1932 – 2015 SOUTH PARIS — Charles E. “Buster” Morse, 83, of South Paris passed away Sunday, Oct. 4, at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, Mass. Buster was born in Newry on Feb. 15, 1932, a son of Cyrus Clark and Edna (Jordan) Morse. He attended schools in Hanover, Newry, Bethel and Locke […]
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Sunday River releases video of snow gun test
B-Roll, Snowmaking Test at Sunday River, September 22 from Sunday River Media Page on Vimeo. NEWRY — Maine has been experiencing a phenomenal stretch of warm, sunny weather but that hasn’t stopped a Maine ski resort from testing its snow guns. Sunday River completed a full test of its systems at daybreak Tuesday, firing up […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Buckfield: Community Day Committee, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Hartford: Ordinance Committee, 7 p.m., Town Hall Jay: Special selectmen meeting, 3:30 p.m., Town Office Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Lynchtown Township: Oxford County Commission, 10 a.m., Bosebuck Mountain Camps, 2013 Parmachenee Road Newry: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office […]
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SAD 44 agrees to mediation on Newry withdrawal issue
The SAD 44 committee negotiating with Newry’s Withdrawal Committee has agreed to mediation to try to come to a withdrawal agreement for Newry residents to consider. The Newry panel had proposed the move. “We are agreeing to mediation because it’s the next best tool to resolve the withdrawal challenges,” SAD 44 committee Chairman Marcel Polak […]
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Oxford Hills Casco: Open Space Committee, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Newry: Road Committee, 5 p.m., Town Office Newry: Fire Department, 7 p.m., Bear River Station Paris: Paris Utility District Board of Trustees, 6:30 p.m., 7 C N Brown Way River Valley Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town […]
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Newry Withdrawal Committee: SAD 44 officials stalling
NEWRY — After receiving another counterproposal from School Administrative District 44 that is very similar to the last one, some Newry Withdrawal Committee members said SAD 44 officials are stalling and not bargaining in good faith. SAD 44 Withdrawal Committee Chairman Marcel Polak, however, denied that claim and said his committee is simply trying to […]
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Oxford Hills Hartford: Food Bank, 4 p.m., Town Hall Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall Newry: Fire Department, 3 p.m., Sunday River Station Newry: Cemetery Committee, 5 p.m., Town Office River Valley Peru: Planning Board, 4 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: […]
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Registration for wife-carrying competition at Sunday River opens Aug. 3
NEWRY — Registration for the 16th annual North American Wife Carrying Competition will officially open on Monday, Aug. 3, Sunday River employee Karolyn Castaldo said Monday afternoon. The competition is scheduled to take place on Oct. 10 at Sunday River Ski Resort as part of their Fall Festival. Castaldo said that although the competition takes […]
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DOE rejects ending Newry withdrawal negotiations
NEWRY — The Commissioner of Education said in a letter last week to SAD 44 that he does not have the authority to suspend the Newry withdrawal negotiations, as the school board had requested. The board asked for the suspension in order to pursue forming a districtwide committee to craft a local school funding formula […]
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Tough Mountain Challenge racer gets wedding proposal, ring at finish line
NEWRY — Months of preparation and training came together on Saturday for 3,500 registered entrants at Sunday River Ski Resort’s sixth annual Tough Mountain Challenge. For morning racer Christopher Parish, 26, of Sanford, everything fell into place at noon in one sublime moment in front of thousands of people when his girlfriend, Oxford Hills native […]