WELD — Mount Blue State Park visitors now can get a large, full-color map of the park and what it has to offer instead of a black-and-white photocopy. Park ranger Bruce Farnham said Wednesday that the new maps were delivered last month. The free maps will be available at the entrance booth and at park […]
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Weld voters OK smaller budget
WELD — About 45 residents spent 4½ hours considering 19 articles at the town meeting Saturday. They approved a $406,503 municipal budget, of which $188,353 will be raised through taxation. The remainder will be taken from other accounts, such as excise tax and surplus. The budget is $28,747 less than last year’s budget of $435,250. Voters […]
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Weld man faces charges from 2012 Rumford church break-in
RUMFORD — A Weld man finishing a sentence in Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn was arrested Monday and taken to a Paris court to face charges from a 2012 break-in at a Rumford church. Timothy Kyle Flaherty, 20, appeared in 11th District Court in South Paris on Monday afternoon to face charges of burglary, theft and […]
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Weld voters to consider using sale funds to improve Town Hall
WELD — Voters will consider re-electing a selectman to a three-year term and electing a new Planning Board member to a five-year term Friday. The polls will be open from 4 to 8 p.m. in the multipurpose room at the Town Office. Selectman Wayne DuBois is seeking another term. There is also an opening for […]
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Mount Blue State Park’s Winter Family Fun Day delights hundreds
WELD — More than 500 people of all ages and volunteers from across Maine enjoyed a blue-sky day at Mount Blue State Park’s sixth annual Winter Family Fun Day on Saturday. The low-cost, cabin-fever-reliever gave families the opportunity to try several sports, including Nordic skiing, snowshoeing, sliding down Center Hill and ice skating. Skis, boots […]
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Family fun day is Feb. 1 in Weld
WELD — A winter family fun day will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, at Mt. Blue State Park, Center Hill Road. Activities include cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and ice skating. Some equipment is available for use. There will also be guided snowshoe nature walks, sliding and tote and hay wagon […]
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Rabies clinic Saturday in Weld
WELD – The town will hold a rabies clinic from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 11, in the multipurpose room at the Town Office.
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Firefighters stop fire from spreading to cabinet business
WELD — Firefighters prevented flames from spreading from a personal storage building/garage next to a building that houses a cabinet business at 80 Temple Road, acting fire Chief Hollis Tyler said Thursday. The buildings on the property of Randall and Debra Vining were an estimated 15 to 20 feet apart, Tyler said. The couple operates […]
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Fire destroys storage building at Weld home
WELD — Fire destroyed a personal storage building at the home of Randy and Deb Vining on Temple Road on Wednesday. The fire was called in just before 1 p.m. and reportedly it rekindled, sending firefighers back Wednesday evening. The Vinings operate Vining’s Custom Cabinets and Fine Furniture on the property, but the business was […]
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Students speak out against domestic violence in Farmington
FARMINGTON — It can be hard and uncomfortable to speak up about domestic violence and sexual abuse but that didn’t stop a freshman English class at Mt. Blue High School. After reading the book “Speak” in class, the students held signs and sought a petition pledge from people in downtown Farmington on Thursday. Teacher John […]