NEWRY — Sunday River Ski Resort has been keeping whetted the appetites of 3,500 athletes taking on its Tough Mountain Challenge on Saturday, July 26. Or perhaps keeping them on edge, by posting several “top secret” photographs on the event’s Facebook page for the wildly successful, 4-mile course through 17 obstacles. Staying dry and clean isn’t […]
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SAD 44 withdrawal petition presented to Newry board
NEWRY — Selectmen on Monday received a petition asking for a town vote on whether to pursue creating a withdrawal plan from SAD 44. The petition, with 22 signatures, was submitted by resident Jim Sysko. The board must schedule a public hearing and a referendum vote on whether to enter a formal withdrawal plan process, […]
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Newry board sets tax rate at $9.05
NEWRY — Approximately 3,500 tax bills were mailed Wednesday morning, following the selectmen setting the tax rate Monday evening. The new rate is $9.05 per thousand dollars of valuation. Last year’s rate was $8.97, Administrator Loretta Powers said Wednesday morning. Unlike some Maine towns that split the tax bill into two payments — one in […]
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Newry board schedules special meeting June 30 to set tax rate
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 group starts withdrawal petition from SAD 44
NEWRY — Residents who have been exploring ways to reduce what the town pays to educate its children have abandoned — at least for now — an effort to change the local school funding formula in favor of an effort to withdraw from SAD 44. About two dozen people attended a meeting Tuesday at the […]
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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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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Bethel: Bethel Water District Board of Trustees, 7 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Mexico Sewer District Board of Trustees, 4:30 p.m., Town Hall Newry: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Paris: Oxford County Commission, 9 a.m., courthouse Rumford: Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste Board, 5 p.m., Municipal Building Rumford: Charter Commission, 6 p.m., Municipal Building Woodstock: […]
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Trek riders pay tribute to fallen cyclist
HANOVER — Early-morning drivers traveling Route 2 on Friday past the site of last year’s fatal Trek Across Maine accident couldn’t help but notice a heavier than usual police presence. With blue and yellow lights flashing on cruisers, trucks and cycles from state, county and local police departments joined American Lung Association Trek safety vehicles […]
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SAD 44 budget approved
BETHEL — SAD 44 Superintendent David Murphy said Tuesday night that the five towns in the school district approved a $10.56 million budget by a vote of 611-386. Voting for the budget were Bethel, 295-137; Greenwood, 57-19; and Woodstock, 91-27. Newry voted against the budget 63-72, as did Andover, 105-131. The budget is $192,915 more […]
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Newry selectmen re-elected
NEWRY — It’s now official, and by the correct method this time. Wendy Hanscom and Gary Wight were re-elected at Tuesday’s polls to Board of Selectmen seats by respective votes of 74 and 118. Candidate Doug Webster, who ran against Hanscom, got 62 votes, Administrator Loretta Powers said. In 2012, Newry changed the way it […]