STRONG — Selectmen agreed Tuesday night to consider excluding heavy trucks from using River Road, because the road and a culvert are being damaged. Selectmen Mike Pond suggested the ban, which selectmen agreed to consider at their next meeting. The road starts at the south end of Main Street near the Sandy River bridge and […]
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Jay votes to enter into contract with Archie’s, sell trucks
JAY — The Select Board voted Monday to enter into a contract with Archie’s Inc. of Mexico to provide curbside collection for trash and recyclables beginning Dec. 1. The board also agreed to stop requiring clear trash bags as of Dec. 1. They also voted to sell the town’s two trash trucks to Archie’s for […]
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Equipment auction is ‘little boy’s fantasy’
AUBURN — The man climbing into the long white van is red from the sun and dusty from all the flying sand. He’s wearing a clean white shirt, but the sleeves are rolled to the elbows. “You out there buying today?” Ralph Hart asks him. “Or just watching?” “Just watching,” the slightly sunburned man answers. […]
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Jay board approves purchase of two new trucks
JAY — Selectpersons agreed Monday to spend up to $214,000 from the Public Works Department’s capital reserve account to replace two trucks that continue to break down and cost the town money to repair. It was approved 3-2, with Board of Selectpersons Chairman Steve McCourt and Board of Selectpersons Vice Chairman Justin Merrill opposed. Selectpersons […]
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Truck-safety advocate criticizes Collins on budget fix additions
LEWISTON — The founder of Parents Against Tired Truckers said provisions that Sen. Susan Collins wants to add to a federal budget bill would “jeopardize the safety of everyone.” Daphne Izer of Lisbon, whose teenage son was killed by a trucker who fell asleep at the wheel in October 1993, said relaxing rest standards for […]
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Dixfield selectmen vote to place time constraints on Jake brake usage
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday evening to prohibit the use of Jake brakes on Holman Corner on Route 2 from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Discussion on the issue began at the June 9 selectmen meeting when police Chief Richard Pickett said he had heard complaints from residents about the excessive […]
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Mexico car club, firefighters holding third Mexico Cruise-In
MEXICO — All classic, street rods, rat rods and vintage cars, trucks and vans are welcome at the third annual Mexico Cruise-In to be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 29. Sponsored by the Mexico Firefighter’s Relief Association and The Tired Iron Cruizers Car Club, the event will be held in the plaza […]
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‘This is wild, really wild’
NEWRY — Red Bull’s caffeine-infused Frozen Rush took to the slopes of Sunday River on Friday in a first-of-its-kind truck race. Resort officials said an estimated 6,000 to 7,000 spectators turned out for the event, which featured a bracketed, single-elimination format. The eight drivers, mostly desert-truck racers, matched times as they sped around a mile-long […]
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Red Bull brings Frozen Rush to Sunday River
NEWRY — Off-road trucks with half-inch spikes in their tires will take to the ski slopes at Sunday River on Friday in a unique competition called Frozen Rush. Eight pro-tour drivers will go head-to-head in pairs as they race their 900-horsepower trucks through giant slalom gates on South Ridge. The event, free and open to […]
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Truckers say safety a priority
HERMON — Truckers passing through Maine say they keep safety at the front of their minds all the time because their livelihood is at stake. “That’s No. 1. If you’re not safe, you’re not going to get to where you’re going,” said Duane Laybolt, a truck driver from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, who had taken a […]