Workers from Ranger Contracting of Fairfield install a large culvert and new drainage system on Front Street in Farmington on Thursday. It goes together like Legos in three tiers, gradually narrowing at the top with a bridge deck that will be 64 feet long, foreman Caleb Moody, left, said. The overall project will include new […]
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Front Street section to be temporarily closed, reduced to one lane in September
FARMINGTON — The south end of Front Street will be closed beginning Saturday, with the closure continuing through September so a large culvert can be replaced. Traffic moving north or south on Front Street will be detoured over Depot Street, next to Farmington Farmer’s Union and University of Maine at Farmington’s South Hall, during the […]
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Minot selectmen increase property tax rate
MINOT — Selectmen on Monday set the property tax rate for 2015-16 at $15.60 per $1,000 of assessed property value. It’s a 60 cent increase from the previous fiscal year. Taxes on a property assessed at $100,000 will increase by $60. Of that amount, $18.65 will be for education. “I believe this is the fifth […]
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Turner selectmen accept Paris Farmer Union bid for culvert work
TURNER — At their regular meeting Monday night, selectmen approved revised Town Beach rules. The only change was to add a section making it clear that the directives of the attendant are to be followed at all times. The beach is restricted to residents, who may purchase a beach pass at the Town Office for […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Hartford board sends road work policy back to committee
HARTFORD — The Board of Selectmen on Thursday sent the revised policy on road construction bids back to the Road Committee for more work. The board question the statement that contractors should own their equipment. Selectmen will review the policy and approve it before sending it with bid requests. The board also reviewed the amended […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Morrison Hill Road work undertaken this summer
FARMINGTON — A few more culvert replacements need to be done before gravel and a base coat of pavement is added to Morrison Hill Road. “We’re taking the metal culverts out and replacing with a plastic one,” Public Works employee Ron Jalbert said Tuesday as he dug up the road with the town’s backhoe. The […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Route 35 closed for culvert work next week
HARRISON — Route 35 will be closed to through traffic beginning Monday, Aug. 18, while Maine Department of Transportation crews replace a culvert just south of Zakelo Road. DOT officials anticipate the work will be done by end of the day Thursday, Aug. 14, but Town Manager George “Bud” Finch said he believes the closure […]
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Peru selectmen to review assessments
PERU — Selectmen agreed at Monday night’s meeting to review several property assessments after hearing a resident’s tax complaint. Norman Miley said he paid several hundred dollars more in taxes on his 52 acres than the owner of 52 acres across the road. Board secretary Angela Barkhouse said she has a list of several properties […]
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State law gives Lewiston’s storm-water fee some new bite
LEWISTON — Dan Long hasn’t given the city’s storm-water fee much thought. Living on the downhill side of No Name Pond Road, he figured any rain that landed on his property eventually washed down to the Sabattus River and away from the city. “I think I paid it the first month, and then never did […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Collapsed culvert closes Route 119 in Paris
PARIS — A mile-and-a-half stretch of Route 119 between the two ends of Halls Pond Road was closed to traffic Wednesday as work crews fixed a collapsed culvert. Vehicles were diverted around Halls Pond Road. According to Maine Department of Transportation spokesman Ted Talbot, emergency road crews were called to the area late Tuesday morning […]