ANDOVER — Chairman Mark Thurston told selectmen Tuesday evening that he is looking into setting up a neighborhood crime watch program because of two intentionally-set fires in April. The fires destroyed two large, vacant homesteads on both ends of Main Street. The first one, at 126 North St., destroyed a two-story Victorian house and barn […]
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Two firefighters seeking chief's position in Andover
ANDOVER — Two members of the Fire Department are seeking election to the chief’s position next month, and both said recruiting members is their top priority. Lt. Jim Adler and firefighter Leo Camire are vying for a three-year term to succeed Chief Justin Tibbetts, who is working full-time in Kingfield and does not have time […]
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Red Bull Frozen Rush event at Sunday River set for Jan. 8, 9
NEWRY — Sunday River Resort will host its second annual Red Bull Frozen Rush event on Thursday and Friday Jan. 8 and 9, Director of Communications Sarah Devlin said. The event, which consists of a series of head-to-head races using off-road trucks, began in 2013, when eight professional truck drivers raced two at a time […]
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Micklon hopes to continue on Otisfield board in Saturday election
OTISFIELD — Selectman Rick Micklon will run for a second term on the board at the annual town election Saturday. Voters will elect a member to the Board of Selectmen, a chairman for the Board of Selectmen and a road commissioner after the annual town meeting gets underway June 28 beginning at 9 a.m. at […]
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Otisfield society to present program on The Great Ice Storm of 1998
OTISFIELD — Where were you during The Great Ice Storm of 1998? On Thursday, Nov. 7, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Otisfield Community Hall, the Otisfield Historical Society will feature memories of the storm. But first, they need some help from those who experienced it. “Fifteen years and nine months after the ice storm […]
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Otisfield asked to accept community forest
OTISFIELD — The Western Foothills Land Trust has asked the town to consider accepting a 252-acre parcel the trust is negotiating to buy as a community forest. The Norway-based land trust is working with the Loon Echo Land Trust in Bridgton to acquire about 550 acres in Otisfield and Harrison from a single landowner for […]
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Otisfield town meeting voters OK petition opposing tar sands oil
OTISFIELD — Voters approved a $1.4 million municipal budget at the annual town meeting Saturday morning in just three hours. They also OK’d every article in the 25-article warrant that sought approvals, including two citizen-initiated petitions. One opposed the possible transport of tar-sands oil through Otisfield and Maine; the other, to withdraw $22,606 from a trust […]