OTISFIELD — After a year of working to control erosion, the Thompson Lake Environmental Association reports it has stopped more than half the erosion from Otisfield sites. In September 2009, the group was awarded a $61,000, two-year grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency after the TLEA raised about $41,000 in matching funds and labor […]
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Portland man, local boy seriously injured in Otisfield ATV accident
OTISFIELD — A 28-year-old Portland man and a 7-year-old boy were seriously injured in an ATV incident Sunday evening off Lake Road in Otisfield, according to a release from the Maine Warden Service. Jordan Anderson, 28, of Portland was operating a friend’s 2005 Polaris 700 Twin ATV at approximately 5:05 p.m. on a driveway off […]
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Seeds of Peace: Sports power couple a hit with campers
OTISFIELD — They hail from nine countries, mostly geographic neighbors but divided by invisible walls that might as well extend a million miles into the heavens. Thursday morning they wore the same colors — the green Seeds of Peace camp t-shirt — and spoke the universal languages of sports and music. One hundred fifty teenagers […]
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Fourth of July events to include parade, breakfast
OTISFIELD — Fourth of July events have been announced in Otisfield, including the annual parade at 11 a.m. All the fun will start at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, July 4, with a free community breakfast at the Spurr’s Corner Church. The East Otisfield Free Baptist Church will assist with the breakfast. The menu will include pancakes, […]
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Residents invited to visioning session
OTISFIELD — The Otisfield Comprehensive Plan Update Committee has scheduled a town-wide visioning session to be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, July 8, at the Otisfield Community School. “The purpose of the session is to get a wide variety of opinions and viewpoints about what is special about Otisfield and needs to be […]
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Historic buildings will open to the public
OTISFIELD — The public will have an opportunity to visit three historic buildings in Otisfield, all located on Bell Hill Road, from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 27. The Bell Hill Meetinghouse, the Bell Hill Schoolhouse and the Otisfield Town House will be open for public inspection, with members of the Otisfield Historical Society […]
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Thompson Lake group gets $61,000 grant
OTISFIELD — An erosion control project for Thompson Lake has received more than $61,000 in federal funding to fix sites in Otisfield, conduct workshops and provide grants to landowners. The Thompson Lake Environmental Association received $61,189 through a grant provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Water Act. The TLEA has already […]
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Bell Hill will be host to 96th annual service
OTISFIELD — This year’s service at Otisfield’s Bell Hill Meeting House on Sunday, July 26, will mark the 96th consecutive year that an annual summer service has been held at Bell Hill, one of Otisfield’s most historic spots. The service will begin at 2:30 p.m. The meetinghouse, built in 1839, holds the distinction of being […]
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Otisfield Historical Society considers possibilities for hall
OTISFIELD — Historical Society members are making no grandiose promises, but if town meeting voters release the former Town Hall to them, they are promising to maintain the building. “We’re only promising that we will maintain it as it is,” society President Henry Hamilton said of the 1905 building on Bell Hill Road. The building […]
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No one injured in early-morning Otisfield structure fire
OTISFIELD — An early morning fire destroyed a home and vehicles in Otisfield on Saturday, but no one was injured. The Otisfield Fire Department was called around 2:20 a.m. Valentine’s Day to a home on Bolsters Mills Road, according to Fire Chief Kyle Jordan. “When we got there, it was a fully involved structure fire,” […]