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Newry selectmen approve liquor licenses, plan hearing
NEWRY — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday night approved several liquor licenses, selected a Maine Municipal Association delegate and planned a public hearing on the Oxford County Regional Recycling referendum. A new liquor license was unanimously approved for Origins LLC, doing business as Bluebird, at 23 Sunday River Road. A public hearing was held […]
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Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Newry board OKs contract with Bridgton animal shelter
NEWRY — Selectmen on Tuesday night signed a contract with the Harvest Hills Animal Shelter in Bridgton and approved insurance coverage for volunteers who serve the town’s needs. Deputy Town Clerk Kelly Scott said Thursday that Newry’s animal control officer, Sue Milligan, takes stray or lost dogs to the Bridgton shelter. That’s why they contract […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Newry board approves 42-cent increase in tax rate
NEWRY — Town Office employees were busy Wednesday morning printing off 3,447 property tax bills and stuffing them into envelopes. Selectmen set the new tax rate Tuesday night at $9.47 per $1,000 of valuation, Administrator Loretta Powers said. It is a 42-cent increase. “The tax bills will be in tomorrow’s mail,” she said. Despite the […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Newry to fix $75,000 error
NEWRY — Selectmen hastily scheduled a special board meeting for Thursday, June 18, to draft a warrant to correct a March town meeting error. Near the end of Tuesday night’s board meeting, Administrator Loretta Powers said no one caught the mistake in Article 34 that was supposed to take $75,000 from unappropriated surplus and buy […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills
Newry board to hold special town meeting on 3-year roads contract
NEWRY — Selectmen will convene a special town meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, to authorize selectmen to enter a three-year road maintenance contract. The meeting will be held in the Town Office. After electing a moderator, voters will be asked to authorize the board to sign a contract to provide summer and winter […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Newry board discusses changing fiscal year
NEWRY — Selectmen on Tuesday night discussed changing the town fiscal year. Newry holds its town meetings in March. It runs on a calendar year, January through December. Selectman Wendy Hanscom said the town could go from October to April for its financial year, but “that’s a long stretch without collecting taxes.” “Cash flow, is […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Newry board appoints municipal officers
NEWRY — Selectmen chose Gary Wight as chairman Tuesday night and appointed Sarah Berry to a three-year term as health officer. They also appointed Brooks Morton to the Planning Board and Amy Call as a Planning Board alternate. Administrator Loretta Powers said the board is looking for one more Planning Board alternate and someone to […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Newry board appoints Selectman Gary Wight to SAD 44 Withdrawal Committee
NEWRY — Selectmen voted 2-0 Wednesday night to appoint Selectman Gary Wight to the School Administrative District 44 Withdrawal Committee. Wight replaces former Selectman Albert Brooks Morton on the committee. Morton was defeated at the polls Monday by challenger Jim Largess. He received 92 votes to Morton’s 79. After Wednesday night’s selectmen meeting, Wight told Morton […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Newry board adds shuttle bus request to warrant
NEWRY — While working on the March town meeting warrant Tuesday night, selectmen decided to include a request for $10,000 from The Mountain Explorer shuttle bus but not include a recommendation. The free public transit program between Bethel and Newry takes people to work, to Sunday River Ski Resort to ski or snowboard, and to […]