NEWRY — Selectmen will convene an emergency board meeting at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, for final review of the Town Report prior to printing, Administrator Loretta Powers said Thursday by email. The board will finish work on the 2014 municipal budget at its regular meeting at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, and approve its […]
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Feb. 18 deadline dropped for Newry road fix package
NEWRY — Selectmen decided late Tuesday afternoon to revisit the Letter S road project timeline at the board’s budget meeting at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, in the Town Office. Last month, officials sent out engineering requests for proposals to a list of identified firms to reconstruct a 1,200-foot section of the Sunday River Road […]
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Auditor tells Newry selectmen town’s books in great shape
NEWRY — Prior to starting work Tuesday night on the 2014 budget, town officials learned their financial books were in great shape. Town auditor Vernice Brooks, a senior accountant at RHR Smith & Co. of Buxton, spent all day Tuesday going over Newry’s books, Administrator Loretta Powers said. “I am very happy to state that […]
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Thieves strike building sites in Newry
NEWRY — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of construction tools from building sites near Sunday River Ski Resort. According to Chief Deputy Hart Daley, Deputy Peter Casey was called to home sites near Vista Road, on the side of Mt. Will last week for a theft complaint. Through interviews with contractors at […]
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Woman injured last week at Sunday River still in critical condition
LEWISTON — A woman seriously injured Wednesday in a skiing accident at Sunday River Ski Resort, remains in critical condition Monday at Central Maine Medical Center, according to a family spokeswoman. Sandra Bastinelli, 56, of Westminster, Md., was skiing with her husband, George T.R. Orton, and members of a Maryland ski club when she fell […]
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Rain, ice storms hamper Nordic ski centers in Western Maine
NEWRY — Tuesday’s rain that began at noon at The Outdoor Center, a Nordic ski and snowshoe nonprofit, didn’t hinder public recreation. But across Western Maine, several Nordic centers closed due to inclement weather and recent ice storms. “We’re doing pretty good right now,” said Maggie Loré, an employee at The Outdoor Center. “Two women […]
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‘This is wild, really wild’
NEWRY — Red Bull’s caffeine-infused Frozen Rush took to the slopes of Sunday River on Friday in a first-of-its-kind truck race. Resort officials said an estimated 6,000 to 7,000 spectators turned out for the event, which featured a bracketed, single-elimination format. The eight drivers, mostly desert-truck racers, matched times as they sped around a mile-long […]
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Red Bull brings Frozen Rush to Sunday River
NEWRY — Off-road trucks with half-inch spikes in their tires will take to the ski slopes at Sunday River on Friday in a unique competition called Frozen Rush. Eight pro-tour drivers will go head-to-head in pairs as they race their 900-horsepower trucks through giant slalom gates on South Ridge. The event, free and open to […]
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Trucks to hit slopes in ‘Frozen Rush’ this weekend at Sunday River
NEWRY — Off-road trucks with half-inch spikes in their tires will take to the ski slopes at Sunday River on Friday in a unique competition called Frozen Rush. Eight pro-tour drivers wll go head-to-head in pairs as they race their 900-horsepower trucks through giant slalom gates on South Ridge. The event, free and open to […]
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Newry ponders fate of former Grafton library books
NEWRY — Selectmen in Newry are considering what, if anything, should be done with the several hundred books that once comprised the public lending library of the former town of Grafton, just north of Newry. Town Administrator Loretta Powers said, “Since there’s no town of Grafton anymore, and no one really knows who the library […]