WOODSTOCK — Residents will decide how to deal with $50,000 in overdrafts and a reduction of the town’s tax commitment at a special town meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, at the Woodstock Town Office, Town Manager Vern Maxfield said Friday morning. The town meeting will take after the selectmen meeting at 5 p.m, […]
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Livermore Falls culvert repairs to cost up to $30K
LIVERMORE FALLS — The replacement of two 50-foot culverts on Moose Hill Road and Claybrook Road are estimated to cost between $20,000 and $30,000, the town’s public works foreman, Bill Nichols, told selectmen on July 15. During heavy rains in early July, they started to lose the two 4-foot diameter culverts. “I put some rip-rap […]
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Google replies to town of Dixfield in regard to incorrect GPS coordinates
DIXFIELD — Town Manager Carlo Puiia told the Board of Selectmen on Monday evening that he received a letter from Google in response to a complaint by a Severy Hill Road resident in June who said motorists were being misled by their GPS units to a non-public portion of the road. A resident submitted a […]
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Farmington board accepts truck bid
FARMINGTON — The Board of Selectmen accepted a bid Tuesday for a 2014 Freightliner truck cab and chassis for $75,628 from Freightliner of Maine in Westbrook. The company was the second-lowest bidder, Public Works Director Denis Castonguay said. The lowest was $301 less, but didn’t meet the specifications the department requested. Payment will be taken […]
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Early plans for Farmington park taking shape
FARMINGTON — A preliminary sketch of a proposed park for the former town garage lot has, so far, received nods of approval. But there’s still work to do before any decision is made on whether it’s adopted. The Board of Selectmen seemed to like it, Town Manager Richard Davis said. But it didn’t make a […]
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Dixfield selectmen OK truck sale
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted 4-1 Monday evening to sell a Water District pickup truck to the Public Works Department for $3,000. Water District Superintendent Jim White said he was hoping to purchase a $24,500 truck from O’Connor Auto Park in Augusta to replace the old one. The town had two options for […]
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Rumford board apprised of Public Works projects
RUMFORD — Public Works crews have a busy schedule lined up for this season that includes redoing concrete sidewalks along Congress Street. Superintendent Andy Russell gave selectmen an update Thursday night, telling them that they’ll finish work started last year on Royal Avenue and Pennacook Road. Spring cleanup will run from Monday, April 28 to […]
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Mexico selectmen vote to approve Fire Department, Public Works budget proposals
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen voted during Tuesday evening’s budget meeting to approve budget proposals for the town’s fire department and public works department. Town Manager John Madigan said Wednesday that the selectmen approved a $268,583 budget proposal for the town’s fire department, which was “a little higher than last year.” The fire department […]
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Rumford closes roads as Maine grapples with another ice storm
RUMFORD — Freezing rain that began early Saturday morning and continued into the afternoon forced the town of Rumford to close all of its streets to traffic by noon. The alert was posted on the Rumford Police Department’s Facebook site as a “Special Announcement.” “Please do not risk your life driving on the roads,” the […]
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Spring fires changed the face of downtown Lewiston
LEWISTON — It wasn’t just one shock to the downtown — it was three. Three fires downtown over the course of a week between April and May not only destroyed 10 large tenement buildings, putting dozens of families out in the street, it forced the city to double down on efforts to clean up the […]