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Farmington planners to review recreation area proposal
FARMINGTON — A proposed family recreation area for fishing and play comes before the Planning Board at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, at the Municipal Building. Earlier this year, Board Chairman Clayton King brought his idea to create a farm pond at 294 Titcomb Hill Road before the board. He planned to return for site […]
Police investigate another copper theft in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police began a seventh investigation into a theft of copper from a house within 20 days on Thursday. An owner of a house on the lower end of Park Street was mowing the lawn and noticed the back door had been damaged, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Thursday. The forced entry […]
Oxford 250 ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Sunday in the Park
OXFORD — The first time fate rang Steve Park’s telephone, he left it on the hook. On the answering machine — “voice mail” was a foreign expression in 1996 — was a voice claiming to be that of Dale Earnhardt. The NASCAR legend wanted Park, then a rising star on the Modified and Busch North […]
Portland votes to protect downtown plaza from development
The ballot question Tuesday asked Portland residents if they wanted to add 35 open spaces to the city’s list of protected lands and make it more difficult to sell them. The key piece was Congress Square Plaza, a half-acre plaza in downtown Portland. The city wanted to sell most of the plaza to an Ohio-based […]
Portland polarized by vote on sale of tiny park
PORTLAND — City residents, less than a year after legalizing marijuana, are going to the polls again to settle a squabble over a half-acre park that evolved into a much larger debate over the future of the city’s public parks. The ballot issue would add 35 open spaces to the city’s list of protected lands […]
Early plans for Farmington park taking shape
FARMINGTON — A preliminary sketch of a proposed park for the former town garage lot has, so far, received nods of approval. But there’s still work to do before any decision is made on whether it’s adopted. The Board of Selectmen seemed to like it, Town Manager Richard Davis said. But it didn’t make a […]
Voters to decide changing Livermore Falls park’s name back to Union Park
LIVERMORE FALLS — Voters will be asked June 10 if they want the town to restore the original name of the Geneva Hodgkins Memorial Park to Union Park. Selectmen changed the name in 2008 in remembrance of Geneva Hodgkins, who restored the park prior to her death in 2008. A petition with 117 valid signatures […]
Lewiston preserves Pettingill lot for neighborhood park
LEWISTON — Neighbors of the former Pettingill Elementary School will get their park but not city help developing it, city councilors decided Tuesday. Councilors decided against subdividing the 2.11-acre lot and selling part of it for housing lots. Instead, they kept the entire area for playground, park and recreation. A crowd of about 80 people, […]