PERU — Security cameras were installed at the town sandbox at 85 Peru Center Road on Wednesday morning to monitor who is taking sand and how much. Road Commissioner Lee Merrill told selectmen Jan. 16 that he would shut down the community sandbox as of Feb. 1, mostly because people were taking more than allowed […]
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Minot board declines to approve mass-gathering permit
MINOT — John Hicks, promoter of the Great North Music Festival, and Michael Hemond of Hemond Motocross Park on Monday asked the Board of Selectmen to approve a mass-gathering permit for a concert to be held in September at the motocross facility. Hicks requested that the town follow the state’s mass-gathering ordinance because he needed […]
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Peru residents won’t lose their sand supply
PERU — Selectmen voted unanimously Monday night to overrule Road Commissioner Lee Merrill’s decision to close the public sandbox Feb. 1. They also voted to buy more sand. Merrill said at the selectmen meeting Jan. 16 that residents and nonresidents were taking sand they were not entitled to and wiping out the supply at 85 […]
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Rumford selectmen to act on water petition
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen has rescheduled a special meeting to take action on a water petition. It will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday in Rumford Falls Auditorium, according to board Chairman Jeff Sterling. It was originally set for Tuesday but postponed because of the Nor’easter. Len Greaney of Protect Rumford Water Alliance presented […]
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Mexico limits hours for residents to get sand
MEXICO — Selectmen decided Tuesday to limit the hours that town sand will be available to residents, in part, because neighboring Peru will close its supply to its residents starting Feb. 1. The decision followed news that Peru selectmen decided Monday to stop providing sand to residents next month because people with large trucks and nonresidents […]
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Mexico selectmen’s meeting Thursday
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Town Office. The agenda includes: • A public hearing for a trailer park license renewal; • Continued discussion on a special election to fill a selectman’s position; • Approval of the special town meeting warrant article regarding the moratorium ordinance on retail […]
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Dixfield selectmen approve sewer, water budgets
DIXFIELD — The Dixfield Board of Selectmen have approved annual budgets for the water and sewer departments, the latter of which promises a $13,000 reduction in 2020 from this year’s total. The sewer and water budgets are on a calendar year, as opposed to the municipal budget, which runs on a fiscal year, July through […]
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Motion on employee raises fails to get vote
STRONG — A motion to raise salaries for five employees in 2017 failed to get a second at Tuesday night’s selectmen meeting. Chairman Jim Burrill suggested each get an increase of less than 3 percent or an additional fixed dollar amount. His motion did not receive the required second to bring it to a vote. The […]
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Selectmen recommend reducing proposed $1.78M budget by $40K
MINOT — Selectmen on Monday peeled about $40,000 from the $1.78 million 2017 municipal budget Town Administrator Arlan Saunders presented two weeks ago. Gone is around $1,500 from the legal account and nearly $39,000 that the Fire Department had requested for the replacement of the town’s forestry truck. Selectmen took note of the fact that […]
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Selectmen take no action on Turner Street property at heated meeting
BUCKFIELD — Emotions ran high over a legal dispute regarding the lease and ownership of a Turner Street property at the Board of Selectmen meeting on Tuesday. The property at 337 Turner St., which housed Captain Bly’s Tavern for the past few years, has been leased by business owner Mark McAlister. Lee Johnson purchased the property […]