STRONG — Selectmen finalized three months of their 2016 budget recommendations and requests at their meeting Tuesday night, after reviewing several remaining categories and adding a few new requests. A proposal by Selectman Mike Pond would ask voters to approve a different way to fund the paving account. Rather than raising and appropriating $60,000 from […]
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Paris officials seeking buyers for Fox school
PARIS — Interim Town Manager Sawin Millett presented selectmen Monday with a draft document that seeks to find those interested in buying the Mildred M. Fox School. He said he and Glen Holmes, director of lending at Community Concepts Finance Corp., met Friday with a party interested in the historic three-story brick building at 10 […]
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Smith appointed interim town manager for Oxford
OXFORD — Code Enforcement Officer Rodney Smith is now interim town manager, according to Board of Selectmen Chairman Scott Owens. The board appointed Smith after meeting in executive session Jan. 14 to discuss personnel matters. A few days before that meeting, Town Manager Michael Chammings announced his resignation and his new job as Auburn’s Community and […]
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Proposed budget for Strong formulated
STRONG — Selectmen agreed Tuesday to include an article in the annual town meeting warrant asking voters to use money from the Village Cemetery Trust Fund to maintain private cemeteries. The money will be included in the 2016 budget that goes to voters at the annual town meeting Saturday, March 5. The town is obligated […]
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Selectmen agree to put fire station repair options before voters
LIVERMORE FALLS — The Livermore Falls Board of Selectmen Tuesday agreed to put three options before voters addressing structural deficiencies at the fire station at a special town meeting scheduled for Feb. 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Office. The options, presented by the engineering firm of Lincoln/Haney Engineering Associates Inc., provide for engineering […]
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Bethel backs off on ‘Heart and Soul’ comprehensive plan
BETHEL — Selectmen voted to delay any involvement in the Community Heart and Soul project until next year. “Community Heart and Soul reconnects people with what they love most about their town and translates those personal and emotional connections into a blueprint that serves as the foundation for future community decisions,” according to the Heart and […]
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Livermore Falls selectmen accept fire chief’s resignation
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen on Tuesday voted 4-0 to accept Fire Chief Tim “TD” Hardy’s resignation, which is effective Jan. 15. In his letter submitted Dec. 18, 2015, Hardy said, “Thank you for the opportunity to work with the Fire Department and town during the last few years. I gained valuable experience and worked with some […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Selectmen address two Transfer Station issues
BUCKFIELD — Selectmen on Tuesday approved safety measures to deal with more traffic and more garbage at the Buckfield-Sumner Solid Waste Transfer Station on Route 140. Buckfield Town Manager Cindy Dunn informed selectmen Tuesday night about two major issues at the Transfer Station: the 40-yard roll-off container used to compact trash needs to be repaired or […]
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Residents, board discuss reopening road to through traffic
STRONG — Residents were informed by the Board of Selectmen about why a petition asking members to reverse a July 2011 decision has been circulating in the community. According to Selectmen Chairman Jim Burrill, Mary White, who lives on Route 4, north of Chandler Road, is circulating a petition asking selectmen to reconsider their votes that closed […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Buckfield selectmen weigh options for archiving historic documents
BUCKFIELD — Peggy O’Kane, the digital collections supervisor of the Maine State Library, attended Tuesday’s Board of Selectmen meeting to answer questions and discuss how the library might be able to assist the town with preserving some historic documents in a digital format. The items O’Kane plans to archive digitally include journals from Zadoc Long […]