MINOT — Town Administrator Arlan Saunders presented selectmen Monday with a proposed 2017 municipal budget of $1.78 million, which is about $75,000 more than this year. The proposal includes buying two new vehicles and building a salt shed. The Highway Department’s 2007 GMC 1-ton truck is scheduled for replacement, which would cost about $36,000. The […]
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Minot Town Office roof repairs fail
MINOT — Town Administrator Arlan Saunders informed selectmen Monday that the temporary patching on the Town Office roof failed during recent rains. Saunders said that the leaking hadn’t been too bad, but that in addition to a repeat of the leaking problems in the treasurer’s office, water was leaking into the lighting fixtures in his […]
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‘I moo.’ Barn weddings go big in Maine
On a trip last fall with her in-laws-to-be, Chelsea Cardarelli scouted a half-dozen wedding venues around western Maine before a waitress suggested the Maine Wedding Barn. It once housed 20,000 bales of hay upstairs, 147 cows downstairs. “As soon as we got out of the car, I just knew it was the place,” said Cardarelli, […]
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Author duo address Hebron, Minot historical societies
MINOT — Retired police officer Mark Nickerson and retired game warden John Ford Sr. recently addressed the Hebron and Minot historical societies at a combined event at the West Minot Grange Hall. Following a potluck dinner, the officers told comical stories about their job experiences. Both have written multiple books, copies of which they signed […]
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Minot selectmen OK request by ATV club
MINOT — Selectmen on Monday approved of the Minot ATV Club using town roads to get from the West Minot Railroad bed to the Hebron town line on Greenwood Mountain Road. Club members present included Dave Castonguay, Jason Piper and John and Jake Marchesseault. It was determined that the major section of the roads are […]
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Arsenic levels at Minot Consolidated School elevated
MINOT — Arsenic levels in the water at Minot Consolidated School are slightly elevated, according to annual test results. Selectman Steve French told the board Monday that the latest report, received this past week, shows arsenic levels are 14 micrograms per liter of water. Until fairly recently, French noted, the allowed level was 20 micrograms […]
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Minot board considers curbing speed near ball fields
MINOT — Fire Chief Dean Campbell told selectmen Monday he’s concerned with the speed of traffic coming off Ball Field Road and passing by the Central Fire Station. Lines of sight are relatively short, both for traffic coming up the hill from the fields at Minot Memorial Park and for traffic making the corner […]
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Campbell named Minot fire chief
MINOT — Selectmen officially appointed Dean Campbell as fire chief on Monday, a week after members of the volunteer fire company elected him as their leader. Campbell assured the board that citations from the Maine Bureau of Labor Standards’ recent inspection had been addressed and a report forwarded to Augusta over a week ago. Town […]
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David E. Harlow
1936 – 2016 LIVERMORE FALLS — David Ernest Harlow, 79, a resident of 37 Church St., Livermore Falls, went to be with the Lord from his home on Monday, April 11, after his struggles with a long battle with heart disease. He was born April 27, 1936, in Greene, the son of Norman and Eleanor […]