AUGUSTA — Landowner Appreciation and Clean-Up Day will take place on Sunday, Sept. 10. In the last two years, many volunteers and staff from the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry have collected nearly a half of a million pounds of illegally dumped trash and litter from the […]
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Correction: Request was for unnamed summit
DIXFIELD — A story published on Page B2 of Wednesday’s Region edition should have said a resident was seeking to name a summit of a Dixfield hill. The summit is currently unnamed. A cliff on the southeast corner of the summit is called Pauls Bluff and would not be changed.
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Dixfield naming request dropped
DIXFIELD — The owner of a 1,329-foot summit said Monday evening that he was not in favor of a resident’s proposal to name a hill on it after a former town official. At the Feb. 9 selectmen meeting, resident Steve Swan said he submitted a proposal to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to name […]
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Lewiston homeowners could become landowners — if they can afford it
LEWISTON — On one hand, Norm Meservier was able to get a nice house for a steal back in 1991: $18,000, plus $2,000 to fix the roof. “For $20,000, I got a house — not an apartment — clean and fixed up,” he said. “I don’t have upstairs neighbors. I don’t have downstairs neighbors. It’s […]
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Maine seeks nominations for best landowners
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine will honor its Landowner Of The Year based on nominations that are due June 6. The state Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife uses the award to honor private and public landowners that allow public access to their lands. More than 90 percent of Maine’s land is privately owned. The award […]
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Freed from state clear-cut restrictions, Irving says it’s doing better forestry
ASHLAND — Even with a satellite link from the North Woods to J.D. Irving Ltd.’s Saint John, New Brunswick, headquarters, company officials know there is no substitute for having boots on the ground. “Mr. [James D.] Irving is a very hands-on type of manager,” said Irving Chief Forester Blake Brunsdon. “He’s on the ground [in […]