Residents voted 25-3 to spend $150,000 on two roads.
Canton Maine
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Historical society to host talk on wild foods
Arthur Haines of the Wilder Waters Community Nonprofit will be the guest speaker at this event on April 3.
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Canton to hold special town meeting to vote on road work
The town of Canton will hold a Special Town Meeting next Thursday to vote on whether to use $150,000 from an undesignated fund for roadwork this spring. Also, nomination papers are available for two selectmen’s seats of three-year terms.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times
Canton selectmen won’t seek $60,000 from historical society
The board voted 3-1 not to pursue repayment, considering it a gift.
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Family Fun Day Sliding Party ANDOVER — The Snow Valley Sno-Goers will hold their Family Fun Day Sliding Party from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Club House off Route 5 right on trail ITS 82. There will be sliding and a free lunch. Children must be with an adult. Come […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, River Valley
Gift or loan: Canton Historical Society question going to voters
CANTON — The Canton Historical Society has been advised to prepare a petition for the June town meeting for voters to determine whether $60,000 given to the group in 2017 was a gift or a loan from the town. The issue was debated at the selectmen meeting Thursday night when society member Phyllis Ouellette said […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, River Valley
Canton property revaluations starting soon
CANTON — Residents can expect to see representatives from a tax assessment company asking to inspect their buildings beginning this month, according to a notice from the town. John O’Donnell and Associates will perform the inspections. The purpose is so the town can fairly tax property owners, Selectman Russell Adams said Friday. The most recent […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, River Valley
Canton residents to vote on best ideas to beautify their town
CANTON — Clean up fire-damaged properties, repair an old school building or establish a campground. These are among the ideas favored by townspeople on how to spend the $32,000 per year paid by Canton Mountain Wind to the town’s Community Benefit Fund. Voters at town meeting in June approved setting up a special account for […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, River Valley
Canton accident victim identified
CANTON — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office on Friday released the name of a third person involved in a single-vehicle crash that killed two people Tuesday. Corey Edingbourgh, 36, of Mexico, was seriously injured in the Canton Point Road accident that took the lives of Shawn Hodge, 38, of Rumford, and Sarah Bosworth, 26, of […]
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Rumford man and Mexico woman die Christmas night in Canton crash
CANTON — Two people were killed in a single-vehicle crash Christmas night, according to the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. Shawn Hodge, 38, of Rumford, and Sarah Bosworth, 26, of Mexico died in the crash, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman said Wednesday. A third person in the vehicle was seriously injured and taken to a hospital. Neither […]