MINOT — Selectmen awarded the contract for work on the town’s multipurpose/soccer field to Washburn & Son of Minot. Washburn & Son’s bid of $11,200 was less than half the next lowest of the four bids selectmen opened Monday night, causing some selectmen to wonder whether the bid addressed all the work that was called […]

MINOT — Selectmen on Monday signed an agreement to join other Androscoggin County towns in taking legal action against county commissioners over the county charter. Emily Darby, Minot’s representative on the county Budget Committee, called the board’s attention to a series of the “whereas” clauses in the resolve, which explains how it happened that commissioners […]

MINOT — After a discussion concerning the County Commissioners’ pending vote to amend the new county charter, selectmen agreed on Monday to attend the meeting on Wednesday, June 10, to further discuss taking legal action against the commissioners. Lewiston City Administrator Ed Barrett has called for a meeting of decision makers from Androscoggin County’s 14 […]

MINOT — Richard Sprague, 58, of Minot, died Saturday night after he lost control of his 2004 Harley-Davidson motorcycle on Center Minot Hill Road at about 8:45 p.m. Witnesses said Sprague passed several cars and then lost control, skidded and went off the road and into the woods, according to Maine State Police trooper Nathan […]

MINOT — Selectmen on Monday evening awarded O’Connor Construction of Hebron the contract to build additions to the Central Fire Station on Woodman Hill Road and the Orchard Station on Death Valley Road. O’Connor bid $31,950 for an 18-by-60-foot bay for a rescue vehicle at the Central Fire Station, and $28,000 for a 20-by-46-foot addition, […]