NEWRY — Selectmen have called for a special board meeting at 5 p.m. Monday, June 30, in the Town Office. Administrator Loretta Powers said Thursday that the only two agenda items are to commit the 2014 taxes and discuss employee vacation time. Next month’s board meetings will be held at 5 p.m. July 7 and 15 […]
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Newry board to set tax rate in July
NEWRY — Town Administrator Loretta Powers said Tuesday night that she hopes to have information together by the next selectmen meeting so they can set the tax rate. At Tuesday night’s board meeting, she told selectmen the assessor will visit the Town Office on Wednesday morning to finish last-minute work on property assessments. She is […]
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Road contracts signed in Newry
NEWRY — Selectmen on Tuesday signed a contract for road repairs and another for sealing cracks on a section of Sunday River Road and in the Bear River Grange Hall parking lot. Selectmen also decided when they should get paid, after Administrator Loretta Powers read a resident’s complaint about the matter. Bethel contractor D.A. Wilson […]
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Newry residents, officials learn options at meeting with SAD 44 supt.
NEWRY — SAD 44 Superintendent David Murphy met for 90 minutes Thursday night with about 25 Newry officials and residents who asked him how to change the school-funding formula and how to start the school withdrawal process. Murphy also shared insight on steps the district is taking to get grants to fund innovative programs at […]
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Newry board to place two road-paving projects out to bid
NEWRY — Selectmen decided Tuesday night to place paving work for Skiway and Monkey Brook roads out to bid. Skiway Road is to be paved from Sunday River Road to the end of Skiway Road, a distance of 6,000 feet. Monkey Brook Road is to be paved from its end to its intersection with Sunday […]
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Newry board learns 1916 Bear River Grange Hall chimney built without a flue
NEWRY — Selectmen learned nothing’s ever simple in Newry nowadays Tuesday night from Administrator Loretta Powers. A contractor hired to do chimney work last week at the Bear River Grange Hall, which was built in 1916, discovered that the chimney has no flue. Powers said nobody knows when the chimney was built, but it can […]
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Newry board hires Bethel firm to trim its trees
NEWRY — Selectmen unanimously accepted a bid Tuesday night for tree trimming from a Bethel tree-removal business. However, they accepted it based on the daily rate that the contractor included, even though that wasn’t requested in the bid specifications. None of the other bidders provided a rate. Top Notch Tree Service LLC of Bethel, which […]
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Newry selectman at odds with administrator’s duties
NEWRY — Selectmen discussed the town administrator’s job description at length Tuesday night in the Bear River Grange Hall. Selectman Brooks Morton previously asked for the review, but when asked by Chairman Wendy Hanscom what he thought about it, Morton said he didn’t think Tuesday’s meeting was the forum to discuss his reasons. He said […]
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Newry board meeting Tuesday at Bear River Grange Hall
NEWRY — Selectmen will hold a meeting and workshop at 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, at the Bear River Grange Hall instead of the Town Office. Administrator Loretta Powers said Friday that the board wanted to examine the heating system in the grange hall to possibly change or replace it. The board will discuss the […]
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Newry board accepts selectmen resignations, approves June 10 election
NEWRY — It seemed weird late Thursday afternoon when Newry selectmen Chairman Wendy Hanscom read prepared statements about her resignation and that of Selectman Gary Wight from the board. Then, Hanscom and Wight and Selectman Brooks Morton accepted the resignations. But all three continued their special selectmen meeting, conducting further business. Hanscom’s and Wight’s resignations, […]