Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Casco: Selectboard, 6:30 p.m., Community Center Lovell: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Newry: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Paris: Conservation Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Planning Board, 6 p.m., Town Office Woodstock: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Conference Room Woodstock: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Conference Room Wednesday Bethel: Planning […]
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Sumner seeks land purchase for sand-salt shed
SUMNER — Selectmen agreed Tuesday to ask Janice Lowe for a quitclaim deed for land the town wants to buy and use for sand and salt storage. Lowe’s husband, Clifford, was the town’s plowing contractor for years and allowed the town to keep its sand and salt piles on his property on Route 219. After […]
Sumner board OKs road use by ATVs
SUMNER — Selectmen on Tuesday voted to allow ATV riders to temporarily use DeCoster, Rosenberg and Barrows roads until the next annual town meeting in August 2015. Dana Stevens of the Black Mountain ATV Club asked the board for permission and said it would open two more loop trails. He said it would be good […]
This week’s agenda
Tuesday Casco: Select board, 6:30 p.m.Community Center Lovell: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Oxford: Comprehensive Plan, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office West Paris: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Bethel: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Board of Assessors, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Casco: Special Town Meeting, 7 p.m., […]
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Ezra Stephens, ‘P. T. Barnum of Maine’ HEBRON — For its August program the Hebron Historical Society co-hosted with the Minot Historical Society two Maine authors, John Ford Sr. and Mark Nickerson, for their “Blue Lights and Funny Cider” presentation. It featured colorful happenings during their careers as Maine game warden, sheriff and state trooper. The […]
Household hazardous wastes to be collected Saturday
BETHEL — On Saturday, Sept. 20, between 9 and 11:30 a.m., residents in the Bethel area will be able to bring their unwanted poisons, pesticides and oil-based paints to the Household Hazardous Waste Collection at the SAD 44 Bus Barn. Residents with household chemicals that have been sitting under kitchen sinks or in basements and […]
This week’s agenda
Tuesday Bethel: Water District, 7 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Hartford: Road Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Newry: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Paris: Oxford County Commissioners, 9 a.m., Court House Sumner: Planning Board, 6 p.m., Town Office Woodstock: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Conference Room Woodstock: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Conference Room […]
Black Mountain Road bid awarded
SUMNER — Selectmen have awarded the paving contract for Black Mountain Road to Bruce A. Manza Inc. of Anson for $166,000. It was the lowest of two bids. The plan is to put a 2½-inch base down this fall and cover it next June with an inch of tar. The road commissioner reported at Tuesday’s […]
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Car club to hold cruise-in OXFORD — The Uptown Cruizahs Car Club will gather from 11 a.m to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at Tractor Supply, Route 26, for their end-of-season cruise-in. DJ “Red Wing” will be on hand playing tunes of the past and present. Club members will be busy throughout the day providing […]
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American Legion to meet PARIS — South Paris American Legion Post 75 will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10. Hamlin Library, Museum meeting PARIS — Hamlin Memorial Library & Museum will hold a board meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, at the library, 16 Hannibal Hamlin Drive. Members will be discussing, among other […]