PORTLAND — It was hot, the last Thursday in August. As Wayside Road area residents walked their dogs, they couldn’t believe what they saw. A Portland Public Works plow truck came rumbling by, full blades out, the familiar thundering sound a plow truck makes when snow is pushed during a winter storm. But there was […]
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Foreclosed properties, bids focus of New Gloucester selectmen
NEW GLOUCESTER — Foreclosed properties and bids on a public works dump truck and equipment, along with requests for bids on a bridge-and-dam engineering study and a library egress, dominated Monday’s meeting of the Board of Selectmen. The board grappled with eight foreclosed properties under a new ordinance to collect back taxes from property owners in […]
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‘The mighty Quinn’ to dump massive snow on Maine
During the day Wednesday, things will be mostly normal – except for all that planning, like where to park. “The city of Auburn is implementing a parking ban for the impending snow Armageddon,” Deputy Chief of Police Jason Moen warned Tuesday. “The ban begins Wednesday night at midnight, and will run through 7 a.m. Friday.” Between 18 and […]
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Greene voters approve $3.4 million bond for garage and road work
GREENE — Town meeting voters on Saturday approved a $3.4 million bond to build a new Public Works garage and to rebuild and pave several roads. The Public Works garage at 202 Main St. is “undersized, and not handicapped-accessible,” and incapable of housing the town’s trucks, Town Manager Charles Noonan said. The new garage will be […]
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From potholes to plowing
Public Works employees Reggie Poussard and Tim Cavanagh fill potholes in Lewiston on Tuesday to keep streets and roads safe and smooth for travel. They will switch to plowing during Wednesday’s snowstorm and return to pothole repairs later in the week. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)
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Jay crew readies to hit the roads
The Jay Public Works crew was fueling up, checking snowplows and wings, and loading up to hit the roads Thursday morning when snow started falling earlier than predicted. “We are about all ready,” crew member Fred Richards said at about 7:30 a.m. at the Public Works Department. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal)
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'A lot of snow': Fast-moving storm drops over a foot in cities
LEWISTON — The snow was so deep Monday that it pushed Jeff Ricker’s plow truck to the other side of the road, he said during a ride-along with a reporter. In some places there was so much snow the truck couldn’t even push it, he said. While many families in Maine were waking up to […]
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Kingfield takes stock of equipment
KINGFIELD — Selectmen spent much of their meeting Monday evening discussing budget priorities for 2017-18, including planning for replacement of heavy equipment. According to Public Works Director Brian Collins, a representative of a Maine branch of Tampa-based Nortrax Inc. looked at the department’s 11-year-old loader and proposed an estimated $51,500 trade-in and a lease-purchase option for […]
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No action taken on rescinding construction contract for Public Works facility
NEW GLOUCESTER — Selectmen on Monday decided to take no action on rescinding last November’s decision to award the Public Works facility bid to Ganneston Construction Corp. of Augusta, and instead agreed to continue negotiations on the final project cost. Last November, the board selected Ganneston Construction from four companies as the design building contractor […]
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Chesterville advised on plow driver's license
CHESTERVILLE — On-call highway worker Aaron Forbes will only drive the one-ton truck or the loader until his Class B commercial driver’s license is reinstated in August, Board of Selectmen Chairman Guy Iverson said at Thursday night’s board meeting. Forbes had his Class B license suspended because of a drunken-driving charge, which Road Foreman Mike Cote […]