Museum. Backus Memorial Field, and East Wilton, Village View, Bass, and McGillicuddy […]
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Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Property issues and permitting discussed in Wilton
WILTON — Code Enforcement Officer Charles Lavin reported on several issues at the Board of Selectpersons meeting Tuesday night. Lavin stated a property owner on Thompson Street had received a 30-day notice to clean up their property. This came after someone at a neighboring residence reported rat activity, he said. “I am just informing the […]
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What You Need to Know: Buckfield Board of Selectmen
Buckfield Board of Selectmen May 1, 2018 Buckfield Municipal Center Bid approved What happened: Selectmen accepted the lowest bid for the engineering work for the Shedd Hollow Road bridge replacement. What it means: The $17,600 bid from Main-Land Development Consultants of Livermore Falls was significantly less than the other three, Town Manager Joe Roach […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
West Paris board tables junkyard request
WEST PARIS — Selectmen on Thursday tabled a junkyard permit application from Kalvin Mason because the town revoked his permit earlier this year for not complying with its conditions. “He is under investigation by (the Maine Department of Environmental Protection) and we don’t need to go through with this,” Board of Selectmen Chairman Dennis Henderson […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
West Paris property ordered cleaned up
WEST PARIS — Town officials are demanding that Chandler Wright of Greenwood clean his Bethel Road property or face a potential violation as an unauthorized junkyard. Town Manager John White told selectmen Thursday that he sent Wright a letter recently, demanding that he clean up his property, which has several unregistered, unfit-for-the-road vehicles and a boat […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
West Paris Fire Station to be modified
WEST PARIS — The Fire Station will soon have a new wall, giving the fire chief a private space for meeting with the public and offering more security for records and equipment. The current building configuration does not allow for much privacy or security in the chief’s office area, because his desk is just inside the […]
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser
Jay board grants permits for junkyard, automobile recycling
JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to grant a one-year junkyard permit and a five-year automobile recycling permit to Clark’s Scrap Metals, doing business as Clark’s Riverside Scrap, at the former Otis Falls Mill. The board held a public hearing prior to approving the permits. The company still has to go before the Planning Board on […]
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Jay officials tour proposed junkyard, auto recycling business
JAY — Several people toured the proposed site and operation of Clark’s Riverside Scrap Monday at the former Otis paper mill property. The Board of Selectpersons were taking up an application for a junkyard and automobile recycling permits on Monday night. The Planning Board will consider a shoreland zoning permit application because part of the […]
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser
Jay boards to visit proposed junkyard, scrap metal recycling site
JAY — The Planning Board took no action Tuesday on a shoreland zoning permit application for a proposed junkyard and automobile recycling business but set a visit to review the former Otis Mill site, Code Enforcement Officer Ronda Palmer said. Selectpersons have been invited to visit the site at 10 a.m. July 27, she said. […]
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Turner selectmen OK four junkyard permits
TURNER — Selectmen on Monday approved four junkyard permits after holding public hearings. Permits were granted for David Richardson at 140 Harlow Hill Road, David Richardson at 1630 Auburn Road, Lester Quimby at 38 Quimby Road and Jesse Walker at 148 Country Road. Code Enforcement Officer Roger Williams provided photos of the properties for the […]