NEWRY — Selectmen approved adding a road project and funding for it at Tuesday night’s special meeting to finalize the March town meeting warrant and municipal budget. They also debated removing the “fire ponds” requirement from the fire suppression ordinance but decided to leave it in for the Feb. 17 public hearing on ordinance proposals […]
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Newry board mulls road projects
NEWRY — Selectmen on Monday discussed about $1.5 million worth of proposed road projects, two of which may be presented to voters at the annual town meeting in March, Administrator Loretta Powers said Wednesday afternoon.. Voters will decide, either by a straw poll or discussion, how to finance the work on the Sunday River Road. […]
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Newry board to start budget work
NEWRY — Selectmen are expected to begin budget work at their first meeting of the new year. The meeting starts at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, in the Town Office. Administrator Loretta Powers said Wednesday morning that the town auditor came last week and did pre-audit work to ready the books for the budget process. […]
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Newry researching funding to continue free shuttle service to Bethel
NEWRY — Selectmen were asked Tuesday to help figure out how to fund the free Mountain Explorer shuttle bus program between Bethel and Newry. Pat Roma from the Mountain Explorer Committee spoke about funding for the program that takes people to work, to Sunday River Ski Resort to ski or snowboard and to dinner at […]
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Four take out papers for Newry selectman, SAD 44 School Board seats
NEWRY — Residents seeking municipal offices can take out papers for the election in March, Administrator Loretta Powers said Wednesday morning. Up for grabs are one three-year Board of Selectmen seat, Assessor & Overseer of the Poor seat, and two School Administrative District 44 School Board director seats, one for a two-year term and the […]
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Newry board discusses junkyard complaint, grange hall work
NEWRY — Selectmen took up the issue of junkyards Tuesday night after a resident complained about their neighbor’s yard. The board didn’t identify either resident; they just asked Code Enforcement Officer David Bonney how best to handle the complaint. However, Bonney said there isn’t much the town can do because Newry doesn’t have a property […]
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Newry board gets cost estimate for Sunday River Road
NEWRY — Selectmen learned Tuesday night that it will be expensive to fix all the problems along a three-mile stretch of Sunday River Road in one shot. With town budget work looming, Code Enforcement Officer David Bonney sought and received a budget estimate of $900,520 from Bruce A. Manzer Inc. for 38,593 square yards, or […]
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Newry board splits town meeting, elections into two days
NEWRY — Selectmen voted 3-0 Tuesday night to hold municipal elections the day before the annual town meeting instead of the same day. That means voters will go to the polls from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, March 2, at the Town Office to elect a selectman and meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March […]
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Newry selectmen to discuss junkyard concerns Nov. 18
NEWRY — Junkyards will be a topic for selectmen at their meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, in the Town Office. The rest of the agenda, excluding staff reports, deals with seven unfinished business items: * A job description for the code enforcement officer and licensed plumbing inspector positions. * Ongoing maintenance at the […]
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Newry board addresses E911 addressing compliance issue
NEWRY — Selectmen at Monday night’s meeting discussed how to get residents to put the Emergency 911 address numbers on their houses, but the board didn’t resolve the issue and will take it up at its next regular meeting, Administrator Loretta Powers said Tuesday afternoon. “We’ve been trying to get them to put the numbers […]