Town officials will decide how to proceed after Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provide feedback.
Welchville Dam
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Oxford eyes NOAA fish reconstruction grant
To help pay for dam reconstruction, Oxford gets creative.
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How much will the dam repair cost?
OXFORD — Officials are expected to learn next month how much it may cost to repair or replace the failing Welchville Dam The board has advertised for prices for both options. They are due in the Town Office by December 13. Selectmen have been grappling with the future of the dam, located on the Little […]
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No money for Oxford study
OXFORD —The state has informed town officials that there is currently no money available in the Fiscal 2018 budget to do a feasibility study for the possible removal of the Welchville Dam. The town recently applied for approval to submit an application to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations (NOAA) Resilience Grants Program that could […]
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Oxford selectmen: What you need to know
Oxford Board of Selectmen March 1, 2018 Oxford Town Office What happened: Brent Bridges, senior vice president of Woodard & Curran engineering firm in Portland, updated selectmen on installing sewer lines in the center of town to connect with the wastewater treatment plant in Welchville village this year. What it means: Bridges said the plan is […]
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What You Need to Know: Oxford Board of Selectmen
Oxford Board of Selectmen Aug. 3, 2017 Oxford Town Office Town Manager What happened: Selectmen Chairman Scott Owens announced the board hired Butch Asselin of Houlton as the permanent town manager. What it means: Asselin will be paid $78,000 a year. Oxford has been without a permanent town manager since Derik Goodine abruptly resigned in […]
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Welchville Dam repairs to be complete in the fall
OXFORD — Selectmen on Thursday evening unanimously voted to sign a contract with MBP Consulting of Portland to repair the Welchville Dam for $8,000. According to a report issued to the town in January, the dam on the Little Androscoggin River in Welchville village had planking, structural timbers and rock fill falling away. Erosion has […]
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Engineers estimate Oxford sewer system will go online next spring
OXFORD — Engineers expect Oxford’s proposed state-of-the-art wastewater treatment facility will be up and running by next spring. At a recent selectmen’s meeting, Woodard and Curran Vice-President Brent Bridges told town officials the bidding on the facility will begin by the end of the month. The building will be boxy, but designed to fit into […]
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Pond association asks to drop Hogan Pond water level
OXFORD — A local pond association is requesting that the town significantly lower the water level in Hogan and Whitney ponds to combat an especially virulent milfoil infestation. Eurasian milfoil is a non-native underwater plant, considered one of the most problematic aquatic invasives in the United States. The plant grows rapidly in huge clumps at the surface […]