SABATTUS — Town Manager Andrew Gilmore announced his resignation at the Board of Selectmen meeting Tuesday evening. Gilmore is moving to Raleigh, N.C., where his wife has accepted a nursing position. His last day is Friday, July 24. In his resignation letter, he said he is saddened to leave a community he has grown to […]
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Police Chief Madden appointed interim town manager of Paris
PARIS — Two weeks after Police Chief Michael Madden publicly apologized to the town for his drunken-driving arrest and conviction, he was appointed to serve as interim town manager. Paris selectmen unanimously approved the chief’s appointment without discussion Monday night. Madden will oversee the town during Town Manager Amy Bernard’s 12-week maternity leave. “It gives the […]
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Dixfield selectmen OK contract for town manager
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen on Monday approved a three-year contract for Town Manager Carlo Puiia and officially signed papers for two Planning Board members. “I’ve been here 11 months to date, and while we met at a prior session to negotiate, (Monday) night, the selectmen voted to approve the three-year contract,” Puiia said […]
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Rumford Town Manager explains method to put police vote on ballot
RUMFORD — Town Manager John Madigan said Monday evening that he found a way to override a charter provision that required the town to vote on the issue of police coverage at the annual town meeting June 1, and not at the polls June 9. Since September 2013, Rumford and Mexico officials have been looking […]
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Woodstock voters OK increased road maintenance budget at town meeting
WOODSTOCK — Residents voted to raise and appropriate $625,000 for road maintenance at Monday evening’s annual town meeting at Woodstock Elementary School. The amount was $70,000 more than the previous year because of an increase in the winter roads account. Selectmen proposed $175,000 for winter roads for the 2015-16 fiscal year, an increase of $50,000. […]
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Rumford, Mexico town manager reviews police wages, benefits for each town
RUMFORD — The town manager for Rumford and Mexico presented selectmen Wednesday night with police pay rates, as the boards continued debating whether to combine departments. Members of the police unions also attended the meeting. John Madigan said Mexico patrolmen are paid $17.51 an hour, while Rumford patrolmen are split into three classes: one paying […]
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Newly appointed Bethel town manager reflects on past, looks to future
BETHEL — When Christine M. Landes was hired as town manager Nov. 10, it was the culmination of more than 16 years of municipal experience. However, Landes said government was the last thing on her mind when she was in high school. “If you had told me, when I was in high school, that I […]
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Buckfield manager questioned about replacing burnt truck
BUCKFIELD — Selectmen voted 2-1 Tuesday night to get a legal opinion on whether Town Manager Cindy Dunn violated protocol by not consulting them before buying a truck to replace one that burned during last week’s nor’easter. The Public Works Department’s 2000 Sterling caught fire Dec. 10 while Jacob Gilbert was plowing Brock School Road, […]
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Bethel selectmen, new town manager meet for goal-setting workshop
BETHEL — The Board of Selectmen met with newly appointed Town Manager Christine Landes on Monday evening for a goal-setting workshop. Selectman Pat Carter suggested that Landes look at the to-do list former Town Manager Jim Doar left for his successor, interim Town Manager Steve Eldridge. “I know that Steve left you a list of […]
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Bethel selectmen unanimously appoint new town manager
BETHEL — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday evening to appoint Orrington resident Christine M. Landes as town manager. Chairman Stan Howe said Landes, who is married with three children and one grandchild, was “selected from 35 applicants from 19 states as far west as California and as far south as Georgia. “That just […]