FARMINGTON — The Planning Board on Monday approved a site review application to raze the 43-year-old McDonald’s restaurant on Main Street and build a longer, narrower one on the site. Planners asked company representatives to consider some additions to make the new building “fit in” with the gateway of historic Farmington. The plan is for […]
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Mexico selectmen to decide on placing ordinances on June ballot
MEXICO — A week after the Planning Board approved sex offender and curfew ordinances, the Board of Selectmen will decide at their March 10 meeting on whether to approve their recommendations and place the ordinances on the June 9 ballot. The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the Mexico Town Office. Both ordinances were […]
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Auburn revokes massage license, citing illegal sexual contact
AUBURN — City councilors shut down a Washington Street massage parlor Monday night, saying masseuses there had engaged in illegal sexual contact with clients. Councilors voted 6-0 to revoke the business license for Chinese Massage and Body Work Inc. of 459 Washington St. Police Chief Phil Crowell said the action was the culmination of a […]
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Mexico board approves curfew, sex offender ordinances
MEXICO — The Planning Board voted Thursday evening to approve a curfew ordinance and a sex offender ordinance drafted by police Chief Roy Hodsdon. Hodsdon told planners last month that the town has no ordinance restricting where sex offenders can reside. “Most towns will have an ordinance that states sex offenders can’t live within a […]
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Mexico police chief proposes sex offender ordinance
MEXICO — In an effort to make the town safer, the Planning Board worked with Mexico police Chief Roy Hodsdon on Thursday evening to draft a sex offender ordinance that would restrict where sex offenders could reside. Hodsdon told the Planning Board that the town has no such ordinance. “Most towns will have an ordinance […]
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Mexico Planning Board, police chief review curfew ordinances
MEXICO — The Planning Board’s attempts to institute an after-hours curfew ordinance continued Thursday evening at the Mexico Town Office as the board and the Mexico police chief reviewed ordinances from two other towns. The issue was brought before the board by Planning Board Chairman Dan Casey during a 2014 meeting. Police Chief Roy Hodsdon […]
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Norway parking ordinance on board agenda
NORWAY — A decision by selectmen is expected Thursday on whether to remove the two-hour parking ban on Main Street from the parking ordinance. The board will hold a public hearing during the selectmen’s meeting Jan. 15 beginning at 7 p.m. in the Town Office on Danforth Street. The hearing follows another one in December, […]
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Verso mill manager to update Jay board on the mill, paper industry
JAY — The Androscoggin Mill manager will update selectpersons Monday night on the state of the mill, the paper industry and what is anticipated in the next five to 10 years, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said Friday. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Town Office. It will be a 15- to 20-minute […]
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Paris Fire Department hearing Tuesday
PARIS — The town will hold a public hearing on a proposal to amend its ordinance governing the Fire Department on Tuesday. Paris town officials and members of the Fire Department are expected to attend the public hearing to answer questions, but the proposed changes, first put forth by Town Manager Amy Bernard three weeks ago, […]
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Hartford board sends road work policy back to committee
HARTFORD — The Board of Selectmen on Thursday sent the revised policy on road construction bids back to the Road Committee for more work. The board question the statement that contractors should own their equipment. Selectmen will review the policy and approve it before sending it with bid requests. The board also reviewed the amended […]