SUMNER — Marilyn Chesley remembers taking her textbooks to all of her son’s ball games so she could study. Chesley, 64, an elementary teacher for 23 years, is retiring from her position at Hartford-Sumner Elementary School at the end of the school year. Teaching was her second career. Her first was raising her four children. […]
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Panel rating quality of Sumner roads
SUMNER — Selectman and Road Committee member Walter Litchfield reported to selectmen Tuesday night that the committee is in the process of evaluating town roads to rate the ones that need work the most. Litchfield said they had evaluated all but two of the town’s paved roads on a scale of high, medium or […]
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Sumner wind meeting draws crowd to Fire House
SUMNER — Approximately 60 residents and visitors packed the Fire House on Wednesday night to discuss the proposed industrial wind power ordinance. The town will vote on it at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, in the Fire House. Members of the Industrial Wind Ordinance Committee and town officials answered questions about the proposed ordinance. Several […]
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Sumner wind ordinance ready for hearing, vote
SUMNER — After nearly a year of often contentious debate, the town’s Industrial Wind Ordinance Committee members showed a spirit of conciliation and compromise in their final meeting. They unanimously accepted the version of the proposed Industrial Wind Energy Facility Ordinance arrived at in their three-hour meeting Thursday. Selectmen were in attendance and certified the […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Casco: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Sumner: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Bethel: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Road Committee, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Buckfield: Buckfield Village Corp., 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Thursday Hartford: Budget Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Saturday Hartford: Nomination papers due for selectmen and school board […]
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Hebron Society to present wool processing history program
HEBRON — In period costume Marty Elkin, co-owner of A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm in Sumner, will present a program to the Hebron Historical Society about sheep farming and wool processing in Maine in the late 1800s. This will follow a short business meeting and will be held at the Hebron town office at 7 […]
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Wild West passport dinner WILTON — Wilson Grange will hold the final Passport Dinner of the season, with the theme Wild Wild West, at 6 p.m. Friday, April 27, at Wilson Grange in East Wilton. The dinner will be a wonderful opportunity to learn about Native Americans through drum and dance. The group will welcome […]
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In the churches
Confirmation, Sunday School SUMNER — Confirmation Sunday will be held on April 29 during the 9 a.m. worship service at the Congregational Church of East Sumner. The church will be honoring women at the monthly First Saturday Supper on May 5, at 5:30 p.m. The meal will include casseroles, salads and desserts. There will be […]
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Questions raised about proposed Sumner wind ordinance
SUMNER — Ten months spent crafting an ordinance with which to regulate wind development got picked apart by a handful of residents in 90 minutes Wednesday night. Most of the criticism focused on a set of ethics for town officials concerning conflicts of interest, setbacks for turbines from property lines, creating “reasonable” protections, and whether […]
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Buckfield, Sumner consider single-stream recycling
BUCKFIELD — Selectmen from Buckfield and Sumner voted Tuesday night to investigate using single-stream recycling at the towns’ jointly owned waste station on Route 140 in Buckfield. The selectmen, who make up the Solid Waste Committee, also voted to invite single-stream recycling companies to meet with them. The recycling method involves materials being automatically sorted […]