New Sharon Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts collected nearly two dozen bags of trash, bottles and cans along the town’s main roads on April 19 in observance of Earth Day. The project was sponsored by the New Sharon Community Improvement Team. Participating, along with leaders and parents, are, from left, Aiden Ayer, Megan Adams, Keira […]
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New Sharon passes tax discount at special town meeting
NEW SHARON — Voters reinstated Saturday a 3 percent discount for taxes paid in full within 30 days of the billing date. About 85 residents gathered for the special town meeting and took about a half-hour to pass all five articles on the warrant. Voters also agreed to take $36,000 from surplus funds this year […]
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New Sharon voters to decide on tax discount
NEW SHARON — A special town meeting on whether to offer a discount for taxes paid within 30 days, how to fund the discount if it passes and whether to make the road commissioner and treasurer positions three-year terms will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Cape Cod Hill School. During the annual […]
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New Sharon voters fund fire station roof, change town elections
NEW SHARON — Voters approved an increase for the Fire Department during Saturday’s annual meeting, raising the proposed town budget by $17,000 to $909,978, an amount less than last year’s budget of $917,469. Needed repairs, required to insure the fire station, prompted a citizen-requested $15,000 increase to the department’s budget of $60,100 to $75,100. The increase […]
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Society seeks World War I information JAY — As the country marks the 100th anniversary of U.S. involvement in World War I, the Jay Historical Society wishes to honor all those who served. The society suspects that many local families in the area have knowledge of ancestors whose efforts, in the service or on the homefront, […]
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New Sharon woman’s sentencing on contempt conviction continued to Friday
FARMINGTON — A New Sharon woman, convicted on a contempt of court charge on Nov. 16 for violating a 2010 order banning her from having animals, had her sentencing hearing continued Tuesday to Friday. Carol Murphy, 72, told Justice William Stokes, again, that the first case in 2004, which ended in 2005 with a jury […]
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Woman injured in New Sharon crash
NEW SHARON — A Nobleboro woman was injured Monday when the pickup she was riding in struck the rear of a stopped truck on Route 2 near the Post Office Road intersection. A truck driven by Robert St. Pierre, 72, of Industry was stopped and waiting to turn left onto Post Office Road when a […]
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N.H. man accused of importing psychedelic mushrooms
NEW SHARON — A New Hampshire man is accused of importing illegal mushrooms, after police found some in a bag hidden in the trunk of his car. Scott Croteau, 28, of Milan was stopped Friday on Route 134 by Maine State Police Trooper Randy Hall for a minor traffic infraction. Hall said he smelled green […]
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Jay woman pleads guilty to possessing illegal drug
NEW SHARON — A Jay woman pleaded guilty Wednesday in a Farmington court to illegal possession of a drug. Maine State Police Trooper Randy Hall said he responded to a suspicious vehicle report late Tuesday night on Cape Cod Hill Road and found a Ford Explorer parked half on the road and half on the […]