Tuesday Sumner: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Bethel: Annual town meeting, 7 p.m., Crescent Park School Buckfield: Planning Board, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Thursday Sumner: Fire Department, 6 p.m., Town Office Saturday Buckfield: Annual town meeting, 9 a.m., Buckfield Junior-Senior High School Hartford: Annual town meeting, 9 a.m., Town Hall
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills Sumner: Fire Department Auxiliary, 6 p.m., Town Office River Valley Dixfield: RSU 10 retiring teacher reception, 5 p.m., Dirigo High School Dixfield: RSU 10 Board of Directors, 6:30 p.m., Dirigo High School Peru: Planning Board, 5 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office
RSU 10 residents to vote on $36.2 million budget Tuesday
DIXFIELD — Residents of RSU 10’s 12 member towns will go to the polls Tuesday, June 10, to decide whether to validate a $36.2 budget and to choose four school board members. About 100 residents approved the proposed budget at a districtwide meeting June 3. Although the proposed budget for 2014-15 is down slightly from […]
Private cemetery needs to fund itself, Sumner selectboard says
SUMNER— A law was passed by the state legislature last year stating that all veterans’ gravestones need to be maintained through specific regulations. Since then, towns in Oxford Hills have taken action to appropriate more money toward cemetery funds in order to follow the law. The Sumner Selectboard was informed on May 27 that two […]
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Final Preschool Storytime RUMFORD — The final Preschool Storytime for this school year will be held at the Rumford Public Library at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 4. All area children ages 2-5 are welcome to join the fun. Storytime will resume in the fall. Book signing at Mexico Library MEXICO — Maine author Diane Taylor-Moore […]
Wife hopes to succeed husband as Oxford County Commissioner
OXFORD — Longtime Oxford resident Diane Jackson, 59, has announced she will run for the Oxford County commissioner seat held by her husband, Caldwell “Caldie” Jackson. Caldwell Jackson, the current chairman and a two-term commissioner, is unable to seek re-election due to his position with the state. The announcement sets up a two-way race between […]
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Farmer’s Market opening Memorial Day WATERFORD — The Farmer’s Market on Waterford Common will begin Monday, Memorial Day, May 26, from 2-5 p.m. The market will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. every Monday through at least Labor Day. Land trust to host bird walk GREENWOOD — The Mahoosuc Land Trust will hold a […]
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Library salutes Wayne’s veterans WAYNE — “Those Who Served – A Salute to Wayne’s Veterans,” will open from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 24, at the Williams House, 14 Old Winthrop Road, hosted by the Cary Memorial Library. The exhibit, about the men and women of Wayne who have served in the armed forces, […]
Peru has absentee ballots ready for June
PERU — Town Clerk Vera Parent informed selectmen Monday night that absentee ballots for the June 10 state primary, annual town warrant and annual election of town officials are available at the Town Office. There are 29 warrant articles to be decided and two selectmen to be elected, she said. A public hearing on the […]
This week’s agenda
Tuesday BUCKFIELD: Public hearing to consider rescinding RSU 10 withdrawal vote of June 11, 2013, 7 p.m., Municipal Center HARTFORD: Cemetery Association, 6 p.m., Town Hall SUMNER: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday BUCKFIELD: Planning Board, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Thursday HARTFORD: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office SUMNER: Fire Department, 6 p.m., Town Office