POLAND — The RSU 16 School Committee on Monday learned that the town of Poland is not interested in plowing and sanding the parking lots and roadways in school facilities here. In a letter to Committee Chairwoman Mary Ella Jones, Town Manager Rosemary Kulow explained that, in an effort to reduce public service costs, the […]
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Croft — Thibodeau
David Thibodeau and Stacey Croft LEWISTON — William and Sandra Croft of Minot are announcing the engagement of their daughter, Stacey Croft of Lewiston, to David Thibodeau of Lewiston, son of Richard and Carmen Thibodeau of Lewiston. Miss Croft is a 1997 graduate of Edward Little High School and a 2003 graduate of Quinnipiac University […]
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Minot officials ‘not happy’ with court decision
MINOT — Town officials Thursday confirmed that developer Chuck Starbird will receive his permit to build a house on land he owns off the end of York Road. It is a permit Starbird has been seeking since he handed in his building permit application on May 14, 2010. Code Enforcement Officer Ken Pratt’s subsequent determination […]
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Rita Kohl
AUBURN — Rita (Rioux) Kohl, 85, of Minot, passed peacefully Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Hospice House. She was born in Lewiston, Feb. 9, 1926, to the late Joseph Rudolph Rioux and Yvonne Goyette Rioux Knowles. Rita was educated at Holy Family, Jordan and Lewiston High School. Rita loved to roller skate, dance, go to […]
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Minot naming panel for fire station addition
MINOT — Selectmen took initial steps Monday to form a committee to develop a plan for building an addition to the Central Fire Station. Selectmen were prompted to do so after action taken at Saturday’s annual town meeting. Townspeople turned down a plan that would almost double the station’s size. Selectman Steve French suggested that […]
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Minot voters cut spending
MINOT — Voters at town meeting Saturday passed a budget that calls for raising $42,000 less in taxes than was raised by last year’s budget. As the meeting drew to a close, Selectman Eda Tripp announced the total to be raised stood at about $1.24 million — the second year in a row with a […]
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Minot elects write-in to school board
MINOT — Eleanor Biron, running as an announced write-in candidate, was elected to a three-year term on the RSU 16 Board of Directors with 47 votes in Friday’s town election. Joining her on the board will be Tina Love, an incumbent whose name was on the printed ballot, who received 94 votes. Her term is […]
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Selectmen, school directors to be elected in Minot
MINOT — The annual town meeting begins Friday, March 2, with election of two selectmen and two RSU 16 directors. Selectmen Dan Callahan and Dean Campbell are running unopposed for new terms. However, while the names of current School Committee members Tina Love and Yvette Murray also will appear unchallenged on the printed ballots, two […]
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Minot residents to decide Fire Department requests
MINOT — Townspeople will gather at the Minot Consolidated School this Saturday, March 3, at 9 a.m., for the annual town meeting. In addition to setting the town’s budget, voters this year will decide whether to build an addition to Minot’s Central Fire Station and whether to replace Engine 1, a 30-year-old truck. The 2,640-square-foot […]
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Minot board updated on dispatch plans
MINOT — Town Administrator Arlan Saunders told selectmen Tuesday that the county commissioners are working on a proposal that would keep emergency dispatch at the county building. “I had a call earlier from (County Commissioner) Beth Bell telling me that under the proposal they are working on, dispatch would remain a county function, located at […]