MEXICO — The Mexico Public Library is selling tickets for its annual gift basket raffle until Monday, Nov. 17, with all proceeds supporting the library. Employee Sharon Madore said Friday afternoon that the library hosts the raffle every year and that it “always seems to bring a smile to people’s faces when we hold it. […]
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Wilton tannery landfill excavated; planting set for next week
WILTON — About 12,000 cubic yards of waste buried at the former Wilton Tannery site has been excavated and moved to an area on the east side of the driveway. “There was more waste than we anticipated,” Jaime Madore, lead engineer for the project, said Thursday during a tour of the site. “But we were […]
Wilton Tannery cleanup contract awarded
WILTON — The Board of Selectmen unanimously awarded the contract to clean up the Wilton Tannery property to a Farmington company. The lowest of the five bids received was $196,367 from E.L. Vining & Son of Farmington, Jaime Madore, Ransom Environmental’s lead engineer for the project, told the board Tuesday. The highest was $520,000, she said. […]
Brick work undertaken on Community Center
FARMINGTON — Dust flew as Justin Madore of Skowhegan ground loose mortar between the bricks on the front of the Community Center on Friday. Tom Harville of Harville Painting and Wallpaper of Skowhegan worked below the boom lift. Harville was hired to remove loose mortar, refill, clean and waterproof the front of the building, he […]
Anti-gay activists endorse LePage Vaseline remark
AUGUSTA — Two longtime gay marriage opponents commended Gov. Paul LePage Wednesday for speaking up against sodomy with a crude reference to Vaseline that garnered the chief executive national attention. LePage’s administration quickly distanced him from Michael Heath, best known as the former executive director of the Christian Civic League of Maine, and Paul Madore, […]