NEWRY — A captain with the Andover Fire Department remained in critical condition Monday with injuries suffered in a head-on collision on Sunday River Road, Oxford County Deputy James McLamb said. McLamb said Dennis Hall was traveling to Sunday River Ski Resort to help make snow when a Dodge Ram pickup truck driven by Matthew […]
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Newry selectmen accept resubmitted bid for road work
NEWRY — The Board of Selectmen have accepted a $941,760 bid from Swasey Excavation of Andover for the Sunday River Road construction project, Deputy Clerk Kelly Scott said Thursday. Cross Excavation of Bethel offered to do the work for $1.13 million with some exclusions put into its notes, said engineer Joe Aloisio of the JAGA […]
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Newry board requests rebids for road reconstruction
NEWRY — The Board of Selectmen voted Wednesday evening to ask the companies who submitted bids for the Sunday River Road construction project to resubmit them by Monday, Aug. 8. Engineer Joe Aloisio of the JAGA Engineering firm told the board that two bids came in for the project to rebuild a section of the […]
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Newry voters approve additional $264K for Sunday River Road project
NEWRY — Residents at a special town meeting Tuesday voted to appropriate an additional $264,000 toward the Sunday River Road project, Town Administrator Amy Bernard said. At the annual town meeting on March 8, residents voted to authorize the Board of Selectmen to issue a bond not to exceed $850,000 to pave Sunday River Road […]
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Newry to decide Sunday River Road funding at meeting June 21
NEWRY — Residents will decide at a special town meeting Tuesday whether to raise and appropriate an additional $264,000 toward the Sunday River Road project. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the Bear River Grange Hall. At the annual town meeting on March 8, residents voted to authorize the Board of Selectmen to issue […]
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Newry residents approve bond for Sunday River Road paving
NEWRY — Residents voted Tuesday at the annual town meeting to authorize the Board of Selectmen to issue a bond not to exceed $850,000 to pave Sunday River Road from Monkey Brook Road. Earlier in the meeting, residents voted to allow selectmen to take $150,000 from the capital improvement account to pave a section of […]
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Newry board approves 42-cent increase in tax rate
NEWRY — Town Office employees were busy Wednesday morning printing off 3,447 property tax bills and stuffing them into envelopes. Selectmen set the new tax rate Tuesday night at $9.47 per $1,000 of valuation, Administrator Loretta Powers said. It is a 42-cent increase. “The tax bills will be in tomorrow’s mail,” she said. Despite the […]
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Newry board appoints municipal officers
NEWRY — Selectmen chose Gary Wight as chairman Tuesday night and appointed Sarah Berry to a three-year term as health officer. They also appointed Brooks Morton to the Planning Board and Amy Call as a Planning Board alternate. Administrator Loretta Powers said the board is looking for one more Planning Board alternate and someone to […]
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Newry OK spending $300,000 to fix Sunday River Road
NEWRY — Town meeting voters approved spending $300,000 to reconstruct and pave a section of Sunday River Road in the Letter S area this summer. They also voted that they are interested in having the town take out a $1 million bond to pay for another lengthy reconstruction and paving project on Sunday River Road, […]
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Newry board mulls road projects
NEWRY — Selectmen on Monday discussed about $1.5 million worth of proposed road projects, two of which may be presented to voters at the annual town meeting in March, Administrator Loretta Powers said Wednesday afternoon.. Voters will decide, either by a straw poll or discussion, how to finance the work on the Sunday River Road. […]