Local land trusts have signed a $1.37 million agreement to conserve roughly 800 acres along Crooked River, the largest tributary to Sebago Lake, the drinking water source for the greater Portland area. On Tuesday, CLT Co. President Robert Carlson, 89, of Harrison signed quitclaim deeds with the Western Foothills and Loon Echo land trusts, retaining the land […]
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Otisfield voters approve budget, park lease deal, land trust request
OTISFIELD — Town meeting voters on Saturday approved a $1.5 million municipal budget and gave selectmen the thumbs up on their proposed Heniger Park lease agreement, which would extend leases on town-owned lakeside property by 99 years. Voters also appropriated money to help the Western Foothills Land Trust acquire a large parcel of working forest […]
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Land trust pitches purchases to Otisfield board
OTISFIELD — The Western Foothills Land Trust and the Loon Echo Land Trust are working together to develop a community forest project on the Crooked River that will include 590 acres of woodlands in Otisfield and Harrison. Lee Dassler of the Western Foothills Land Trust told Otisfield selectmen last week that the trust will be […]
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Off-duty deputy pulls man from partially submerged truck in Turner
AUBURN — An off-duty deputy pulled to safety the driver of a pickup truck that was partially submerged in the Androscoggin River on Saturday. Detective Kevin Nichols said he was driving with his family on Saturday shortly before 10:30 p.m. when his wife spotted what looked like tail lights in the river as they were […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Otisfield asked to accept community forest
OTISFIELD — The Western Foothills Land Trust has asked the town to consider accepting a 252-acre parcel the trust is negotiating to buy as a community forest. The Norway-based land trust is working with the Loon Echo Land Trust in Bridgton to acquire about 550 acres in Otisfield and Harrison from a single landowner for […]
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Sumner voters asked to OK budget hike, subdivision ordinance
SUMNER — Voters will be asked to approve a $768,468 municipal budget, including an increase in the winter roads and roads and bridges account, and amendments to the Subdivision Ordinance when annual town meeting gets underway Tuesday, Aug. 11. Action on the 40-article warrant starts at 7 p.m. in Hartford-Sumner Elementary School at 145 Main […]