Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Sumner: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Bethel: Board of Assessors, 8 a.m., Town Office Buckfield: RSU 10 Withdrawal Committee, 7 p.m., Municipal Center Newry: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Thursday Casco: Conservation Commission, 6:30 p.m., Casco Public Library Bethel: Recreation Board, 7 p.m., Town Office […]
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Newry sets meeting on Sunday River Road project
NEWRY — Selectmen will hold a public information meeting next month on reconstructing 1,200 feet of Sunday River Road. The project, estimated to cost between $300,000 and $320,000, was proposed earlier this month by Main-Land Development Consultants of Livermore Falls. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, in the Town Hall, […]
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Newry eyes $300,000 road project
NEWRY — Selectmen are pondering a proposal from Main-Land Development Consultants for an estimated $300,000 project to reconstruct 1,200 feet of the Sunday River Road. Main-Land owner and president Bob Berry and project manager Rick Dunton met with the board last week to discuss options for the stretch of road near the Nordic Knoll subdivision […]
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Household Hazardous Waste Collection is Sept. 21
BETHEL — On Saturday, Sept. 21, from 9 to 11:30 a.m., residents in the Bethel area will be able to bring their unwanted poisons, pesticides and oil-based paints to the Household Hazardous Waste Collection at the SAD 44 Bus Barn. Residents with household chemicals that have been sitting under kitchen sinks or in basements and […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Bethel: SAD 44 Finance Committee, 5:30 p.m., Central Office Bethel: Water District, 7 p.m., Town Office Newry: Selectmen, 7 a.m., Town Office Rumford: Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste Board, 5 p.m., Municipal Building Woodstock: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Woodstock: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Newry: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office […]
Posted inObituaries
Larry W. Norton
1948 – 2013 AUBURN — Larry W. Norton, 65, of Andover, died early Monday morning, Aug. 19, at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn. He was born on Jan. 30, 1948, in Farmington, a son of Phillip and Avis (Webber) Norton and attended local schools. Larry worked at various jobs throughout his life, but his […]
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Ice age and glacial melt create Step Falls in Newry
In 1962, The Nature Conservancy acquired the 24-acre preserve, its first Maine preserve. In October, the conservancy transferred ownership of it to the Mahoosuc LandTtrust. More than 80 percent of the funds needed for work on the property and stewardship resources were raised due to a gift, 100 percent board participation and foundation grants, Jim […]
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New England Forest Rally a big hit with fans
NEWRY — Early Saturday morning, Sam and Gracie Drown awakened their parents in their Augusta home. The children were eager to make the two-hour trip to Sunday River Ski Resort to see and greet their favorite New England Forest Rally drivers at the 7:30 a.m. Parc Expose session. After that, the drivers and navigators would […]
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New England Forest Rally rolls into Newry July 25-27
NEWRY — Drivers of racing sport compact cars are arriving at Sunday River Ski Resort this week for the New England Forest Rally. Rally racing features real cars racing against the clock on closed-off sections of real roads that are usually unpaved and unforgiving, according to the Rally America website. Headquartered at Sunday River’s South […]
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Racer proposed to at Sunday River’s Tough Mountain Challenge
NEWRY — It’s not every day you get engaged on a water slide. But Allison Smith said “yes” Saturday in the most unlikely of places. As Smith came to the end of the Tough Mountain Challenge course at Sunday River, she was looking forward to the water slide, one of the final obstacles of the […]