WOODSTOCK — Taxes on a $100,000 home would increase if a cost-sharing formula for School Administrative District 44 is approved by voters. The formula is based 100 percent on property value. Under the proposed change for 2017-18 and 2018-19, it would shift to 90 percent property value and 10 percent student enrollment, hiking taxes on […]
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Selectmen hear about noisy neighbors
NEWRY — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday asked Code Enforcement Officer David Bonney to investigate noise ordinances and other such regulations, after hearing Randall Baker’s complaints of loud music and exploding fireworks from a wedding venue next to his home. In 2013, Baker and his father sold their former farmhouse at 761 Sunday River […]
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Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Public hearing on recycling referendum Oct. 18
NEWRY — The town will hold a public hearing at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the Town Office to go over the wording of the Oxford County Regional Recycling referendum on the Nov. 8 ballot. The referendum, if passed, will dissolve the Oxford County Regional Recycling Corp. because escalating transportation costs and a […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, River Valley
SAD 44 cost-sharing referendum explained
BETHEL — Voters in Bethel, Greenwood, Newry and Woodstock will decide Nov. 8 whether to change their school district’s cost-sharing formula in two steps over three years. A School Administrative District 44 Cost Sharing Committee, which is made up of one school board member, one selectman and one member at large from each of the […]
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Step Falls parking sparks disagreement
NEWRY — A parking crunch at Step Falls caused disagreement at Tuesday night’s selectmen meeting between the Planning Board and selectmen over who has authority to fix the problem. The popular recreation area, which features a hiking trail to waterfalls on Wight Brook and carved pools in granite, attracts hundreds of visitors in the summer. When […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Newry selectmen approve cemetery upgrades
NEWRY — Selectmen met Tuesday evening to discuss plans to improve the Bear River Road cemetery, make the transfer station more environmentally friendly and address resident concerns. The board agreed to waive the fee to rent the Grange Hall for the Fall Craft Festival on Oct. 29. Last year, the festival raised $336, which went […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills
Newry selectmen accept resubmitted bid for road work
NEWRY — The Board of Selectmen have accepted a $941,760 bid from Swasey Excavation of Andover for the Sunday River Road construction project, Deputy Clerk Kelly Scott said Thursday. Cross Excavation of Bethel offered to do the work for $1.13 million with some exclusions put into its notes, said engineer Joe Aloisio of the JAGA […]
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Newry board requests rebids for road reconstruction
NEWRY — The Board of Selectmen voted Wednesday evening to ask the companies who submitted bids for the Sunday River Road construction project to resubmit them by Monday, Aug. 8. Engineer Joe Aloisio of the JAGA Engineering firm told the board that two bids came in for the project to rebuild a section of the […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills
Parking a problem in Step Falls area of Newry
NEWRY — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Wednesday evening to contact the Maine Department of Transportation as soon as possible about placing temporary no-parking signs in the area of Step Falls Preserve on Bear River Road/Route 26. Resident Brooks Morton told selectmen at their July 27 meeting that he had noticed a lot of […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills
Newry board agrees to donate $300 to Telstar Area Youth Football team
NEWRY — The Board of Selectmen said Tuesday evening that it would allow the Telstar Area Youth Football team to submit a written request for a $300 donation. However, Selectman Jim Largess said he wanted the letter to state that donation requests should be done through the town meeting process so residents have a chance […]