NEWRY — Selectmen voted 2-0 Wednesday night to appoint Selectman Gary Wight to the School Administrative District 44 Withdrawal Committee. Wight replaces former Selectman Albert Brooks Morton on the committee. Morton was defeated at the polls Monday by challenger Jim Largess. He received 92 votes to Morton’s 79. After Wednesday night’s selectmen meeting, Wight told Morton […]
Selectman Gary Wight
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Newry waiting for state OK to name withdrawal committee
NEWRY — Selectmen and other residents learned early Tuesday evening that the board must wait for permission from the Maine Department of Education before assembling a school withdrawal committee. “The Department of Education sent us a notice saying, ‘You can’t appoint anyone until we tell you to,’” Selectman Brooks Morton said. Believing that the department […]
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Newry board learns about road woes
NEWRY — Selectmen learned Tuesday night that $1,000 a month, on average, is being spent to patch potholes on Sunday River Road. Code Enforcement Officer Dave Bonney said the worst of it was between Foster’s historic farmstead and the Sunday River bridge. That prompted Selectman Gary Wight to ask if the town should consider rebuilding […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Newry board to call for special election
NEWRY — Selectmen will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 8, to call for a special election June 10. Because Newry changed its method of voting by adopting the secret ballot method in August 2012, Chairwoman Wendy Hanscom and Selectman Gary Wight have to resign before May 8, Administrator Loretta Powers said Tuesday. “It’s kind […]