SUMNER — Selectmen could not agree this week on what to do with land on Mollyocket Mountain that voters have refused to have surveyed and cleared for a possible windmill project. Selectman Glen Hinkley said he thought there were several people interested in buying the 114 acres off the Redding Road. He said he heard […]
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After the tornado: Cleanup in Oxford County
John Katula of Sumner looks around at fallen trees on his property Monday. He estimated he lost about 45 acres of trees in when a tornado hit Friday afternoon. Ten windows of his home were blown out and the roof on one side flew off. Katula said he ran for safety inside his house, grabbed […]
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Sumner voters asked to OK budget hike, subdivision ordinance
SUMNER — Voters will be asked to approve a $768,468 municipal budget, including an increase in the winter roads and roads and bridges account, and amendments to the Subdivision Ordinance when annual town meeting gets underway Tuesday, Aug. 11. Action on the 40-article warrant starts at 7 p.m. in Hartford-Sumner Elementary School at 145 Main […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Firefighters battle woods fire in Hartford
UPDATED 7:26 p.m. HARTFORD — A fast-spreading fire blazed through 23 acres of woods off Labrador Pond Road Saturday. It took several hours for Maine Forest Rangers and firefighters from nearly a dozen towns to get the fire under control, due both to weather conditions and the fire’s remote location. “It’s dry; the relative humidity […]