NEWRY — Adding to one of the largest snow-making systems in New England, Sunday River announced Monday it would invest another $1 million in new snow guns this year. Touting its commitment to snow-making, a press kit the resort issued this week included a pair of “snowballs” — rubberized dog toys that look like snowballs […]
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Wardens respond to two ATV accidents in Oxford County
NEWRY — The Maine Warden Service responded to two serious ATV accidents in western Maine on Wednesday, the first in Newry and the second in Mason Township. About 11:30 a.m., 19-year-old Haley Cordeau of Concord, Mass., was riding with her parents and two other ATV riders on a guided trip, Cpl. John MacDonald said. The […]
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Blood, sweat and beers: A first-person account of the Tough Mountain Challenge
NEWRY — You don’t know the draw of an obstacle course race until you’ve done one. I certainly didn’t before Saturday’s Tough Mountain Challenge. I got into running a few years ago and have done a dozen road races. Other races are about testing your endurance over a fixed distance. They’re about achieving personal records […]
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Tough Mountain Challenge provides spills, thrills, laughter
NEWRY — Brandishing a Jolly Rogers temporary pirate tattoo on his forehead, Matt Senecal said he had a good time on the Tough Mountain Course at Sunday River on Saturday but that it wasn’t all that tough. “It was nice, you know, a family course, something you could bring your newborn on,” Senecal, of Brunswick, […]
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Tough Mountain Challenge Saturday at Sunday River
NEWRY — Sunday River’s third annual Tough Mountain Challenge kicks off Saturday at 10 a.m. The event — which has grown from 200 to 2,500 racers — features an uphill obstacle course and a timed run for competitors. Racers will leave in heats of 100 every 15 minutes throughout the day. Obstacles on the course […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Bethel: Airport Authority, 7 p.m., Town Office Bethel: Water District, 7 p.m., Town Office Bethel: Committee for Sign Ordinance Reform, 7 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Public hearing on closure of Mountain Road and a portion of Sodom Road to winter maintenance, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Buckfield: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Casco: Selectmen, 7 […]
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Today’s agenda
Franklin NEW VINEYARD: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills BETHEL: Conservation Commission, 4:30 p.m., Town Office CASCO: Open Space Commission, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center CASCO: Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center NEWRY: Selectmen, 4:30 p.m., Town Office OXFORD: SAD 17 Board of Directors, 7 p.m., Central Office PARIS: Paris Utility […]
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Tough Mountain Challenge course changes, grows at Sunday River
NEWRY — For the past few weeks, Caroline Ochetra and Jake Treadwell have been planning — or more accurately, plotting — the route and the 16 obstacles for the Tough Mountain Challenge at Sunday River set for Saturday, July 21. In its third year, the event, which started with just under 200 racers, has grown […]
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Newry board sets tax rate
NEWRY — Nearly 3,400 tax bills were mailed to residents on Wednesday, a day after selectmen set the new tax rate in a special meeting, Administrator Loretta Powers said Thursday. It is $9.12 per $1,000 of valuation, which is up from last year’s rate of $9.05. “I try to keep it down, but that’s the […]