RANGELEY — The Board of Selectmen elected Dave Burgess as the board’s new chairman at Tuesday’s meeting. Burgess told the board that the town would need the support of an active board, as it is going into transition due to the selection of a new town manager. Gary Shaffer was elected vice chair. Joanne Chapman […]
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Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Weld cancels selectmen’s meeting
WELD — The Board of Selectmen’s meeting scheduled for Tuesday has been canceled. Selectmen will meet at 6:30 p.m. July 9 at the Town Office.
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Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Voters re-elect Phillips, approve funds for rebuilding sidewalks
PHILLIPS — Voters at the annual town meeting gave approval to raise matching funds for rebuilding Main Street sidewalks. In less than three hours, the 77 voters agreed on a 2013-14 budget of $1.2 million, an increase of about 2 percent over last year’s requests, Town Manager Elaine Hubbard said. Mike Ellis moderated the Saturday […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Canton officials find town’s long-lost historical documents
CANTON — While packaging town books, documents and equipment in boxes to move them into Canton’s new Town Office on Route 108, town officials discovered several long-lost historical items. Administrator Scotty Kilbreth, a selectman in the 1980s, and Selectman Brian Keene rediscovered the find Wednesday night that Keene and Selectman Robert Walker Jr. found last […]
Posted inBethel, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Selectmen OK Bingham access road survey
BETHEL — Selectmen have approved spending $2,000 to $2,500 of Bingham Forest Authority money for a survey/title search of Daisy Bryant Road. The decision this week followed a sometimes-contentious meeting last week of the BFA, at which member Jarrod Crockett argued against Selectman Don Bennett’s plan to talk individually with a dozen landowners on the […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Bethel, Oxford Hills
Woodstock voters OK money for boat launch
WOODSTOCK — Town Manager Vern Maxfield said voters approved a $1.69 million municipal budget at Monday’s annual town meeting, but the $228,000 increase from last year does not mean a higher tax rate. That’s because of more revenue. The budget includes $90,000 to buy land for a boat launch on North Pond and $85,000 to […]