GILEAD — Town meeting voters approved everything on the warrant on Saturday night, except making the road commissioner an appointed position rather than elected, Selectman Alfred Leighton said Monday afternoon. They also didn’t approve raising $2,000 to build a small sand shed outside the Transfer Station for residents to get sand when the Transfer Station […]
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Gilead to vote on electing or appointing road commissioner
GILEAD — Voters at Saturday’s annual town meeting will consider whether to make the road commissioner an appointed, rather than elected position, and whether to pay off the remaining $41,000 on the loan for the Town Office building. Selectmen are recommending the change in the way the road commissioner is chosen. The same question was […]
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MDEA finds evidence of 2 meth labs in Oxford County
OXFORD — The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency has found evidence of two methamphetamine labs in Oxford County on Friday morning following a series of police raids. In a statement from Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, drugs agents, along with State Police and the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office, served search warrants […]
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State to manage Upper Androscoggin River trout fishery
BETHEL — Given that the Upper Androscoggin River is mainly a trout fishery, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will now manage it as such, according to its new plan. The Upper Androscoggin River Fishery Management Plan by state fisheries biologists Francis Brautigam and James Pellerin was released last month and made available […]
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Local nonprofit group offering end-of-summer paddle
BETHEL — The public will have the opportunity to paddle down the Androscoggin River at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, as part of the Natural Resources Council of Maine’s celebration of the end of summer. NRCM Outreach Coordinator Todd Martin said the NRCM attempts to hold an end-of-summer paddle every year for its members and […]
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April is the Month of the Military Child
STATEWIDE — There are more than 4,000 school-aged military connected children and youth in Maine. Operation Military Kids and its state team representing the military branches, local organizations and individuals are working together to provide educational, social and recreational opportunities to support military children and their families in Maine. In support of military youths there […]
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Gilead voters pass smaller budget
GILEAD — Twenty-four residents spent 38 minutes at town meeting Saturday night, approving a municipal budget smaller than the current spending plan, Town Clerk Lin Chapman said later that evening. The new budget of $213,415 is $66,359 less than the 2012-13 budget of $279,774. The municipal budget doesn’t include the school assessment, which is done […]
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HUD survey seeks count of homeless
LEWISTON — If you or someone you know is homeless, Tri-County Mental Health Services needs your help. Government funds are sent to states and agencies based on the number of homeless that live in each community. Help get the resources you need simply by standing up being counted. There are two ways to be counted: 1. […]
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Correction: Name misspelled
GILEAD — A story on Page B1 of Tuesday’s Oxford Hills edition should have identified the driver in an accident as Susan Klekot. the last name was submitted incorrectly to the Sun Journal.