SABATTUS — It’s not $1 a year, but it’s better than $21,600. Town Manager Tony Ward told selectmen Tuesday night that he has tentatively reached a new deal with American Tower Corp. for the right to use its tower for the town’s police and fire antennas. American Tower approached the town this winter to say […]
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Voters support new Oak Hill school roof
WALES — Oak Hill High School will be getting a new roof. Residents in Litchfield, Sabattus and Wales voted 219-40 Tuesday to spend up to $1 million to replace the high school’s aging roof. About two-thirds of that amount will be paid for by the state. If the project costs the full $1 million, Regional School […]
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Sabattus preps for road repair
SABATTUS — The town is gearing up for roadwork. Selectmen this week approved putting requests for proposals out to fix 3,170 feet of Jordan Bridge Road, 350 feet of King Road and 7,300 feet of Lisbon Road. Town Manager Tony Ward said the town has set aside $231,000 for work this year and will wait […]
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New $1M roof? RSU 4 towns get to decide
WALES — Regional School Unit 4 residents will hear details next week of a proposed $1 million roof project at Oak High High School before voting later this month on whether to accept state funds for it. Superintendent Jim Hodgkin said in a news release that the Department of Education has selected the project for […]
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People You Know: Matt Conde, filling up 'the good deed bank'
Firefighter Matt Conde is the Sabattus Volunteer Fire Department Fire Fighter of the Year and EMS Responder of the Year. SABATTUS — Matt Conde is a busy father of four who regularly rolls out of bed in the middle of the night to run toward a fire or a person having a heart attack. He’s […]
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RSU 4 hires superintendent from within district
WALES — The Regional School Unit 4 board Friday announced the hiring of Andrew Carlton as the next superintendent. Carlton, the district’s director of curriculum, instruction and assessment, will take over July 1 from Jim Hodgkin, who this month said he was leaving his contract two years early. “There is no question I am excited […]
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Sabattus: Town's antenna bill jumps from $1 to $11,000
SABATTUS — The town has to respond to a $11,172 yearly antenna bill, after a tower company that had long let them use the space for $1 warned it has reconsidered. One potential option the majority of selectmen approved on Tuesday night: Exploring whether it makes sense to build a communications tower on town property, […]
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Robin Dow Seniors to meet AUBURN — Robin Dow Senior Citizens met on March 8. Attendance winners were Callie Adams and Leigh Whittle; red tickets winners, Nancy Hutchinson, Al Strout and Merry Strout; white, Bob Bell, Delores Danforth and Lorraine Raymond; and, blue, Janis Brackenbury, Mary Tasinnari and Carmela Hewitt. There will not be a meeting on March 22 because so many members will […]
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Tentative good tax news in Sabattus budget
SABATTUS — The early word on the new proposed municipal budget is that it won’t raise tax rates for most homeowners, but a lot still depends on the school budget before that’s clear, Town Manager Tony Ward said Friday. Included in his proposed $3.17 million municipal operational, excise and capital budget for 2018: • Converting […]