TOWN MEETING — About 110 voters gather at the Hartford-Sumner Elementary School for town meeting Tuesday. SUMNER — Some 110 voters gathered at the Hartford-Sumner Elementary School Tuesday night to act on 37 articles, including the approval of $194,022 for winter road maintenance of which $24,000 is earmarked for salt and another $10,000 for a sand/salt storage site. […]
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Johnny Crashed & the Rednecks to host night of music
SUMNER — The monthly “Evening at Open Sky Farm” series will continue on Saturday, Aug. 18, with a night of music, food, dance and art hosted by Johnny Crashed and the Rednecks of western Maine. Also performing will be the Lazzlo Family Band of Portland, Rob Skelton and Pitchfork of Massachusetts, Deqhaun Lambata of Westbrook, Nevaeh Dance Company […]
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‘Whatever Sale’ is Aug. 18 SUMNER — A “Whatever Sale” will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, at West Sumner Universalist Church, Main Street. There will be new and used items, a 50/50 raffle, Rada cutlery knives and baked goods. A spareribs cook-off between Mike and Marc will take place […]
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Bridgton SummerFest BRIDGTON — The Bridgton SummerFest 2012 will take place July 20-22 as a fundraiser for the Bridgton Community Center. Events will include: Friday, July 20: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., Kavanaugh Amusements-Midway Rides and mechanical bull rides; Sunset, ReMax hot air balloon rides; All day: speed pitching Bridgton baseball, C.H.O.I.C.E.S. dunk tank, U.S. […]
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Summer breakfast July 18 WATERFORD — The second in a series of four summer breakfasts will be held from 7:30 to 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 18, in the Wilkins Community House at the foot of Plummer Hill Road just off the Waterford Town Common. A tradition spanning 59 years, the breakfasts offer a menu […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Bethel: Airport Authority, 7 p.m., Town Office Bethel: Water District, 7 p.m., Town Office Bethel: Committee for Sign Ordinance Reform, 7 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Public hearing on closure of Mountain Road and a portion of Sodom Road to winter maintenance, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Buckfield: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Casco: Selectmen, 7 […]
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Standard to leave EMA post in Sumner
SUMNER — The town’s emergency director, Tom Standard, resigned his post Tuesday after selectmen and the budget committee voted to recommend to town voters the stipend for the position be cut by 50 percent. Standard, who has been the emergency director for Sumner as well as the towns of Buckfield and Hartford has been in […]
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RSU 10 board narrows building changes, possible closures
DIXFIELD — The RSU 10 Board of Directors devoted most of Monday’s regular meeting to narrowing down some possible school building changes that would reduce district costs while still maintaining the educational programming. Among the potential options devised by the end of the evening for the next one to three years included the possibility of […]
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Congregational Church plans summer events, services
SUMNER — Pastor Howard MacMullen invites the community to summer events and services at the Congregational Church of East Sumner on Route 219. Sunday services and Summer Sunday School start at 9 a.m. Children join worship for about 20 minutes and then go down for a story activity and garden work. Worship is followed by […]
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Buckfield board acts to continue Labor Day celebration
BUCKFIELD — Selectmen voted Tuesday night to form a Community Day Committee that will organize activities and volunteers for an annual Labor Day celebration. They appointed Ben and Karen Lovejoy and Jason Rowe for two-year terms and Ralph Hart for one year. Town Manager Dana Lee said he and the office would assist in any […]