JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to award a contract to Crapotts Corp., contingent upon references checking out, to replace the roof on the Public Works Department storage barn. Crapotts of Livermore Falls was the low bidder among four. It offered to remove and replace the shingles on the 50- by 100-foot barn for $18,300. Selectpersons […]
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Jay to talk with low bidders on roof repair
JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to speak with the two low bidders to remove and replace roof shingles on the public works storage barn. Before awarding the contract, selectpersons said they want to know the labor rates and sheathing costs in case rotten wood is discovered on the roof. The 50-by-100-foot barn was built in […]
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Jay garage roofing bids sought
The roof on the Jay Public Works Department barn built in 1977 is “leaking quite significantly,” Jay Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere. Jay selectpersons voted Monday to put the roof replacement out to bid. The town purchased the barn for $100,000 in 1998. It abuts the garage at the Public Works Department on Jay Hill, off […]
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Livermore Falls selectmen approve sewer project
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen on Tuesday approved $35,000 to replace the sewer line on Bailey Street. Sewer Superintendent Greg Given said the line that will be replaced extends from the intersection of Bailey Street and Route 133 to Marion Avenue. “The pipe’s got sags in it, the pipe’s got breaks in it,” he explained. Six-inch […]
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Work begins on replacement of West Paris Library roof
WEST PARIS – David MacDowell, chairman of the Arthur L. Mann Memorial Library trustees, said Monday that work has begun on replacing the roof, which has been in disrepair for several months. MacDowell said that G&E Roofing is ripping off the roof and installing a vapor barrier to act as a temporary roof. “Knowles Industrial […]
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Voters support new Oak Hill school roof
WALES — Oak Hill High School will be getting a new roof. Residents in Litchfield, Sabattus and Wales voted 219-40 Tuesday to spend up to $1 million to replace the high school’s aging roof. About two-thirds of that amount will be paid for by the state. If the project costs the full $1 million, Regional School […]
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New $1M roof? RSU 4 towns get to decide
WALES — Regional School Unit 4 residents will hear details next week of a proposed $1 million roof project at Oak High High School before voting later this month on whether to accept state funds for it. Superintendent Jim Hodgkin said in a news release that the Department of Education has selected the project for […]
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West Paris library launches fundraiser to help repair leaking roof
WEST PARIS — A fundraiser for the Arthur L. Mann Memorial Library is aimed at fixing the roof of the building, which needs to be replaced. The library was built in 1926, based on a design by Gibbs & Pulsifer of Lewiston. The building, made of broken fieldstone gathered from local fields, has embrasures carved […]
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Minot Town Office roof repairs fail
MINOT — Town Administrator Arlan Saunders informed selectmen Monday that the temporary patching on the Town Office roof failed during recent rains. Saunders said that the leaking hadn’t been too bad, but that in addition to a repeat of the leaking problems in the treasurer’s office, water was leaking into the lighting fixtures in his […]