RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, to discuss whether parking signs should be installed on Franklin Street. The meeting will be held at Rumford Falls Auditorium. Other items on the agenda include: * Approval of liquor license application and special amusement permit for Black Mountain of Maine. […]
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Woodstock board declines to accept MDOT counteroffer on old highway garage
WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday declined an offer from the Maine Department of Transportation to buy the old state highway garage on Route 232 for $120,000. Early this year, Lorrinda Connelly and Norm Haggan with the MDOT offered the 40- by 80-foot building to the town for $125,000. The building hasn’t been […]
Selectmen discuss Route 27 reconstruction
KINGFIELD — Municipal officials reviewed new details of a proposed Main Street reconstruction plan at a Board of Selectmen meeting Monday night. David Guernsey, chairman of the town’s Road Reconstruction Committee, told selectmen he would send a letter to several property owners who would be affected when a new section of sidewalk is built across […]
Dixfield selectmen to discuss sidewalk projects
DIXFIELD — Selectmen will continue discussing at Tuesday evening’s meeting the Safe Routes to School project. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Ludden Memorial Library basement. In early 2013, the town agreed to build 3,500 feet of sidewalk from Dirigo High School to T.W. Kelly Dirigo Middle School, and construct a sidewalk […]
Dixfield board approves town meeting warrant on sidewalk project
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday evening to approve a special town meeting warrant on appropriating $46,850 from surplus as part of the town’s 20 percent match of the Safe Routes to School project. The special town meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, at the Dirigo High School community […]
Ridgefield Bridge project detours Gore Road drivers
OTISFIELD — You just can’t get there from here. That’s the message contractors at the Ridgefield Bridge project and homeowners on Gore Road want motorists who continue to drive up the closed road to understand. The bridge is gone and there is no way to get to the other side. Gore Road, a well-traveled shortcut […]
Woodstock board to investigate cost of old state garage
WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen agreed Tuesday evening to reach out to the Maine Department of Transportation to see how much their old state highway garage would cost if they paid for it in full instead of with installments. At the beginning of the year, Lorrinda Connelly and Norm Haggan with the Maine Department […]
Peru board reminds residents of Sept. 1 truck bid vote
PERU — The Board of Selectmen reminded residents Monday evening that a special town meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, to decide whether to put a dump truck out to bid. The meeting will be held at the Town Office. Road Commissioner Joe Roach said the truck is a 1999 Ford […]
New Gloucester selectmen appoint committees
NEW GLOUCESTER — Selectmen on Monday approved appointments for 22 residents on town committees, awarded two Highway Department purchases and chose a contractor to pave three roads. The board appointed Beverly Cadigan, Jean Couturier and Kathleen Potter to the Capital Improvement Committee. John Randall and Nathaniel Berry were appointed to the Public Safety Committee. Sean Chayer’s resignation […]