MECHANIC FALLS — Voters filled the meeting room at the Town Office on Thursday for a special town meeting to discuss the local referendum question about moving the town’s municipal offices and library to a different building. The question asks voters to approve a refinanced and expanded bond, adding $500,000 to the existing $224,500 loan […]
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New Town Office on Mechanic Falls ballot
MECHANIC FALLS — In addition to the RSU 16 school bond vote, Mechanic Falls has one local referendum question on the 2017 ballot. The question asks voters to authorize town officials to issue a bond in the name of the town to refinance the existing debt of $224,500 and to buy a building and fund […]
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Mechanic Falls meeting set to discuss moving town offices
MECHANIC FALLS — A public hearing will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2, at the Town Office on a plan to move the Town Office, police station and library to a centralized building downtown. Voters will be asked Nov. 7 to approve the plan. An initial hearing, held on Oct. 25, was attended […]
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Optimist Club Student of Month
The Mechanic Falls, Minot and Poland Tri-Town Optimist Club has announced its October RSU 16 Student of the Month recipient, Cadence Peters. A sixth grader at Poland Community School, Peters is described by her teacher and her principal as a cheerful student who is always smiling, positive and sincere — an encouragement to everyone she […]
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RSU 16 leaders urging residents to vote on $5.7 million project
POLAND — About three dozen people turned out for a public forum Wednesday night on the proposed $5.7 million renovation to Regional School Unit 16’s combined middle and high school. About half were Poland, Minot or Mechanic Falls officials or school administrators. Although attendance was about average for school budget forums or other similar public […]
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New Hannaford for Mechanic Falls; new scary mill tour for Bates Mill 1
Merchants in downtown Lewiston and Auburn will be handing out treats for the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce’s Downtown Trick or Treat 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27. This week the Buzz is ready to be scared (for a good cause) and ready to shop and store (eventually). First up: Mechanic Falls is getting […]
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Richard B. Bryant
MINOT — Richard B. Bryant, 73, of Minot, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 24, at his home with his family by his side. He was born in Mechanic Falls on Nov. 2, 1943, the son of Harold and Elsie Knight Bryant. He graduated from Mechanic Falls High School and had worked for Central Maine Power for […]
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Gerald R. Ayotte Jr.
LEWISTON — Gerald R. “Jerry” Ayotte Jr., 72, of Mechanic Falls, died Thursday, Aug. 31, in Lewiston. He was born April 17, 1945, son of the late Gerald Ayotte Sr. and Bertha Charest Ayotte. Full obituary at www.plummerfh.com.
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Woods fire burns nearly an acre in Mechanic Falls
MECHANIC FALLS — A fire believed to have started from logging equipment Tuesday evening burned nearly an acre of woods off Route 121 at the Oxford town line, Fire Chief Fred Sturtevant said. No one was injured and no buildings were damaged, he said. Sturtevant said the fire was about three-quarters of a mile in […]
