Jenny Baum came from New York City last fall to teach Cliff Island’s two pupils. It already feels like home.
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Posted inRiver Valley
Island construction project wrapping up for winter
Rumford’s Island construction project is wrapping up for the winter. RUMFORD — With the arrival of wintry weather, work on the downtown infrastructure project will wind down for the season over the next two weeks, Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs said. Briggs told the Board of Selectmen on Thursday night the weather has become too cold to […]
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Posted inConnections, Rumford Falls Times
Rumford town manager to discuss Congress Street construction
RUMFORD — The Rumford Historical Society will hold its first spring meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, in the Rumford Town Hall auditorium. A short business meeting will precede the presentation. The speaker will be Town Manager Linda Jean (L.J.) Briggs, who will discuss the construction planned for Congress Street and the Island this […]
Posted inFranklin
Franklin County tables discussion on island name change
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners Tuesday tabled a discussion on a proposed name change of Doctors Island to Maneskootuk Island in Rangeley Lake to see if anyone is opposed. They will take up the discussion at their 9 a.m. meeting Nov. 7 at the Franklin County Courthouse. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names has received […]
Posted inFranklin, sj-web
Franklin County to discuss proposal to change Rangeley island name
FARMINGTON — A federal board is asking Franklin County commissioners for their opinion on officially changing the name of a 15-acre private island in Rangeley Lake from Doctors Island to Maneskootuk Island. Commissioners plan to discuss the proposal during their meeting at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, in their office at the Franklin County Courthouse. […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Farmington holds special town meeting Tuesday
FARMINGTON — Changes to the town’s sign ordinance will be considered by voters at a special town meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, at the Community Center on Middle Street. The warrant also includes an article to approve spending $40,000 on the first of five lease-purchase payments for a new front-end loader for the […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Cause of fire may remain a mystery
PORTLAND — More than two days after a blaze tore through a historic island fort, causing as much as $9 million in damage to a property in the process of becoming a luxury hotel, a state fire investigator said the building may not be stable enough for a full probe into the fire’s cause. Sgt. […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Fire causes as much as $9 million in damage to historic island fort building in Portland
PORTLAND — An early morning fire Saturday did between $5 million and $9 million worth of damage to a historic island fort property being renovated as a hotel. According to an announcement Saturday morning by Deputy Portland City Manager Sheila Hill-Christian, the Portland Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 18 McKinley Court on […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Fire destroys cottage on heart-shaped island; rain saves forest
BROOKSVILLE — A fire that destroyed a lone cottage on Harbor Island on Friday morning, apparently started by a bolt of lightning, would have spread to the surrounding forest and destroyed it if there had not been torrential rains, a local fire chief said. Matt Dow, chief of the Brooksville Volunteer Fire Department, said he […]