CANTON — A Med-Care Ambulance official commended the Fire Department on Thursday night for its efforts Jan. 30 to rescue a seriously injured snowmobiler during a snowstorm. In the incident, Doug Kubesh, 48, of Dixfield, suffered multiple injuries after being ejected from his snowmobile and run over by one driven by his son in a cornfield […]
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Canton board learns town doesn’t own 4 acres on Golden Ridge Road
CANTON — After learning Thursday night that Canton doesn’t own 4 acres on Golden Ridge Road where the sand and salt shed used to be, selectmen rejected solicited bids for the property without opening them. Administrator Scotty Kilbreth displayed a survey map received Wednesday that abutters Pam and Maynard Farrar had done of their land […]
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Obscure laws ban whistling, radioactive waste in Canton
CANTON — The theme song for “The Andy Griffith Show” from the 1960s, could never have been legally recorded or performed in Canton. On April 9, 1963, townspeople adopted an ordinance that banned whistling, among other things. That law and a few other “funky” laws are still on the books, although they’re no longer enforced, […]
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Canton to begin E911 numbering
CANTON — Enhanced 911 numbering will soon get underway after training on Tuesday at the Town Office, Administrator Scotty Kilbreth told selectmen Thursday night. Kilbreth, who is also the town code enforcement officer, volunteered himself and the office staff to take the training. He said he is just waiting for the state to send him […]
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Canton board moves closer to signing permanent public access easement for boat launch
CANTON — Board of Selectmen Chairman Donny Hutchins was ready to sign a permanent public access easement for the Whitney Brook boat launch Thursday night. Whitney Brook is an outlet of Lake Anasagunticook. Hutchins said he read the whole document and thought it was pretty straightforward. The only thing apparently wrong with it was that […]