POLAND — Selectmen on Tuesday awarded the contract for a skid-steer loader to Jordan Equipment of Falmouth for its low bid of $40,032 for the loader plus $7,386 for a 66-inch heavy-duty brush hog. Half of the $40,032 for the loader, which comes with a snowblower attachment, will come from the Tax Increment Financing downtown […]
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Livermore Falls selectmen transfer property to abutters for cleanup
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted Tuesday to transfer interest in a 23 High St. property foreclosed because of unpaid sewer fees to abutters Ted and Laura Lowell. Town Manager Kristal Flagg said sewer fees of $782 had been unpaid by the previous owner, and taxes of $2,927 were also owed on the property. “The property is in […]
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RVHCC to hold one-day hazardous household waste collection June 13
RUMFORD — The River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition will collect hazardous household waste from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 13, at Region 9 on River Street in Mexico, as part of the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments’ Household Hazardous Waste collection program. Patricia Duguay, Executive Director of the RVHCC, said that examples of household […]
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Some local towns continue to struggle with cost of snow removal
LEWISTON — Five more inches of snow fell in Turner and Bethel on Sunday night and into Monday morning. Lewiston fared slightly better — just 4.5 inches — while Eustis in Franklin County gained 7.3 inches by midday. According to the National Weather Service, Maine has a snowpack of between 20 and 30 inches to […]
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Alternative financing workshop date set
AUBURN — A no-cost networking and information session, “Alternative Financing and Resources for Small Businesses and Their Lenders,” will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments, 125 Manley Road, Auburn. This session will be valuable to both existing businesses and entrepreneurs considering starting a […]
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Franklin County towns to hold hazardous waste collections
KINGFIELD — Annual collections for household hazardous waste will occur in several Franklin County towns over the next two weeks. The Kingfield collection is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5. Three collections are scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 6: Carrabassett Valley from 9 a.m. to noon; Rangeley from 9 to 11:30 a.m.; […]
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River Valley hazwaste collection set for June 7
MEXICO — The annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection for the River Valley will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 7, in the parking lot at the Region 9 School of Applied Technology beside Route 2. It is co-sponsored by the River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition and is part of the ongoing Western […]
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AVCOG presents awards at spring assembly
FARMINGTON — Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments presented awards at its Spring General Assembly on Thursday at the University of Maine at Farmington. The regional planning agency, serving Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties, presented Maine Organic Milling Inc. of Auburn with the President’s Recognition Award. The cooperative of 12 organic dairy farmers produces high-quality grains […]