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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Bethel, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Bike trail mapping session for Bethel/Newry area scheduled Thursday
NEWRY — A bike trail mapping session will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 13, at Camp Sunday River in the Grand Summit Hotel. The sessions are part of a campaign called Oxford County Moves, which is led Healthy Oxford Hills, a project of Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway. A news release […]
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Posted inRiver Valley
Pothole season underway in Lewiston-Auburn, but not farther north
RUMFORD — Many westbound drivers negotiating Route 2 at the intersection with Lincoln Avenue on Tuesday couldn’t avoid a cluster of potholes. But between gaps in traffic, drivers swung into the opposite lane to avoid the mess, trying to save nasty yanks on their shock absorbers and suspensions, and scrapes on their undercarriages. Maine’s pothole […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Suzanne Pierce misnamed
NEWRY — A story about Western Maine’s maple syrup season published on the front page Friday should have said the name of Bruce S. Pierce’s wife is Suzanne. It was a reporting error.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Bethel, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley, The Franklin Journal
Newry ski resort to host 2nd annual New England Mineral Conference
NEWRY — Sunday River Ski Resort will host the second annual New England Mineral Conference on May 9-11 at its Grand Summit Resort Hotel and Conference Center. Registration and hotel reservations are now underway, Jeffrey Morrison, association president, said Monday in a news release. Participants are advised to preregister by mail before April 28 to get […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Unseasonable cold saps Western Maine syrup season
NEWRY — Expecting the sap season to start Friday or Saturday, Bruce S. Pierce began tapping trees Thursday afternoon at his and his wife Suzanne’s Goose Eye Farm. Their daughter, Hannah, 10, helped hang buckets under the taps. Pierce and his neighbor, Alan Fleet, own and operate A&B Maple Syrup at 1014 Sunday River Road. […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Newry voters approve tax discount
NEWRY — Voters approved an $829,475 municipal budget Monday night, Town Administrator Loretta Powers said. The town meeting at the Grange Hall was one of the “most well-attended meetings that Newry has had in years,” she said. More than 100 people attended. All 42 articles on the warrant were approved, including taking $200,000 from the […]
Posted inFranklin, Oxford Hills, River Valley, The Franklin Journal
Tonight’s agenda
Franklin Jay: Selectmen, review budgets with department heads, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall Newry: Annual town meeting, 6:30 p.m., Grange Hall; potluck at 5:30 p.m. River Valley Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Rumford Public Library Board of Trustees, 3 p.m., library
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, River Valley
Newry town meeting March 3; potluck supper precedes it at 5:30 p.m.
NEWRY — A proposed road project and improvements to the Town Office and Bear River Grange are two items up for discussion at town meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, March 3, in the Grange Hall, administrator Loretta Powers said Tuesday afternoon. Excluding the county assessment of $344,983 and the estimated SAD 44 assessment of $2.78 […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Newry board proposes $829,475 municipal budget for 2014-15
NEWRY — Selectmen finalized their 2014-15 municipal budget Tuesday night and approved taking $346,000 from surplus for two paving projects and to lower the tax rate. Now it’s up to voters on Monday, March 3, to decide if they want to accept the board’s recommendations, administrator Loretta Powers said Wednesday morning. Excluding the county assessment […]