WILTON — The Board of Selectpersons voted 3-0-1 Tuesday to late-file a petition with the Public Utilities Commission to intervene in Central Maine Power Co.’s New England Clean Energy Connect project. The deadline for intervention filing was October 13, 2017, according to information in the PUC project docket. Chairperson Tiffany Maiuri, David Leavitt and Keith […]
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Four seek one of two seats on Wilton board
WILTON — Four candidates are vying for one of two open seats on the Board of Selectpersons and one school board director is running unopposed for re-election. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, at the Town Office. Selectperson Tiffany Maiuri and Regional School Unit 9 Director Cherieann Harrison […]
Four candidates seek Wilton seat
WILTON — Four residents have filed nomination papers for a selectperson’s seat, Town Clerk Diane Dunham said. Seeking election to Scott Taylor’s seat on the Board of Selectpersons are Ruth Cushman, Irving Faunce, David Leavitt and Betty Shibles, Dunham said. All four gathered at least 25 signatures for nomination and filed papers by the deadline […]
RSU 9 support services director takes position with RSU 54 in Skowhegan area
FARMINGTON — After serving the Farmington area school system for nearly 33 years, David Leavitt, director of support services, is leaving to become manager of support services in RSU 54 in the Skowhegan area. His last day with Regional School Unit 9 is Dec. 19. The Wilton resident has overseen several school building construction projects, […]
New RSU 9 buses fueled by propane
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 is powering four 2015 school buses with liquid propane. “It’s better for the environment. It’s doing the right thing, plus it is a U.S. product,” David Leavitt, director of RSU support services, said Monday. The district entered into a lease-purchase agreement in August for the Blue Bird buses at $365,390. The […]
Converting to biomass fuels saves RSU 9 big money
FARMINGTON – Since the 2008-09 school year RSU 9 has saved $248,000 in oil costs by switching to alternative energy sources, David Leavitt, RSU 9 director of support services, said Thursday. “To me that is $248,000 being used back into education for students,” he said. The savings do not include any from the new pellet […]