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BikeMaine cyclists on area roads this weekend
BETHEL — Cyclists participating in BikeMaine will be on Bethel area roads this Fri., Aug. 25, Sat., Aug. 26 and Sun., Aug 27. Intervale Road, Route 232, Route 2, Andover Road, Route 5 and East Bethel Road are a few of the roads listed on the six different bike Routes. Participants will be camping on […]
Newry raises property tax rate 15 cents
Town Administrator Loretta Powers said assessors suggested raising the rate from $8.35 to $8.50 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
Newry auction raises over $100K to support local organizations
All proceeds will be donated to Maine Adaptive, The River Fund Maine, and the MSAD 44 Daycare Initiative.
SeniorsPlus to present 2023 Aging Well Living Well Expo in Newry Sept. 29
NEWRY — The 2023 Aging Well Living Well Expo, presented by SeniorsPlus, is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, at the Grand Summit Hotel and Conference Center at Sunday River, 15 South Ridge Road. Featuring workshops and lectures, the event is a learning opportunity for adults. SeniorsPlus is the designated Area […]
Newry man’s struggle to save Newry Church is personal
Brooks Morton is disappointed that the town didn’t take care of the after they purchased it in 2017.
Maine likely to amend its strict mining laws in the coming months
But the changes could be significant, requiring public hearings and months of information gathering before they go into effect.
Sharing their mushroom mastery
BETHEL — When Amanda Moran of Newry was a child, she thought it was great when a friend showed her family how to forage for black trumpet mushrooms in their Biddeford backyard. Moran hung on to that memory and more recently became “kind of obsessed” about everything mushrooms. Initially she taught herself from an Audubon […]
Newry votes to sell Newry Church, ‘no’ on food sovereignty
NEWRY — Twenty eight voters assembled at Bear River Grange Hall on Monday night for the Newry Annual Town Meeting. The first order of business was to elect Vern Maxfield by written ballot as moderator. After the ballots were counted Maxfield said he joked that he thought Joelle Corey [Newry Code Enforcement Officer] would be […]