Mac Field, who turns 2 next week, plays in his favorite puddle at his home in Newry on Thursday. (Candace Hall photo)
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Posted inBethel, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Colleges team up with Sunday River on new culinary program
AUBURN — Southern Maine Community College and Central Maine Community College are teaming up with Sunday River Resort in Newry on a new culinary apprenticeship program that will provide the resort with skilled workers for its restaurants and food outlets. According to a written statement from SMCC in South Portland, the agreement provides for up […]
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Connections, Rumford Falls Times, sj-web, The Franklin Journal
Androscoggin River Watershed conference to cover history to future use
NEWRY — The Androscoggin River is home to a host of recreational activities and events. Over the past decade, recreation throughout the watershed has increased significantly. The 23rd annual Androscoggin River Watershed Conference will bring people with a wide range of interests in the river and the watershed together to learn about all that is […]
Posted inBethel, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Newry withdrawal impasse likely to continue
NEWRY — Disagreement between members of the Maine House and Senate has effectively killed a bill that could have helped Newry withdraw from School Administrative District 44, according to the office of state Rep. Fran Head, R-Bethel. Negotiations for a withdrawal agreement that Newry residents could vote on are stalled, and without the passage of […]
Posted inBethel
Hiker rescued after 8 hours
NEWRY — A Massachusetts man was found safe late Wednesday night, eight hours after being lost while hiking the Grafton Loop Trail, according to the Maine Warden Service. Thomas Dilger, 29, of Worcester, Massachusetts, was hiking alone on the eastern section of the trail that goes from Route 26 to the summit of Puzzle Mountain. He […]
Posted inBusiness, The Franklin Journal
Boyne Resorts going from operator to owner of six resorts, including two in Maine
While Boyne Resorts officials weren’t talking the day after announcing plans to buy Sunday River and Sugarloaf, the head of the Ski Maine Association called it good news for Maine. Boyne, which has long managed Maine’s two largest ski resorts, announced an agreement on Monday with Ski Resort Holdings LLC to buy six resorts and […]
Posted inBethel
Jim Largess re-elected as Newry selectman
NEWRY — Selectman Jim Largess was re-elected to a three-year term at Monday’s annual elections. He received 65 votes to challenger Gary Drown’s 32. Largess has served more than 10 non-consecutive years: first from 2003 to 2012 and from 2015 to 2018. Drown has lived in Newry since 1999, according to a recent letter to the […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Selectman contest, pot moratorium on Newry warrant
NEWRY — Voters will elect a selectman Monday and decide on a marijuana moratorium and a town budget Tuesday. Selectman Jim Largess is being challenged by Gary Drown for a three-year term. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. March 5 at the Town Office. The town meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. […]
Posted inBethel
SAD 44 school board rejects third vote on funding formula
BETHEL — School Administrative District 44 directors Monday voted 5-8 against re-establishing the process that would lead to a third districtwide vote to change the cost-sharing formula for the four member towns. The Newry Withdrawal Committee had requested a third vote, after those in 2016 and 2017 failed to change the formula from 100 percent […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills
Newry voters to consider meeting change, church aquisition
NEWRY — Selectmen plan to ask voters at the March 6 annual town meeting if they want to change annual meetings to May or June. The question arose after the town switched its financial year from January to December to July to June. Town Administrator Amy Bernard said at Tuesday’s selectmen meeting that because of […]