RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen on Thursday will continue discussing whether to pursue LED lighting for streetlights. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Rumford Falls Auditorium. At the board’s Nov. 19 meeting, Selectman Jeff Sterling said he read that some towns are converting their streetlights to LED bulbs at a cost of […]
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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 […]
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Special town meeting on zoning ordinance to be held Nov. 16.
NEW GLOUCESTER — Selectmen signed a warrant Monday for a special town meeting asking voters to support the town’s efforts to promote a village orientation of Upper Gloucester with revisions to the town’s zoning standards that support a master plan for the area on Route 100. The meeting is scheduled at 7 p.m. Nov. 16 at […]
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Buckfield selectmen approve grader project
BUCKFIELD — Soon, the town will have a shiny, newish lawn ornament on display at its Public Works Facility, thanks to a resident who enjoys rehabbing old equipment. After tabling the issue two previous times to gather more information, the Buckfield Board of Selectmen on Tuesday accepted Charles Rabon’s offer to rehab an abandoned and long-forgotten […]
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Lewiston neighborhood without water Wednesday
LEWISTON — About 300 households received notice Tuesday morning that they’d be without water most of Wednesday related to work on a new bridge crossing Main Street. Stefanie Mills, owner of the Robin’s Nest day care on Switzerland Road, said it wasn’t nearly enough time to let parents know she’d have to close. “The state […]
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Farmington board awards storm drain outfall project bid
FARMINGTON — The Board of Selectmen unanimously awarded a bid Tuesday for the new storm drain outfall project to carry storm water from Front Street to the Sandy River. Selectmen picked the lowest bid, from E.L. Vining & Son Inc., for $250,000 for work on the project from the Front Street parking area near the […]
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Judicial settlement to decide New Gloucester bookkeeper’s job
NEW GLOUCESTER — Selectmen Laura Sturgis and Steven Libby will accompany Town Manager Paul First to the Cumberland County courthouse on Wednesday for a closed-door judicial settlement conference on the Sandra Sacco lawsuit against the town of New Gloucester. Maine Municipal Association appointed an attorney to the case to represent the town using insurance. Sacco, […]
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Roland R. Gould
1935 – 2015 AUBURN — Roland R. Gould, 79, of Auburn passed away on Saturday, June 13, at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn. He was born in Lewiston on Nov. 17, 1935, to son of W. Victor Sr. and Leonita (Pare) Gould. He attended local schools and graduated from Edward Little High School in […]
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Sinkhole to close Court Street lane
AUBURN — Workers will detour westbound Court Street traffic at the crest of Goff Hill for most of the day Thursday to investigate a sinkhole. Public Services Supervisor John Wing said the westbound lane will be detoured right onto Lake Street and to Haskell Street between 7:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Thursday. Eastbound lanes will […]