OTISFIELD — Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, proved Sunday evening at the Bell Hill Meetinghouse in Otisfield that funny politicians do indeed exist. The Bell Hill Meetinghouse Association holds three summer events per year, with the last one being a comedy event. This year, Gary Crocker was scheduled to appear — and he happened to bring […]
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Otisfield driver sentenced to prison for eluding police
PARIS — An Otisfield man was sentenced Friday to four years in prison, with all but one year suspended, for driving without a license and leading police on a high-speed chase in Oxford in April. Cody Niemi, 24, appeared in Oxford County Superior Court for sentencing on felony charges of eluding an officer and aggravated […]
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Otisfield new website expected this fall
OTISFIELD — Administrative Assistant Anne Pastore said at Wednesday evening’s selectmen meeting that rebuilding the town’s website should be done within three months. Pastore said Virtual Town Hall, a Massachusetts company that builds a lot of websites for Maine communities, showed her several examples of websites from other Maine towns. “We agreed that the town […]
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Otisfield mill rate up 85 cents
OTISFIELD — The town’s mill rate for the 2017-18 fiscal year will increase 6.3 percent, or 85 cents, from the previous year, Chairman Hal Ferguson said. The tax rate would increase from $13.40 per $1,000 of valuation to $14.25, he said. The increase in the town’s mill rate was “not the town’s fault” and could […]
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Otisfield selectmen to get website update
OTISFIELD — The Board of Selectmen on Wednesday will get an update on the town’s effort to modernize its website. At the annual town meeting in June, residents voted to increase the line item for the town’s website from $1,950 to $4,500. Administrative Assistant Anne Pastore said the website hadn’t been updated in nearly 13 […]
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Otisfield board approves ordinance, ordinance amendments
OTISFIELD — Board of Selectmen Chairman Hal Ferguson said Tuesday that the board voted Aug. 2 to approve an ordinance prohibiting retail marijuana stores and social clubs in town. Voters passed the ordinance in June, so the board’s vote was procedural, Ferguson said. The board also held procedural votes approving amendments to the Board of Appeals […]
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Firearms training company withdraws Otisfield range application
OTISFIELD — A firearms training company withdrew its site-plan application for a proposed outdoor shooting range off Station Road on Tuesday. The Weaponcraft plan was withdrawn after a Planning Board hearing at the Community Hall where townspeople objected to the project. Maureen Mooney-Howard said she did not feel that the pit near Spurs Corner was […]
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Otisfield man pleads not guilty to driving to endanger, eluding officer
PARIS — An Otisfield man who led police on a chase, crashed his vehicle and attempted to flee from the scene in April pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Oxford County Superior Court to a litany of charges, including driving to endanger and attempting to elude an officer. Cody Niemi, 23, was also charged with operating […]
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Public hearing regarding proposed shooting range planned
OTISFIELD — A public hearing to discuss a proposed shooting range off Station Road has been scheduled for Aug. 1 at the Otisfield Town Office. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m., according to Chairwoman Karen Turino. Turino said that Uel Gardner, operating as Weaponcraft LLC, came before the Planning Board at its June 20 […]
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Otisfield board hear update on timber lots by town forester
OTISFIELD — Town Forester Bill Newcomb updated the Board of Selectmen at Wednesday evening’s meeting on the quality of the town’s three timber lots and the status of the timber market. Selectman Rick Micklon said he and the other selectmen invited Newcomb to speak at Wednesday’s meeting to share his thoughts on whether any of […]