NEWRY — Selectmen on Monday discussed about $1.5 million worth of proposed road projects, two of which may be presented to voters at the annual town meeting in March, Administrator Loretta Powers said Wednesday afternoon.. Voters will decide, either by a straw poll or discussion, how to finance the work on the Sunday River Road. […]
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Newry researching funding to continue free shuttle service to Bethel
NEWRY — Selectmen were asked Tuesday to help figure out how to fund the free Mountain Explorer shuttle bus program between Bethel and Newry. Pat Roma from the Mountain Explorer Committee spoke about funding for the program that takes people to work, to Sunday River Ski Resort to ski or snowboard and to dinner at […]
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Newry board discusses junkyard complaint, grange hall work
NEWRY — Selectmen took up the issue of junkyards Tuesday night after a resident complained about their neighbor’s yard. The board didn’t identify either resident; they just asked Code Enforcement Officer David Bonney how best to handle the complaint. However, Bonney said there isn’t much the town can do because Newry doesn’t have a property […]
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Newry sets hearing on SAD 44 withdrawal
NEWRY — Selectmen will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, to see if residents want to file a petition to withdraw from SAD 44. The meeting will be held at the Bear River Grange Hall off Route 26. Administrator Loretta Powers said Wednesday afternoon that petitioners who sought to start the […]
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Newry board learns 1916 Bear River Grange Hall chimney built without a flue
NEWRY — Selectmen learned nothing’s ever simple in Newry nowadays Tuesday night from Administrator Loretta Powers. A contractor hired to do chimney work last week at the Bear River Grange Hall, which was built in 1916, discovered that the chimney has no flue. Powers said nobody knows when the chimney was built, but it can […]
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Newry meetings announced
NEWRY — A public informational meeting to discuss the school funding formula and Newry building permit fees will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, May 19, in the Bear River Grange Hall on Route 26. The Board of Selectmen will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, in the Town Office, rather than the usual […]
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Newry board meeting Tuesday at Bear River Grange Hall
NEWRY — Selectmen will hold a meeting and workshop at 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, at the Bear River Grange Hall instead of the Town Office. Administrator Loretta Powers said Friday that the board wanted to examine the heating system in the grange hall to possibly change or replace it. The board will discuss the […]
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Newry board to call for special election
NEWRY — Selectmen will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 8, to call for a special election June 10. Because Newry changed its method of voting by adopting the secret ballot method in August 2012, Chairwoman Wendy Hanscom and Selectman Gary Wight have to resign before May 8, Administrator Loretta Powers said Tuesday. “It’s kind […]