Buckfield Board of Selectmen March 6, 2018 Buckfield Municipal Building Bridge project What happened: Jeff Stern of the Androscoggin River Watershed Council gave an update on the Darnit Brook-Shedd Hollow Road project, including a timeline for work. What it means: Stern continues to look for grants to pay for replacing the bridge over Darnit Brook […]
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Buckfield selectmen weigh options for archiving historic documents
BUCKFIELD — Peggy O’Kane, the digital collections supervisor of the Maine State Library, attended Tuesday’s Board of Selectmen meeting to answer questions and discuss how the library might be able to assist the town with preserving some historic documents in a digital format. The items O’Kane plans to archive digitally include journals from Zadoc Long […]
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Buckfield library to get exterior makeover
BUCKFIELD — The area surrounding the Zadoc Long Free Library will get a face-lift come spring. On Tuesday evening, selectmen unanimously supported the Library Committee’s rehabilitation project for the stairs and grounds of the library at 5 Turner St. Town Manager Cindy Dunn told selectmen she and members of the Library Committee have been brainstorming ideas […]
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Clukey named assistant director at Zadoc
BUCKFIELD — Katie Clukey was promoted to assistant library director Zadoc Long Free Library. Clukey volunteered regularly for almost a year at the Library, helping run the fall, winter and spring children’s weekly Story Hour sessions and the Summer Children’s Reading Program. She has been a preschool teacher and a nanny and is planning to […]
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Buckfield selectmen debate town ownership of library
BUCKFIELD — Selectmen decided to table making a decision on acquiring the Zadoc Long Free Library from its Board of Trustees after questions arose about the library founder’s intent when they examined the original trust deed that established the library in 1901. At Tuesday’s selectmen’s meeting, Buckfield Town Manager Cindy Dunn and Selectmen Chairwoman Martha Catevenis […]