MINOT — Town Administrator Arlan Saunders told selectmen Monday that the new one-ton truck for the Highway Department has been built and is on its way to O’Connor in Augusta for final preparations. It should be ready for delivery by the end of next week. The purchase was approved at the March town meeting for $32,000, […]
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Thelma L. Verrill
FARMINGTON — Thelma L. Verrill, 87, of Minot died Wednesday, April 19, at Pinewood Terrace in Farmington. She was born in South Paris on Aug. 11, 1929, a daughter of Elwood and Harriet (Gowell) Verrill. Thelma was a graduate of Buckfield High School and employed in life by PEMCO Manufacturing and Wilner Wood Heel and […]
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Junior History Club visits railroad club
The Junior History Club of Minot tours the Great Falls Model Railroad Club in Auburn under the guidance of Railroad Club members Paul Lodge and Ed Webb. Lodge has been teaching the students the history of rail travel in Maine. From left are History Club members Aiden Bussiere, Brayden Davis, Jack Tetreault and Leland Rodrigue […]
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Leighton brothers are March Students of the Month
The Mechanic Falls, Minot, and Poland Tri-Town Optimist Club announces its Regional School Unit 16 Student of the Month recipients for March, Greg and Kurt Leighton. Both students are avid basketball players, who have displayed an amazing effort over the past couple of years to overcome challenges, by accessing school and community resources, in order […]
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West Minot Grange to host annual Maple Weekend with craft fair, pancake breakfast
MINOT — West Minot Grange No. 42 will host Maple Weekend with a craft and vendor fair and breakfast Saturday and Sunday, March 25 and 26. Proceeds will benefit the the Grange’s Start-Up Scholarship Program. Breakfast, served all-you-can-eat, will be served from from 7 to 11 a.m. The cost is $8 for adults and $2 […]
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Minot mass-gathering ordinances fail
MINOT — Two mass-gathering ordinances were voted on at the annual town meeting Saturday morning, and both failed in a public vote. In January, John Hicks, promoter of the Great North Music Festival, and Michael Hemond of Hemond Motocross Park, asked the Board of Selectmen to approve a mass-gathering permit, but after complaints and concerns from […]
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Minot man killed in 2-vehicle crash
MINOT — A local man pulling out of his driveway on West Minot Road was killed Thursday evening when he drove into the path of a van, state police said. Earl Belanger, 68, died at the scene when the van struck the driver’s side of his car, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said […]
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Minot board declines to approve mass-gathering permit
MINOT — John Hicks, promoter of the Great North Music Festival, and Michael Hemond of Hemond Motocross Park on Monday asked the Board of Selectmen to approve a mass-gathering permit for a concert to be held in September at the motocross facility. Hicks requested that the town follow the state’s mass-gathering ordinance because he needed […]
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Selectmen recommend reducing proposed $1.78M budget by $40K
MINOT — Selectmen on Monday peeled about $40,000 from the $1.78 million 2017 municipal budget Town Administrator Arlan Saunders presented two weeks ago. Gone is around $1,500 from the legal account and nearly $39,000 that the Fire Department had requested for the replacement of the town’s forestry truck. Selectmen took note of the fact that […]