BETHEL — Chairman Stan Howe said Thursday that the Board of Selectmen will vote to appoint a new town manager at its meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, at the Town Office. The search for a new manager began in June, after James Doar left the position to become administrator for Gallatin County, Montana. […]
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Rangeley town manager quits after four days
RANGELEY — The search for a new town manager is on again after a recent choice backed out after four days on the job. Select Board Chairman Dave Burgess said candidate Jeff Grossman was hired last Thursday, but quit on Monday. Burgess said the selectmen and Grossman mutually agreed that it was not a good […]
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Former Topsham manager selected for Bar Harbor post
BAR HARBOR — A former town manager of five other Maine towns, who resigned from his last job earlier this year to move to Washington, D.C., has been picked to become Bar Harbor’s top municipal administrator. In a prepared statement released last week, Bar Harbor officials announced they decided to hire Cornell F. Knight as […]
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Harrison town manager embattled in cat feud defends comments
HARRISON — Embattled Town Manager George “Bud” Finch defended comments he made earlier this week suggesting he was indifferent to animal welfare as taken out out of context by the media. A story from WGME 13, which ran in the Bangor Daily News on Friday, quoted an animal welfare advocate who said Finch told her that […]
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Corinna town manager dies in ATV crash
MOSCOW — Corinna’s town manager died Sunday afternoon in an all-terrain vehicle accident in Moscow. Kimberly Anne Godsoe, 38, of Hartland had been riding on a trail near Deadwater Road when the crash occurred at about 12:30 p.m. Before becoming Corinna’s town manager in 2011, Godsoe served as the St. Albans town manager’s administrative assistant […]
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Basketball court, town manager search on Bethel board agenda
BETHEL — The search for a new town manager and discussion about a basketball court are on the agenda for Monday’s selectmen meeting. It begins at 7 p.m. June 23 at the Town Office. Interim Town Manager Steve Eldridge said members of the Bethel Recreation Committee will speak about a location for the basketball court. […]
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Rangeley begins search for town manager
RANGELEY — At a special meeting Monday, the Board of Selectmen began the process of searching for a new town manager. Town Manager Tiki White will step down to prepare for the birth of her first child. She said because of the new responsibility, she prefers to go back to her old position as assistant […]
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Bethel board to seek interim town manager
BETHEL — Selectmen decided Tuesday to seek an interim town manager and hope to have that person begin by June 2. Town Manager Jim Doar is leaving in mid-June for a new job in Montana. Doar said Wednesday that the board asked him to set up interviews with two people in the very near future […]
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Woodstock pricing culverts for Concord Pond Road
WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday evening authorized Town Manager Vern Maxfield to get prices for concrete box culverts. At the May 6 board meeting, Selectman Ronald Deegan suggested that the town “start seeing what the money looks like” for installing concrete box culverts on Concord Pond Road. Maxfield said Wednesday that three […]
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Mexico town manager: Phone vote during May 6 special meeting was legal
MEXICO — Town Manager John Madigan told selectmen Tuesday night that the vote at the special selectmen meeting May 6 to put an article on the June 10 annual town meeting warrant to finish paving work was legal. Last month, selectmen asked Town Manager John Madigan to determine the cost of finishing paving Back Kingdom […]