Franklin New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Oxford Hills Casco: Open Space Committee, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Newry: Road Committee, 5 p.m., Town Office Newry: Fire Department, 7 p.m., Bear River Station Paris: Paris Utility District Board of Trustees, 6:30 p.m., 7 C N Brown Way River Valley Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town […]
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Peru women build a community of ‘fairy houses’ for residents
PERU — There’s an old logging trail behind Mary Pulsifer’s house that leads from her backyard to Greenwoods Road. Lining the trail are more than 300 fairy houses. Fairy houses are small houses built using natural materials, such as sticks, bark, grass, pebbles, feathers and pine cones, Pulsifer said. “The whole story behind fairy houses […]
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George R. Leavitt
1927 – 2015 SCARBOROUGH — George R. Leavitt, 88, died Sunday, Aug. 2, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. He resided in Peru. Born in Mexico on July 30, 1927, he was a son of George and Lula (Boyle) Leavitt. He was a graduate of Mexico High School and served in the U.S. […]
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Peru selectmen question Med-Care finances
PERU – The Board of Selectmen on Monday discussed whether to support Mexico in asking Med-Care Ambulance Services for a list of employees’ names and salaries. In July, Mexico selectmen asked Med-Care Ambulance for a list of its employees’ salaries after learning Med-Care’s budget would increase more than 30 percent. During their July 21 meeting, […]
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Peru selectmen approve sand contract
PERU — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday evening to award a $16,250 contract for winter road sand to a Sumner company. Board of Selectmen Chairman Lee Merrill said Maynard and Sons Trucking submitted a bid of $6.50 per yard for a total of $16,250. “They said that the order would be delivered and […]
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Oxford Hills Hartford: Food Bank, 4 p.m., Town Hall Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall Newry: Fire Department, 3 p.m., Sunday River Station Newry: Cemetery Committee, 5 p.m., Town Office River Valley Peru: Planning Board, 4 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: […]
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin Jay: Selectmen and Planning Board, 10 a.m., site visit at 1 Mill St. to review proposed location of a junkyard/automobile recycling business Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Livermore: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office […]
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Oxford Hills Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Casco: Open Space Commission, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Newry: Fire Department, 7 p.m., Bear River Station Paris: Paris Utility District Board of Trustees, 6:30 p.m., 7 C N Brown Way River Valley Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town […]
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Underwood Library hosting story time FAYETTE — The Underwood Memorial Library will hold story hours Thursday mornings at 10 a.m. throughout the summer until Aug. 20. American Legion to hold pig roast RUMFORD — The Rumford American Legion Post 24 will host a Korean Veteran’s Appreciation Day pig roast from 3 to 6 p.m. on […]
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Storm damage inspires neighborly wave in Peru
When a storm ravaged a tree on the steep embankment of his property at 1396 Auburn Road in Peru about 25 to 30 years ago, Albert Murphy had an idea. “The storm blew one big branch down in my driveway, another across the main road,” he said. “I had them cut it all down except […]