OTISFIELD — The Western Foothills Land Trust has asked the town to consider accepting a 252-acre parcel the trust is negotiating to buy as a community forest. The Norway-based land trust is working with the Loon Echo Land Trust in Bridgton to acquire about 550 acres in Otisfield and Harrison from a single landowner for […]
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Oxford Rec offers yoga, Zumba OXFORD — Yoga and Zumba will be offered through Oxford Recreation at the Station House Community Center. Yoga is offered by Nikki Pierce on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. and Wednesdays at 6 p.m. This is an hour-and-a-half class for $5 for residents and $8 nonresidents. For more information call Nikki […]
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Otisfield panel to review telecomunications ordinance
OTISFIELD — The newly-formed Ordinance Review Committee has been charged by the Board of Selectmen with reviewing the town’s wireless telecommunications ordinance. “Where you go from there is up to you,” Board of Selectmen Chairman Hal Ferguson told committee Chairman Joseph Zilinsky during Wednesday night’s selectmen meeting. Many officials and residents agreed the ordinance, written […]
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Otisfield Town House archival room to be dedicated
OTISFIELD — The town’s archives that have been stored in a private barn for years will finally have a proper home in the recently renovated Otisfield Town House. The new archival room will be named after Sybil Knight Lamb at a dedication and open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, at the […]
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Bean supper benefits LACO LISBON — A bean supper will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Masonic Lodge, Route 136 across from River Park. On the menu are baked beans, chop suey, hot dogs, potato salad, cole slaw, bread, pickles and homemade pies. Prices are $7.50 adults, $3 children […]
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Food bank open in Sumner SUMNER — Sumner Food Bank will be open from 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Sept. 16, at the Congregational Church of East Sumner, 50 Main St. It is open the first and third Mondays of each month. For more information call 388-2610. West Paris food pantry WEST PARIS — The […]
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Barbecue chicken supper Sept. 14 BRYANT POND — A barbecue chicken supper will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Masonic Building, Main Street, Route 26. The meal includes potato salad, baked beans, dinner rolls, coffee, tea, fruit punch, Crystal Lite peach tea, and vanilla and chocolate pudding. Cost is […]
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Jugtown Forest topic of Otisfield society meeting
OTISFIELD — The Otisfield Historical Society will revisit Jugtown during its next program Thursday, Sept. 26. The PowerPoint presentation will be held at 7 p.m. in the Community Hall on Route 121. According to Jean Hankins, the program is based on a similar one presented by her late husband, David Hankins, in 1996. “In the […]
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H. Hamilton: Draining Coon Road Swamp
Last fall, trappers took every beaver from the Coon Road Swamp in Otisfield, not only leaving no beavers to reproduce for future trapping, but also leaving no beavers to maintain the dam. This summer that dam failed and the swamp drained. I trap fishing bait in the Coon Road Swamp. I have to check my […]
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Coupon book to support Casco Public Library
CASCO — Casco Public Library has been hard at work on their annual Coupon Book, producing a high-quality collection of savings to favorite local shops. From now through June 2014, the library is selling the coupon book for $10 each. The book will support the library and help stimulate the local economy. Shopping locally keeps […]