MINOT — Selectmen on Monday awarded a contract for $15,900 to Ron’s Electrical Services of Turner for electrical work in the new additions to the Orchard and Central fire stations. It was the lowest of three bids, Fire Chief Dean Campbell said. The company offered to replace lighting in the older sections of the station for […]
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Minot rec field to be finished soon
MINOT — Selectmen learned Monday night that the Recreation Committee can complete work on the Minot Community Park’s final multipurpose field this month. Committee representative Candace Gilpatric told the board the field is ready to be hydroseeded and she received authorization to get three quotes for the work. When she receives the quotes, Town Administrator […]
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Minot selectmen increase property tax rate
MINOT — Selectmen on Monday set the property tax rate for 2015-16 at $15.60 per $1,000 of assessed property value. It’s a 60 cent increase from the previous fiscal year. Taxes on a property assessed at $100,000 will increase by $60. Of that amount, $18.65 will be for education. “I believe this is the fifth […]
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Harold A. Parsons
1928 – 2015 AUBURN — Harold A. Parsons, 87, of Minot died Tuesday, Aug. 4, at Clover Manor Health Care with his family by his side. Born in Auburn on June 22, 1928, he was a son of the late Howard and Ruth Boothbay. Harold was a member of the Frances Lodge of West Minot […]
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Police to set up sobriety checkpoint in Minot
MINOT — The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department and Maine State Police will conduct a joint sobriety checkpoint Thursday evening, Aug. 6. According to a news release from Sgt. Tim Kachnovich, “our hope is to remove impaired drivers from the roadways and deter motorists from operating under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.” The checkpoint is […]
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Legion Baseball: Lukas Johnson shines as Tri-Town lives another day
Well, in a baseball sense, anyway. The pitcher has been a stalwart for Poland Regional High School and for his Tri-Town American Legion baseball team the past few seasons. Thursday, Johnson gripped Tri-Town’s season between the nimble fingers of his left hand. Friday, it will be someone else’s turn. Johnson scattered nine hits and allowed […]
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Minot board delays payment to school district
MINOT — Selectmen, responding to a letter from Regional School Unit 16 Superintendent Tina Meserve stating the town’s July payment was $6,741 short, agreed on Monday to take care of the problem at their Aug. 3 meeting, by which time the district will perhaps have passed a budget. The town received a bill from RSU […]
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Alfred L. Stone
1932 – 2015 MECHANIC FALLS — Alfred L. Stone, 82, of Mechanic Falls, died unexpectedly Sunday evening, July 12, at his home in Mechanic Falls. Alfred was born on July 17, 1932, in Pierpoint, N.J., a son of Peter and Hazel (Thurston) Stone. He attended schools in Minot, Mechanic Falls and Poland. For the majority […]
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Minot fire station work begins
MINOT — Fire Chief Dean Campbell told selectmen Monday that concrete work for the addition to Orchard Fire Station will start this week. Campbell said a 5-foot frost wall will be poured this week. Similar work will soon start at Central Fire Station off Woodman Hill Road. In March, voters approved plans for a 20- […]
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Golf: No longer a dark horse, Andrew Slattery eager to defend Maine Amateur title
Maine State Golf Association officials patted Andrew Slattery on the back and put a crystal vase in his hand. Television cameras and notebook-wielding reporters captured his every word. The scene at the Woodlands club in Falmouth one year ago had all the proper earmarks. Slattery, relative newcomer to the game from West Minot, was a […]