BUCKFIELD — The Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation District will host a training workshop for volunteers interested in collecting data on the Nezinscot Watershed stream crossings from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, June 26 at the Buckfield Town Office. The majority of the watershed is located within the towns of Buckfield, Turner, Sumner […]
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Buckfield voters acquire town library
BUCKFIELD — Residents approved a $2.34 million budget, officially took ownership of the library and gave town officials permission to buy a new bucket loader at the annual town meeting Saturday. Voters picked over the town’s spending plan in a four-hour meeting at the Buckfield Junior-Senior High School, approved a housekeeping update to the town’s Shoreland […]
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Buckfield write-in campaign falls short
BUCKFIELD — Despite efforts by supporters of Martha Catevenis to launch a write-in campaign for selectman, Maida Demers-Dobson, the only candidate on the ballot, handily won election Tuesday. Demers-Dobson received 121 votes to Catevenis’ 58. Catevenis previously said she decided not to run for re-election since she didn’t have time to manage a campaign. Demers-Dobson […]
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Eastern A Local players to watch: Edward Little: Sarah Hammond, Jr. P, Emmy Lashua, Fr. C, Jordyn Reynolds, Jr. 1b; Oxford Hills: Anna Winslow, Sr. 1b, Annika Kahkonen, Sr. 2b, Shannon Fillebrown, Sr., OF, Erika Whitman, Jr. P/3b, Cody Akers Jr. P/3b. Favorites: Messalonskee is the top seed and has finished strong. Teams will have to […]
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H.S. Baseball Playoffs: Class C West bracket brutal for top seeds Dirigo, Winthrop
Nowhere in high school sports is the single-elimination format scarier for top-ranked teams and their coaches than baseball, the game in which a dancing curveball or a perilous hop can stymie the best on the wrong day. Easy to understand, then, why one potential quarterfinal matchup in Class C West quickens everyone’s pulse rate ever-so-slightly. […]
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Buckfield voters face choice for selectman
BUCKFIELD — What appeared to be a shoo-in election for Maida Demers-Dobson took a surprise turn when supporters of Board of Selectmen Chairman Martha Catevenis launched a write-in campaign for her. Demers-Dobson, who is running for the three-year term in Tuesday’s election, retired a secondary special education coordinator with the Lewiston School District and served […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m.,Town Office Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office New Sharon: Jim Ditzler Memorial Library Board of Trustees, 7 p.m., public hearing on updated Internet Safety policy Paris: Conservation Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Board of Assessors, 3 p.m., Municipal Building Salem Township: SAD 58 Board of Directors, 7 p.m., […]
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Buckfield seeks forester to take axe to grove
BUCKFIELD — The town is looking for free estimates on thinning the Bessey Field pine grove, after two Maine licensed foresters recommended selective cutting for the weakened stand of trees. Buckfield selectmen reviewed a letter from Oxford County district forester Merle Ring at their meeting May 19. The 7.5-acre pine grove is behind Bessey Field on […]
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Nettie M. Frechette
1916 – 2015 BUCKFIELD — Nettie Mahala Stetson Frechette, 98, of Norway, fell asleep to be with her Lord on Monday, May 25, in Buckfield after a joyous life filled with love for God, her family, farm animals, pets and cooking. Born on her family farm in Hartford, on Dec. 12, 1916, she was the […]