WILTON — The Wilton Board of Selectpersons voted Tuesday night to adopt several changes to the town’s parking and traffic ordinance and approve the 2018 wastewater budget. Significant changes to the traffic ordinance include the allowing of U-turns on Main Street, from the Prospect Street bridge to the Weld Road intersection. Police Chief Heidi Wilcox […]
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Forster Mill demo begins Tuesday in Wilton
WILTON – The Forster Mill demolition in Wilton is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. Tuesday. Town Manager Rhonda Irish said more than 400 windows have been removed in preparation for the demolition — due to the asbestos in the windows’ caulking. Acquired by the town in 2015, the mill has manufactured automotive upholstery, wood […]
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'Good ice, good conditions' for Wilton fishing derby
WILTON — More than 300 people participated in the 4th annual Michael A. Rowe Memorial Fishing Derby on Saturday, with some hauling in big togue. The event was a tribute to Rowe, who was “very much an outdoors guy” and a lifetime member of the Wilton Fish and Game Club, member Richard Cousins said. Rowe was […]
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Massachusetts automotive upholstery company moving to Wilton
WILTON — The Planning Board on Thursday approved an application for a Massachusetts upholstery business to set up shop in the Bass-Wilton building at 284 Main St. LeBaron Bonney Co. owner Scott Holbrook said he plans to hire 11 to 15 people for his automotive upholstery plant and begin operations May 1. It will be […]
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Wilton man charged in Wilson Pond ice shack damage
WILTON — A local man has been charged in connection with damaging an ice shack on Wilson Pond last week, Maine Warden Kris MacCabe said Thursday. The man was issued a summons on a charge of driving to endanger, MacCabe said, but he declined to identify him because of the continuing investigation. The man is […]
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Reward offered after ice shack damaged in Wilton
WILTON — Marc Willett of Chesterville is offering a $200 reward to anyone with information leading to the prosecution of the driver who heavily damaged his ice shack on Wilson Pond last week. It appears the shack was hit by an SUV or a truck, Game Warden Kyle Hladik said. Apparently at least one of […]
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Skiing laps in Wilton
Craig Davis of Wilton cross-country skis Monday on the field of Academy Hill School in Wilton. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal)
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The Studio has become a family supporting one another and the community
WILTON – Cyra Morrill, who opened The Studio in the Bass-Wilson Building on March 1, 2017, is a proponent of health and fitness, small businesses and her community. Morrill, who moved to Wilton six years ago, worked at gyms for 20 years while teaching at private schools. She wanted a career change, so two years […]
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Guess who's coming to dinner
Two deer appeared Friday in the yard of Wilton resident Eileen Adams, attracted to the corn she feeds her geese. Minutes later, the deer leaped the fence and ate the corn. Adams said the geese obliged the interlopers by gathering in a cluster at the other end of the pen. She said she’s seen deer […]
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Wilton selectmen discuss marijuana sales
WILTON — The Wilton Board of Selectmen on Tuesday discussed local marijuana sales and gave the Planning Board direction for developing guidelines for marijuana-based businesses. Planning Board member Charlie Lavin attended Tuesday’s meeting to seek the board’s guidance because Wilton has no ordinances or moratoriums for businesses that grow or distribute pot. Lavin said the legislature […]