LIVERMORE FALLS — Residents in RSU 73 will go to the polls Tuesday, April 23, for a budget validation vote. Polls at town offices in Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Last week, voters approved an $18.58 million budget for 2013-14. If the proposed budget is approved […]
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Correction: Four foreclosed properties redeemed
LIVERMORE – A story published on Page B1 of Friday’s Franklin edition about foreclosed properties should have said four of seven with unpaid 2011 taxes had been redeemed as of Thursday. Incorrect information was reported.
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Six foreclosed properties expected to be redeemed by deadline
LIVERMORE — Four of seven properties foreclosed in March for unpaid 2011 taxes have been redeemed, Administrative Assistant Kurt Schaub said Thursday. Voters at a town meeting several years ago gave property owners an additional 30 days from the day of foreclosure to pay the taxes, interest and fees on those properties. This year it […]
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RSU 73’s first budget vote passes
JAY — About 70 residents from the three member towns of RSU 73 approved an operating budget of $18.58 million for the 2013-14 school year during a districtwide, town meeting-style vote Tuesday night. The adopted budget is about $10,000 less than the current year’s operating budget. The budget must now go before voters for a referendum […]
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Couple wants voters to consider administrative assistant change
LIVERMORE — Residents Cathy and Dennis Lee presented selectpersons with a petition Monday night that asks residents if they want to change the administrative assistant position from appointed to elected. Selectpersons turned the petition over to Town Clerk Renda Libby to verify signatures, administrative assistant Kurt Schaub said Tuesday. The petition has 134 signatures, Libby […]
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May 15 deadline for Gammon Scholarship
LIVERMORE — High school seniors have the chance to receive a $1,000 scholarship, named in honor of the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center founder, Ethel “Billie” Gammon. Applications are due by May 15. One $1,000 scholarship is awarded each year to a Maine High School senior who has been inspired by their experience at the Norlands […]
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Monitoring blue herons FARMINGTON — The monthly program of the Western Maine Audubon Society will be on monitoring Maine’s great blue herons. The program will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, at UMF, C23, Roberts. The program is free and open to the public. The great blue heron is often touted as one of […]
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Tri-Town Seniors to meet April 8
FARMINGTON — On April 1 the Tri Town Seniors met at Murray Hall for their regular weekly meeting. Fernande Doiron, president, opened the meeting with the usual ceremony. There were 25 members and one guest, Marie Lavoie, present. It was reported Nancy Couture is back home and recuperating as well as Marguerite Slovak. The secretary’s […]
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Roy ‘Gabby’ Bamford
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. — Roy “Gabby” Bamford, 72, of Livermore, went home to his Lord and Savior on Saturday, March 30, surrounded by his loving family. He was born to and predeceased by Roscoe Bamford and Gladys (Williamson) Bamford, Jan. 29, 1941 in Langtown Plantation. Roy graduated from Livermore Falls High School in 1958. He then […]