NEWRY — The new owner of the Sunday River Golf Club in Newry has filed a lawsuit against the club’s former owner, alleging that owner has continued to sell memberships for the upcoming golf season despite no longer owning the property, according to a report by the Portland Press Herald. George Marcus, attorney for Newry […]
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Newry voters approve additional $264K for Sunday River Road project
NEWRY — Residents at a special town meeting Tuesday voted to appropriate an additional $264,000 toward the Sunday River Road project, Town Administrator Amy Bernard said. At the annual town meeting on March 8, residents voted to authorize the Board of Selectmen to issue a bond not to exceed $850,000 to pave Sunday River Road […]
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Nomination papers available for Newry offices
NEWRY — One resident has taken out nomination papers for selectman, but no one has stepped forward to get papers for SAD 44 director. A town employee said Board of Selectmen Chairman Gary Wight took out papers for a three-year term. His term ends in March 2016. Deputy Town Clerk Kelly Scott said prospective candidates […]
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Newry acquiring forestry truck for Fire Department
NEWRY – The Board of Selectmen voted Tuesday evening to allow Fire Chief Bruce Pierce to acquire a forestry truck from the Maine State Forest Service, Deputy Town Clerk Kelly Scott said Thursday. Scott said Pierce told the board Tuesday evening that the Maine State Forest Service would allow the town to acquire a five-ton, […]
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Newry’s wedding bridge: ‘It’s magical. It’s perfect.’
Free, rustic and available, Artist’s Covered Bridge has become mecca for newlyweds. Covered bridges have always carried a mystical, magical allure for me as a photographer and as an artist who paints and draws them in a variety of different settings. I have photographed several weddings in my photography career, but I had never seen […]
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Newry waiting for state OK to name withdrawal committee
NEWRY — Selectmen and other residents learned early Tuesday evening that the board must wait for permission from the Maine Department of Education before assembling a school withdrawal committee. “The Department of Education sent us a notice saying, ‘You can’t appoint anyone until we tell you to,’” Selectman Brooks Morton said. Believing that the department […]