ROXBURY — Selectmen advised the Cemetery Committee on Wednesday night to look into costs of restoring and securing 10 gravestones in the Frye-Mexico Cemetery on Route 120. Town Clerk Doreen Stinson said Thursday afternoon that age toppled the stones and not vandals. Selectmen learned about the problem at Wednesday night’s board meeting. In other municipal […]
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Sign Ordinance Review Committee meeting Wednesday
BETHEL — The Sign Ordinance Review Committee will convene at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, at the Town Office to discuss an issue on Main Street, Chairman Stan Howe said Monday. During a Nov. 17 goal-setting workshop, the Board of Selectmen suggested to newly appointed Town Manager Christine Landes that she look into scheduling a […]
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Parking request on Bethel board agenda
BETHEL — The Board of Selectmen on Monday will continue discussion on a resident’s request for an easement to park on town property being considered for a veterans monument. The board meeting begins at 7 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Town Office. Interim Town Manager Steve Eldridge said the town acquired the lot for nonpayment […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
New owner of Norway store touts support
NORWAY — It’s a 90-minute commute to work, but Coryl Coffin, owner of the Play & Grow resale shop at 446 Main St., said the drive from her home in East Waterboro is worth every mile. “They’re really supporting me,” Coffin said of Norway Downtown and others in the community who have welcomed the new […]
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Large brawl erupts on Main Street in Mexico
MEXICO — Mexico and Rumford police were busy Wednesday evening trying to sort out a large fight that broke out amid traffic stopped on Main Street for a paving project. Several witnesses were filling out statements on the hoods of vehicles as Mexico firefighters placed absorbent material on a gasoline spill on Main Street. The […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Wilton woman receives minor injuries in Jay accident
JAY — A Wilton woman received minor injuries Saturday night when the van she was driving drifted off Main Street and struck a concrete stone wall south of C.N. Brown, acting police Chief Richard Caton IV said Monday. Margaret Yates, 68, had a bruised leg and a sore wrist, he said. NorthStar EMS ambulance personnel […]
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Dixfield Main Street Outdoor Market planned for August
DIXFIELD — The Dixfield Outdoor Market Committee has begun planning its annual sale Sunday, Aug. 17. Deb Morang, a member of the committee, said the market began around 30 years ago, under the direction of resident Norine Clarke and her late husband, Ralph. “Norine and Ralph turned things over to others a few years back, […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Livermore Falls man swerves to avoid animal, hits truck
LIVERMORE FALLS — A local man told police he swerved to avoid an animal on Main Street (Route 4) early Sunday and ended up hitting a pickup truck parked at the former Ben’s Variety, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said. The truck was pushed into the north side of the building, Steward said. The former […]