WILTON — The next step to settling the Forster Mill demolition issue is mediation with the owner, Wilton Recycling LLC, in September, Town Manager Rhonda Irish told the Board of Selectmen this week. Mediation is scheduled for either Sept. 19 or 22 to settle the town’s lawsuit to have the property declared a dangerous building, […]
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Wilton Memorial Day walk planned for Sunday
WILTON — A Memorial Day service and community walk will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 25, at the monument on Main Street, Selectman Thomas Saviello said. Boy Scouts will raise the flag, then lower it to half-mast and the Old Crow Band will provide music, he told selectmen on Tuesday. A wreath will be […]
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Board approves warrant for Wilton town meeting
WILTON — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday unanimously approved the warrant, including budget recommendations, for the June 16 town meeting. The warrant includes additional articles seeking residents’ input on waste disposal. With a total of $260,520 recommended by the board and Finance Committee for operation of the transfer station and recycling, the board decided […]
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Abandoned-road bill fails in Maine House
AUGUSTA — The Maine House on Friday voted 92-50 to reject a bill that would have pushed towns to look closely at abandoned roads and rights of way. Battling landowners over rights and responsibilities involving abandoned roads or public rights of way has been a regular problem for towns across Maine for decades. That’s why Sen. […]
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Bill aimed at protecting water quality for Maine lakes moves forward
AUGUSTA — A legislative committee approved a bill Thursday that aims to further protect water quality for 3,000 of the state’s largest lakes. Among other things, LD 1744, authored by Rep. Jeff McCabe, D-Skowhegan, tightens regulations around the application of lawn fertilizers and pesticides. The measure also directs the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to […]
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Committee sends Medicaid expansion to Maine Senate
AUGUSTA — A proposal by two moderate Republican senators to expand Medicaid and incorporate drastic changes in the state Medicaid program has cleared the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee and will now be taken up by the full Senate. The bill — crafted by Assistant Senate Minority Leader Roger Katz of Augusta and Sen. […]
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LePage administration continues campaign against Medicaid expansion
Agriculture Commissioner Walter Whitcomb said the state’s natural resource agencies — Agriculture, Conservation, Marine Resources, Environmental Protection, and Inland Fisheries and Wildlife — had lost $13 million in state funding in just five years, a reduction he attributes to regular annual shortfalls in the the Department of Health and Human Services, which administers MaineCare. “We […]
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Maine GOP state senators introduce Medicaid expansion bill
AUGUSTA — A pair of Republican state senators rolled out a bill Tuesday that would expand the state’s Medicaid program, MaineCare, a proposal that so far has been largely opposed by Republican Gov. Paul LePage and rank-and-file members of the party. State Sen. Tom Saviello, R-Wilton, and Senate Assistant Minority Leader Sen. Roger Katz, R-Augusta, […]
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World War II medals
WILTON — A story published Tuesday on Page B1 of the Franklin edition and Page B2 of the Oxford Hills and City editions about Henry Palmer Brimigion receiving his World War II medals was written by Eileen M. Adams. It was an editing error.
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WWII veteran receives medals 71 years late
WILTON — Henry Palmer Brimigion, 87, wondered why so many family members were attending services at the Wilton United Methodist Church on Sunday morning. Immediately after the last hymn was sung, the Rev. Laura Church called him up to the front, offered him a seat and had his long overdue World War II medals pinned […]