Leonel Reyes cuts firewood at Jillson’s Farm in Sabattus on Sunday afternoon. Reyes said the wood will be used to heat the farm store, run the wood fired evaporator during the spring maple syrup season and to heat the home of farm owners, Pat and Ed Jillson. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)
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Minot officials get 2019 budget proposals
MINOT — The leaders of three major town departments have presented their 2019 budget proposals, totaling $33,000 less than the current year’s budgets, to town officials. The three budgets for the Highway Department, Fire Department and town administration represent a net 2.2 percent decrease from the current year’s operating expenses, Town Administrator Danielle Loring told selectmen […]
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Minot selectmen hear details of tax break program for farmland
MINOT — Selectmen on Monday night heard a presentation on a state program that could, if implemented by the town, reduce taxes on qualifying farmland. Stephanie Gilbert of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry detailed guidelines of the state’s Voluntary Municipal Farm Support Program for selectmen. Enacted in 2011, the program offers property […]
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Minot board OKs employee personnel policy
MINOT — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday night approved a revised personnel policy that will take effect in January. The line-by-line review took five months, Selectman Lisa Cesare said. “Nothing really affects what we’re doing right now … most of these rules are in place” Town Administrator Danielle Loring said. Until the policy is […]
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Minot Historical Society hosting open house
The Minot Historical Society will hold an open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday and Monday, Oct. 7 and 8, at the parsonage of the Center Minot Congregational Church, 493 Center Minot Hill Road. The History House, as its known, is the former home of the Rev. Elijah Jones and his family, and is being […]
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Origin of apples topic of Minot, Hebron societies talk
MINOT — John Bunker of Palermo, author of “Not Far From the Tree,” addressed the Minot and Hebron historical societies recently on the history of apples. Bunker has spent more than 40 years studying and researching apple production with emphasis on the heritage varieties found locally. He said historical evidence shows that the first […]
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Minot manager says Addressing Ordinance needed
MINOT — Town Administrator Danielle Loring told selectmen Monday night that a new Addressing Ordinance is needed because some residents have picked their own house numbers. Loring said while 90 percent of property owners are in compliance with 911 address rules, some have selected their own numbers. “Some people kind of threw numbers out there […]
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Angling before work
Jacob Kolar of Auburn fishes for trout Thursday on the Little Androscoggin River in Minot. Kolar fished before heading to work, where he drives a truck. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)
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Poland Regional High School celebrates 20th anniversary
POLAND — The 20th anniversary of Poland Regional High School will be celebrated at halftime during Friday night’s football game. Authorized recently by the Regional School Unit 16 board of directors, the ceremony will honor original members of the high school’s building committee, along with faculty and staff members who have been at the school since it […]
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Cliff Lavoie
MINOT — Brother, Dad and friend, Cliff Lavoie, of Minot passed Saturday, Sept. 8. Born March 31, 1955, to Emery and Jeanne Lavoie, Cliff leaves behind three children: Glenn Lane and wife, Nikki; Kendall Lane and wife, Monica; and Katie Lavoie; brothers: Robert and wife, Dee; Nelson and wife, Karen; Norman and Arlene; Richard and wife, […]