WELD — Former Selectman Bernard Vining was not at Saturday’s annual town meeting. That did not stop townspeople from giving him a standing ovation for his decades of service. Vining, 87, did not seek re-election this year, after serving 33 years as selectman, the majority of it as chairman. Sen. Thomas Saviello, R-Wilton, had a […]
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Mt. Blue program WELD — The Mount Blue State Park weekend program will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 3 and 4. The park is located on Center Hill. The Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Ski and Snowshoe trailer will be available for individuals to try their hand […]
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Weld meeting warrant gets last-minute adjustments
WELD — Voters will face more articles in the annual town meeting warrant Saturday due to the auditor’s recommendation. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. at the Town Hall. Voters can cast ballots for municipal officers from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 2, in the Multi-Purpose Room at the Town Office. All candidates […]
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This week’s agenda
Thursday Salem: SAD 58 Board of Directors, 6:30 p.m., Mt. Abram High School Wilton: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Friday Strong: Municipal elections, 1 to 6 p.m., Forster Building Weld: Municipal elections, 4 to 8 p.m., Town Office Saturday New Sharon: Annual town meeting, 9 a.m., Cape Cod Hill School Strong: Annual town meeting, […]
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Veteran Weld selectman calls it quits
WELD — Selectman Bernard Vining’s neat, printed handwriting flows down the page of a worn ledger in straight columns. He has kept a backup set of the town’s finance records for years. The 86-year-old selectman has served the town for a total of 33 years. He’s decided not to seek re-election in March, he said, […]
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Mount Blue State Park’s Winter Family Fun Day draws crowd
WELD — More than 500 people of all ages participated in Mount Blue State Park’s Winter Family Fun Day on Feb. 4. “This was the fourth year that the park held the family fun day, and it grows in popularity every year,” Park Manager Bruce Farnham said Friday. “It has provided Maine residents an opportunity […]
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Ruth M. Toothaker
AUBURN — Ruth M. Toothaker, 91, of Weld, died late morning on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the Androscoggin Hospice House. She was born Feb. 5, 1920, in Dixfield, a daughter of John Thomas and Ethel Mae (Vining) Clemens. She attended Weld schools. In 1933, she married Lamont R.G. Toothaker at the Bean’s Corner Baptist Church […]
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Mount Blue State Park to host Winter Family Fun Day Feb. 4
WELD — When the fourth annual Winter Family Fun Day arrives Saturday, Feb. 4, at Mount Blue State Park, Bruce Farnham hopes it will be preceded by plenty of snow. “That last storm, we probably got 4 inches and today we just got a dusting, really, so we’re kind of like most places,” the park […]
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Starks voters seek to join RSU 9
FARMINGTON — An effort that could bring Starks into Regional School District 9 moved a step forward this week. On Tuesday, two-thirds of the residents of the Somerset County town voted 164-27 to support withdrawing from RSU 59 based in Madison and join RSU 9. At the RSU 9 board meeting Tuesday night, after learning […]