STRONG — Selectmen on Tuesday authorized Treasurer Sandra Mitchell to pay Hight Chevrolet $26,396 for a new one-ton truck chassis. Highway Department Foreman Duayne Boyd said the body will be approximately $57,000, and he anticipates delivery soon. Selectmen also approved hiring Jeff Allen to complete the $3,500 worth of lighting improvements in the town garage […]
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Minot selectmen raise highway department pay
MINOT — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Monday to increase the pay for highway department employees by $1 an hour and to increase the starting pay for a truck driver position. Town Administrator Arlan Saunders said because of the low pay scale, officials have been unable to fill the truck driver position for six months. […]
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Norway sidewalks get extra sanding
With temps in the single digits and sidewalks still coated with ice, an employee with the Norway Highway Department drove up and down Main Street and along Pikes Hill on Tuesday morning to coat the walkways with an extra layer of sand. (Matthew Daigle/Sun Journal)
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Minot to begin cable service talks
MINOT — Town Administrator Arlan Saunders told selectmen Monday night that negotiations with cable TV service provider Spectrum will begin soon. “The first priority is getting maps,” he said. That will show where coverage should be extended in Minot “to get the most bang for our dollars spent.” He told board members that some communities […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Norway board approves purchase of new Highway Department vehicle
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen voted 4-1 Thursday evening to buy a 2018 Freightliner truck for the Highway Department, using $155,000 from the department’s reserve account. Chairman Warren Sessions Jr. and Selectmen Thomas Curtis, Russell Newcomb and Bruce Cook voted in favor. Selectman Mike Twitchell cast the lone dissenting vote. Assistant Road Foreman Art […]
Posted inFranklin
Board trying to figure out equipment maintenance plan
STRONG — Selectmen on Tuesday discussed ways to address the long-term costs of purchasing and maintaining highway equipment. In the past, taxpayers have been reluctant to raise and appropriate more money for the highway crew, but lack of essential tools and modern maintenance equipment means that routine jobs take much longer than necessary, according to […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Selectmen receive update on department citations
MINOT — Selectmen learned Monday from Town Administrator Arlan Saunders that citations from a recent Bureau of Labor Standards inspection of the Highway and Fire department operations are being addressed and that he has sent a certified response for a hearing on the matter. The citations in total called for fines amounting to $2,800 for […]
Posted inRiver Valley, sj-web
Canton committee mulls hiring landscaper or town crew for trails, parks work
CANTON — Selectmen left a decision Thursday night up to a town committee to hire a landscaping company or the highway department to maintain the town’s parks and trails. The Parks and Trails Committee told the board that they would like to hire help for the work. “They want a company to come in in […]
Posted inFranklin
Wilton special town meeting set for Tuesday
WILTON — Townspeople will gather for a public hearing and special town meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 16, at the Town Office. Voters will consider declaring a portion of town as a slum and blighted area in order to apply for a Community Development Block Grant. The declaration would pertain to Depot Street […]
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Jay selectpersons ratify two union contracts
JAY — Selectpersons voted unanimously Monday night to ratify two union contracts that give employees a 1½ percent wage increase each year of the three-year agreement, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said Tuesday. The board made the decision after an executive session. The contracts cover nine employees in the Highway Department and one employee in the […]