Otisfield
35 of 36 leaseholders sign Heniger Park agreement
OTISFIELD — The town’s lengthy effort to increase Heniger Park lease payments to reflect other lakeside property values is over. A total of 35 of the 36 tenants have or will sign a 99-year lease with the town for lots in the 100-acre park on the west shore of Pleasant Lake, selectmen announced this week. […]
Bradford A. Kimball
1944 – 2015 SOUTH PARIS — Bradford A. Kimball, 71, of Norway, died Monday, Sept. 14, at Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris. He was born May 31, 1944, in Bridgton to Agnes Knight and Alton Kimball. He was lovingly raised by John and Hazel Raymond in Otisfield. He attended school in Otisfield and graduated […]
Bradford A. Kimball
1944 – 2015 SOUTH PARIS — Bradford A. Kimball, 71, of Norway, died Monday, Sept. 14, at Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris. Born May 31, 1944, in Bridgton, to Agnes Knight and Alton Kimball, he was lovingly raised by John and Hazel Raymond in Otisfield. He attended school in Otisfield and graduated from Norway […]
Ridgefield Bridge project detours Gore Road drivers
OTISFIELD — You just can’t get there from here. That’s the message contractors at the Ridgefield Bridge project and homeowners on Gore Road want motorists who continue to drive up the closed road to understand. The bridge is gone and there is no way to get to the other side. Gore Road, a well-traveled shortcut […]
Otisfield Road Study Committee submits final report to selectmen
OTISFIELD — The Road Study Committee submitted its final report to the Board of Selectmen and asked to be formally disbanded at Wednesday night’s meeting. Just over two months after the annual town meeting, voters handily defeated a $1.73 million road plan to reconstruct parts of Bell Hill, Gore, Peaco Hill, Powhatan and Rayville roads […]
Fire concerns complicate Otisfield convent expansion
OTISFIELD — Fire Chief Kyle Jordan told the Planning Board on Tuesday night that ensuring the safety of four nuns and their guests at the Community of the Resurrection is his top priority. Board members, some of whom are on the Fire Department, agreed with Jordan, who spoke during a review of a proposed 50-seat […]
Patrick Valeri comes clean about his drug addiction
OTISFIELD — Patrick Valeri didn’t mean to become an advocate for himself and others struggling with heroin and opiate addiction — it happened through a mother’s love. His mother, Barbara, woke him up in the late afternoon of Aug. 6 and dragged his groggy butt out of bed, telling him they had to go. His mother wanted […]
More tenants sign Heniger Park leases
OTISFIELD — Six more Heniger Park tenants have signed agreements to extend their leases with the town to 99 years, according Board of Selectmen Chairman Hal Ferguson. Earlier this month, selectmen agreed to extend the offer to those who did not sign up by the April 30 deadline, but only with an “up-front” cost of […]
Wires down in Harrison wildfire
HARRISON — Fire crews from five surrounding towns, as well as Central Maine Power officials and Maine Forestry fire protection crews, responded Wednesday afternoon to a wildfire that burned between 2 to 3 acres along power lines located off of Temple Hill Road. Harrison Town Manager George Finch confirmed that wires were down in the […]