BETHEL — To celebrate autumn, the Mahoosuc Land Trust will host a paddle on the Androscoggin River and area hikes this month. The second annual Fall River Paddle will start at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, at the Hanover Boat Ramp and travel 12 miles to the Rumford Boat Ramp next to McDonald’s. People can […]
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Newry military mom leads soldier bandana project
“I’m trying to make it a little easier for our boys across the pond,” said Deborah Rafford, a stay-at-home wife and mother of three sons in the military. “I want our guys to know they are not being forgotten.” In her Newry home, surrounded by hundreds of books written by returning soldiers, clippings of newspapers […]
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School withdrawal vote set for Tuesday in Andover
ANDOVER — Townspeople will decide in a referendum Tuesday, Sept. 18, whether to start the withdrawal process from SAD 44. Voting will take place from noon to 8 p.m. at the Town Hall. The question asks voters if they favor filing a petition for withdrawal, authorizing the withdrawal committee to spent $24,000 and authorizing selectmen […]
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Tips, burglar lead police to marijuana grows in Oxford County
BETHEL — Oxford County deputy sheriffs have seized 152 marijuana plants and processed pot at four sites in Bethel, Albany Township, Newry and Canton recently. Other than the Newry marijuana, the pot seized was worth several thousand dollars in estimated street value, Cpl. Chancey Libby said early Thursday evening. Acting on a tip on Sept. […]
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Two dead; two hurt in weekend motorcycle crashes
NEWRY — The holiday weekend kept authorities throughout the state busy handling multiple motorcycle crashes on Maine roads, including fatal crashes in Somerset and Aroostook counties. A Bryant Pond man was transported to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewison with life-threatening injuries Sunday night following a Monday afternoon crash on Route 26 in Newry. Maine […]
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Mile-long zip line connects Newry homes
NEWRY — “Mandy and Phil live up there,” said Jim Sysko, pointing up a hill in Newry. “I live down here. I started thinking about how to get from there to here without a car.” When Sysko – the civil engineer behind Bethel’s world’s tallest snowpeople, a snow maze, and a snow volcano – starts […]
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Sunday River and Sugarloaf to host premieres of TGR’s “The Dream Factory”
NEWRY — Sunday River and Sugarloaf ski resorts’ personnel will travel to Maine and New Hampshire locations this fall to host a movie showcasing the world’s top big-mountain skiers. Filmed primarily in Alaska, “The Dream Factory,” features the world’s top skiers navigating some of the state’s highest and most remote mountain peaks amidst last year’s […]
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Newry residents oppose Byways management plan
The three dozen people who turned out for a Newry public hearing Monday were skeptical of pursuing a management plan for the Route 26 Scenic Byway, and some, going a step further, said they want to eliminate the 40-year-old byway designation altogether. Townspeople will vote Aug. 20 on whether they wish the town to continue […]
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Newry selectmen stand firm on subdivision, back taxes
Newry selectmen Monday decided to require a developer to either pay a bond for an uncompleted road or sell back a lot that had changed hands within the development ownership. The board also decided to pursue collection of personal property taxes for two businesses in small claims court. Selectmen learned this summer that a lot […]