KINGFIELD — The annual town meeting Saturday morning will include the election of two officials and voting on a budget that has increased a small percentage over that of last year. Starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 6, at Kingfield Elementary School, voters will decide on a 42-article warrant, which includes budget items and […]
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Ordinance change, warrant approval on agenda for Bethel selectmen
BETHEL — A public hearing on an ordinance change and the approval of the annual town meeting warrant are on the agenda for Monday’s selectmen meeting. It will begin at 7 p.m. June 1 at the Town Office. Town Manager Christine Landes said the Recreation Board is seeking to increase its ranks five regular members […]
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Hearing tonight on Rumford warrant
RUMFORD — Residents will have a chance to discuss the town meeting warrant at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 21, at the Rumford Falls Auditorium. The first eight articles will be voted on at the June 1 business meeting in the Muskie Auditorium at Mountain Valley High School. The remaining 35 articles focus on department budgets, […]
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Selectmen sign 37-article warrant
NEW GLOUCESTER — Selectmen on Monday signed the 37-article warrant for the May 4 annual town meeting. The budget proposal is $73,000 below the spending cap allowed by state law so an article asking voters to increase the property tax levy limit is not needed. Selectmen removed a warrant request asking voters to spend $5,000 […]
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Rumford police log
Charges * Christopher Gravel, 27, Rumford, warrant charging failure to appear for arraignment on charge of operating after suspension with a prior, 4:03 p.m. March 14 on Bridge Street. He was released on $500 cash bail and will be arraigned on April 7 in 11th District Court. Reports * A Waldo Street resident reported at […]
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Dixfield selectmen to vote on ordinances
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will vote Monday on whether to approve the final drafts of two ordinances that will go before voters June 10. The meeting will take place at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 23 in the Ludden Memorial Library. Town Manager Carlo Puiia said selectmen will vote on the Wind Energy Recall Ordinance […]
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Former Turner man wanted on murder warrant seen in Rangeley
LEWISTON — Authorities are continuing to search the Rangeley area for a former Turner man who is wanted on a Michigan murder warrant in the strangulation death of his wife. Harold “Butch” Knight, 66, is suspected of killing his wife, Sara Lee Porter-Knight, 48, at their Fennville, Mich., home, authorities said. Authorities discovered her body […]
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Connecticut man held on fugitive warrant on charge of promoting prostitution
LEWISTON — An Auburn man appeared in court Monday after he was arrested Sunday on a warrant from Connecticut, where he was charged with promoting prostitution for having taken a 17-year-old girl from New York to Connecticut to work as a prostitute. Rayshawn Stokely, 26, of 714 Washington St. was arrested at 55 Mill St. […]
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Turner schedules town meeting vote on rescue budget
TURNER — The Board of Selectmen will meet at 5 p.m. Wednesday to review and vote on a warrant for a special town meeting this month. The meeting is set for 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, at Leavitt Area High School. One article will ask if residents will vote to spend up to $431,588 for […]
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Dixfield selectmen add sign request to special meeting
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday evening to send a request for the town to use up to $10,000 from the Ione Harlow Dixfield Community Fund to build an enclosure for the new electronic scoreboard at Dirigo High School to a special town meeting. Resident Mark Thompson originally made the request during […]