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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Retirement home to begin repaying West Paris
WEST PARIS — Ledgeview Living Center has agreed to begin repaying nearly $25,000 in back taxes, interest and fees owed to the town. The 81-bed assisted living facility is expected to pay an undisclosed amount in monthly installments starting in September, according to a deal struck with Town Manager John White. The agreement appears to […]
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Peru woman dies in ‘tragic, tragic’ accident: Mother backs over her
PERU — A local woman was killed Thursday morning when her mother accidentally ran over the woman while backing up a car. Lt. Brian Landis of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office said Linda White, 57, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her mother, Maxine Brown, 77, ran her over in the driveway of their residence […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
West Paris strikes deal for residents to buy back town-owned homes
WEST PARIS — Selectmen have authorized Town Manager John White to negotiate a payment plan with two former property owners to buy back their homes. The agreement requires the residents to pay back the entirety of their taxes, plus interest and fees owed to the town over a 17-month period. At the selectmen’s meeting Thursday […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Avon man charged with being fugitive from Colorado
AVON — A Franklin County deputy arrested a man Wednesday on a charge of being a fugitive from justice in Colorado, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. Nathan Pierce, 53, who had been staying at a camp on East Madrid Road, is on probation for threatening two people with a baseball bat in Colorado for their […]
Posted inConnections, The Franklin Journal
RCAM’s Gilbert A. Ward Senior Residence dedicated
LEEDS — Friends, family, staff, board members, volunteers and community members gathered recently for the dedication of the Rural Community Action Ministry’s Gilbert A. Ward Senior Residence. Gil Ward was executive director of RCAM from 2004 until his passing in April of this year. At the dedication, staff members Laura and Doug Zimmerman spoke of […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
West Paris requests state opinion on traffic sign placement
WEST PARIS — Selectmen will seek the state’s opinion on where to place traffic signs on several town-controlled rural roads. Selectmen on Thursday night directed Town Manager John White to ask the Maine Department of Transportation for advice on whether it should place stop signs at an intersection one resident described as “dangerous.” Selectmen mulled […]
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Local Racing Roundup: Winthrop’s White wins with ACT
For the first time in his American-Canadian Tour career, Jeff White of Winthrop won a road game Saturday night. He beat the best in the local late model business to do it, also, holding off two-time defending ACT champion Wayne Helliwell Jr. to win the 150-lap event at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
West Paris hydrants a non-issue for selectmen
WEST PARIS — Selectmen are satisfied that concerns about the town’s network of fire hydrants have been addressed, and do not intend to pursue the issue further. Following a brief meeting Thursday, selectmen Wade Rainey and Dennis Henderson said a reported meeting between the selectboard, fire chief and water district officials was never scheduled. There […]
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Mountain Valley boys’ lacrosse preview
Coach: Rick White (second year) Last year’s record: 1-11 Returning letter-winners: Seniors — Mason Milligan (D), Brandon Roberts (D), Michael Theriault (A); Juniors — Corbin Arsenault (A), Jared Arsenault (M), Chris Bourret (M), Coyote Freeman (G), Dalton Milledge (M), Tucker Phelps (A), Gage Welch (D); Sophomore — Isaac Brennick (A). Key loses: Nathan Buotte, Austin […]