TEMPLE — Voters re-elected Raymond Nile to a two-year term as road commissioner Monday at the annual town meeting, Selectman Jean Mitchell said Tuesday. He received 28 votes to Toby Hellgren’s 25. Selectman Austin Foss was re-elected to a three-year term, He was unopposed. Approximately 50 residents attended the meeting, which lasted more than two […]
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Temple voting on changing fiscal year
TEMPLE — Voters at Monday’s annual town meeting will consider changing the town’s fiscal year to match state and school budgets, which run from July 1 to June 30. The town’s financial year now goes from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. March 10 at the Town Hall. Among […]
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Woman, children walk away from rollover
FARMINGTON — A Temple woman lost control of her car on icy Porter Hill Road on Tuesday, hit the brakes and it rolled over, according to a police report. Natasha Smith, 29, and her passengers, Carter Karkos, 5, and Maci Karkos, 3, reportedly were not injured. Smith was driving a 1998 Subaru north when it […]
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Temple partridge refuses to turn tail from snowmobilers
TEMPLE — Snowmobiles are an intrusion into the natural life of a partridge deep in the woods in the Temple area. One bird apparently wants people to know that. As a Maine guide and this writer were riding along a snowmobile trail, enjoying the sun and beauty of freshly fallen snow Thursday, they see trail […]
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East Dixfield Fire Department to continue searching for grants
EAST DIXFIELD — Randy Hall, chief of the East Dixfield Fire Department, said Monday that his department will continue to look for grants to upgrade its equipment. The department was awarded two new sets of Globe firefighter gear last week at a ceremony at the Temple Town Hall. Each set includes a coat, pants and […]
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Blending the old and the new, Temple couple share homestead with others
TEMPLE — Deftly swirling pieces of basswood around each other, Paul Gazzo of Boston created string like a pro Thursday during an open house at the Koviashuvik Local Living School. It was his first visit to the rambling homestead set deep in the woods. After meeting owners Chris and Ashirah Knapp at the Common Ground […]
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Wilton Blueberry Festival winners named
WILTON — The Blueberry Festival winners are as follows: Blueberry Bake-off Contest Adults: best of show, Susan Withrow; breakfast item, first, Elizabeth Crockett; second, Rebekah Karkos; third, Alana Ladd; dessert, first, Susan Withrow; second, Melissa Griffin; third, Connie Ryan; main dish, Rebekah Karkos; miscellaneous, first, Susan Withrow; second, Rebekah Karkos. 15 and under: best of […]
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Temple resident named
TEMPLE — A story published on Page B1 of Friday’s Franklin edition and Page B3 of Friday’s Oxford Hills edition about lightning striking a lamppost should have identified a resident as Dawn Nye. It was a reporting error.
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Lightning blows lamp post out of ground in Temple
TEMPLE — Lightning struck a lamppost at a home on Lake Road on Wednesday night, traveled through the wiring and blew out the wall switch inside, fire Chief David True said. “They were lucky,” True said of Don Nye and Katrazina Randall who live at 193 Lake Road on Staples Pond. The lamppost was about […]