OTISFIELD – The Board of Selectmen will meet with Tice Waste Management on Wednesday, June 7, to discuss the town’s future recycling options. The board meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Town Office. Last month, selectmen learned that after July 1, Oxford County Regional Recycling Corp. will not make pickups in Otisfield. Androscoggin Valley […]
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Otisfield residents discuss annual town meeting warrant articles at public hearing
OTISFIELD — Residents voted Thursday to amend an article on the town meeting warrant to appropriate money for an electronic sign outside the Town Office. Instead of appropriating $22,000 from the timber reserve account, the article will read “no more than $25,000.” The vote followed a public hearing by selectmen. One resident asked selectmen what […]
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Otisfield finances ‘on the right track’
OTISFIELD — The town’s auditor told the Board of Selectmen on Wednesday evening that their finances are “good” and “on the right track.” Auditor Bruce Nadeau passed out a six-page sample of the 77-page report, explaining to the board that he would “go over the meat of the report.” Nadeau said that the town’s general […]
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Otisfield board to review timber lots
OTISFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will task the town forester with assessing the town’s timber lots to see if anything needs to be cut, Administrative Assistant Anne Pastore said. Pastore said that at the board’s May 17 meeting board members mentioned that the town’s three large timber lots “haven’t been looked at in a […]
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Otisfield board to hold public discussion on electronic sign proposal
OTISFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will display an electronic sign for public viewing from 6:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, at the Town Office. The board is proposing such a sign for the Town Office and voters will decide at the annual town meeting June 24 whether to buy one. In January, Selectman […]
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Otisfield board appoints Conservation Committee member
OTISFIELD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously appointed Marc Corriveau to the Conservation Committee on Wednesday evening. Chairman Hal Ferguson told Corriveau that the board is trying to talk to everyone applying for committee positions, “whether we know them or not,” about why they want to be appointed and what their goals are. “We spoke […]
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Efficient lights, sign ordinance to be addressed at Otisfield meeting
OTISFIELD — Updates on an energy-saving program and a sign ordinance are on the agenda for Wednesday’s selectmen meeting at 7 p.m. at the Town Office. Selectmen voted April 19 to move forward with a proposal by Efficiency Maine to install LED lights in the Town Office building on Route 121. Administrative Assistant Anne Pastore said […]
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Otisfield selectmen offer opinions on municipal budget
Otisfield Selectmen Hal Ferguson and Rick Micklon review parts of the municipal budget for 2017-18 at Tuesday’s meeting at the Town Office. OTISFIELD — The Board of Selectmen and Administrative Assistant reviewed parts of the 2017-18 municipal budget Tuesday evening. Pastore said the town election line would go down “significantly” because 2017 isn’t an election […]
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Bail set at $10,000 cash for Otisfield man who led police on chase
PARIS — Bail was set at $10,000 cash Friday afternoon for an Otisfield man charged after a police chase in Oxford, crashing his truck and fleeing. Cody Niemi, 23, was arrested at his home on Bean Road Wednesday and charged with driving to endanger, attempting to elude an officer, operating after suspension, and a probation violation, […]
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Cumberland deputies find truck but not driver from chase
This photo of the pickup truck from Monday night’s chase was taken in January. The truck now has a cap on the bed. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a suspect that deputies said was driving a white pickup in a high-speed chase Monday night from Naples to Otisfield. About 11:40 p.m. Monday, […]