TEMPLE — Voters at the annual town meeting Monday night elected a new road commissioner and provided additional money for paving and the sand and salt shed fund. The proposed 2016-17 municipal budget was $498,312, similar to this fiscal year. In the one contested race, challenger Toby Hellgren and incumbent Raymond Nile were nominated for […]
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Livermore discusses highway issues
LIVERMORE — Several road issues were discussed at the Board of Selectpersons meeting Monday night. Administrative Assistant Carrie Castonguay told the board she received a complaint about the Bowles Road after a mail truck lost its muffler while delivering mail on that road recently. Castonguay said mail delivery may be stopped due to the condition […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Hartford: Road Committee, 7 p.m., Town Hall Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Mexico Sewer District Board of Trustees, 4:30 p.m., Town Hall Paris: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Selectmen, executive session, 6 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Buckfield: Planning Board, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center […]
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Otisfield Road Committee determined to fix roads
OTISFIELD — Selectman Len Adler recalls that decades ago, road crews here and in other towns routinely tore down old stone walls to use as a base for road construction. It must have seemed like a good idea at the time. But Road Committee members, who were stung in June by annual town meeting voters’ […]
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Oxford Hills Casco: Open Space Committee, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Newry: Road Committee, 5 p.m., Town Office Newry: Fire Department, 7 p.m., Bear River Station Paris: Paris Utility District Board of Trustees, 6:30 p.m., 7 C N Brown Way River Valley Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town […]
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Otisfield road committee recommends more spending
OTISFIELD — The Road Study Committee has told selectmen it will recommend annual town meeting voters approve a $1.73 million bond to reconstruct five roads in town. The request is $76,000 more than announced at a public hearing last month but includes funds to top-coat Powhatan Road. In April, the Road Study Committee unveiled its […]
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Hartford considers cameras to monitor sand, salt pile
HARTFORD — Selectmen voted Thursday night to get prices for video cameras for the sand and salt shed, after receiving reports of people stealing the materials and using the contractor’s loader to fill their pickup trucks. The board also asked Town Clerk Lianne Bedard to get prices for installing a phone line so the images […]
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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 […]
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Hartford officials share opinions on road issues
HARTFORD — Selectmen heard opinions from two town officials Thursday night about policies and procedures for road projects. The issues of soliciting bids for jobs costing more than $5,000 and whether to require that an engineer plan major reconstruction work have sparked heated debate among selectmen, Road Committee members and Road Commissioner Jeremy Johnson this […]
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Hartford officials call for report on road work
HARTFORD — The lack of a report from Road Commissioner Jeremy Johnson for work done on Gurney Hill Road and questions about his qualifications for the job stirred controversy at Thursday night’s selectmen meeting. Before road reports were given, Road Committee member Dan Maddox asked selectmen to consider an executive session to discuss a personnel […]