NEWRY — Town elections will be held Monday, March 2, at the Town Office. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. to choose a moderator, a selectman and two school board members. Administrator Loretta Powers said Wednesday that Selectman Brooks Morton is seeking re-election in a contested race with former Selectman Jim […]
Letter S road project
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Newry board OKs road project for March warrant
NEWRY — Selectmen approved adding a road project and funding for it at Tuesday night’s special meeting to finalize the March town meeting warrant and municipal budget. They also debated removing the “fire ponds” requirement from the fire suppression ordinance but decided to leave it in for the Feb. 17 public hearing on ordinance proposals […]
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Newry board mulls road projects
NEWRY — Selectmen on Monday discussed about $1.5 million worth of proposed road projects, two of which may be presented to voters at the annual town meeting in March, Administrator Loretta Powers said Wednesday afternoon.. Voters will decide, either by a straw poll or discussion, how to finance the work on the Sunday River Road. […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Newry board learns about road woes
NEWRY — Selectmen learned Tuesday night that $1,000 a month, on average, is being spent to patch potholes on Sunday River Road. Code Enforcement Officer Dave Bonney said the worst of it was between Foster’s historic farmstead and the Sunday River bridge. That prompted Selectman Gary Wight to ask if the town should consider rebuilding […]
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Feb. 18 deadline dropped for Newry road fix package
NEWRY — Selectmen decided late Tuesday afternoon to revisit the Letter S road project timeline at the board’s budget meeting at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, in the Town Office. Last month, officials sent out engineering requests for proposals to a list of identified firms to reconstruct a 1,200-foot section of the Sunday River Road […]
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Newry board to soon put Sunday River Road, Letter S project out to bid
NEWRY — Selectmen expect to soon seek bids to reconstruct and pave a section of Sunday River Road in the Letter S area this summer. Administrator Loretta Powers said Tuesday morning that engineer Joe Aloisio brought his proposal for the project before the board Monday night. In October, Aloisio presented the plan to reconstruct, reclaim […]