CANTON — Part one of Canton’s annual town meeting balloting was resolved at the polls Tuesday in the new Town Office with voters overwhelmingly approving beginning the withdrawal process from Regional School Unit 10. Voters had to decide 14 referendum questions, the ‘biggest’ of which was whether to start withdrawal proceedings and take $10,000 from […]
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Canton board to gate Meadowview Road to curb illegal dumping, road abuse
CANTON — Selectmen voted 3-0 Thursday night to have Administrator Scotty Kilbreth look into prices for two gates to be placed at either end of Meadowview Road. There are places along that road that have been proverbial party spots for young people from the Jay, Livermore Falls and Canton areas for many decades. Additionally, people […]
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Canton board fields pitch to restore order to its records
CANTON — Selectmen acknowledged last week that town records from the 1800s to present are not stored properly, but took no action following a presentation by Massachusetts-based records management corporation. Lindsay J. Eisan Jr. of King Information Systems Inc. in Norwood, Mass., said the business has specialized in this type of work for 40 years and […]
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Canton board sets election, meeting dates
CANTON — Selectmen voted unanimously Thursday night to set the annual town elections for Tuesday, June 9. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the back of the new Town Office. The town meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 11, at a place to be determined. Selectman Brian Keene […]
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Canton voters decide to appoint fire chief
CANTON — Selectman Brian Keene and Administrator Scotty Kilbreth were inside the Town Office on Saturday morning, still talking about the “great discussions and debates” from Thursday night’s Special Town Meeting. They mentioned the larger-than-usual crowd that voted on six warrant articles after electing Maine State Treasurer Terry Hayes of Buckfield as moderator. “It was […]
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Canton Fire Department recognized for quick response after snowmobile accident
CANTON — A Med-Care Ambulance official commended the Fire Department on Thursday night for its efforts Jan. 30 to rescue a seriously injured snowmobiler during a snowstorm. In the incident, Doug Kubesh, 48, of Dixfield, suffered multiple injuries after being ejected from his snowmobile and run over by one driven by his son in a cornfield […]
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Canton officials find town’s long-lost historical documents
CANTON — While packaging town books, documents and equipment in boxes to move them into Canton’s new Town Office on Route 108, town officials discovered several long-lost historical items. Administrator Scotty Kilbreth, a selectman in the 1980s, and Selectman Brian Keene rediscovered the find Wednesday night that Keene and Selectman Robert Walker Jr. found last […]