WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen agreed Tuesday evening to check whether a selectman must live in town year-round. “No, I wouldn’t think so,” Chairman Victor Young said. “I think he’d have to live here for at least six months of the year.” Selectman Stephen Bies raised the question, because in the “next couple of […]
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More money sought for winter roads in Strong
STRONG — Selectmen have scheduled a special town meeting this month to ask for $25,000 more for winter road maintenance. At its Tuesday night meeting, the board voted to have a 6 p.m. meeting Monday, Dec. 29, to approve funds to pay for unexpected costs related to bad weather, including overtime for employees. The early […]
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Livermore Falls board rescinds vote on paid day off
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted Tuesday to rescind a Dec. 2 vote to give nonessential employees Dec. 26 off with pay. They then voted to close the Town Office on Dec. 26 and allow Town Office staff only to use a vacation or personal day or compensation time. Town Manager Kristal Flagg made the recommendations […]
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Peru, school group hammer out agreement
PERU — Selectmen and Friends of Peru Elementary School representatives Norman DeRoche, Anne Stickney and Nick Waugh met last week to work on a management contract. Last month, residents voted to return control of the building to selectmen, to provide $10,000 for its operation as a community center and to enter into a contract for […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Farmington: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Vienna: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Vienna: Special town meeting, 7 p.m., Town Office Weld: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Wilton: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Livermore: Planning Board, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Livermore Falls: Planning Board, 6:30 p.m., Town […]
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Livermore Falls manager wants selectmen to rescind vote on paid day off
LIVERMORE FALLS — Town Manager Kristal Flagg will ask selectmen Tuesday to rescind their Dec. 2 vote to give nonessential town employees the day after Christmas off with pay. Instead, she will offer the board another option, which she initially discussed prior to the board making its decision. She will ask selectmen to allow the […]
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Jim Wood retires in Sabattus after nearly 70 years of public service
SABATTUS — At age 14, Jim Wood got a job with the town road crew digging ditches and doing other grunt work for 38 cents an hour. He joined Sabattus’ volunteer fire department soon after. In the decades since, he’s been road commissioner. A reserve police officer. Fire warden. Three years ago, Wood ran for […]
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Dixfield selectmen vote to organize search committee for new police chief
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted 3-1 Monday evening to organize a committee to search for a new chief of police. Chief Richard A. Pickett is leaving the position in late January. Town Manager Carlo Puiia said that when Pickett first announced his retirement, the board agreed to contact the Maine Chiefs of Police […]
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Hartford selectmen hear about building issues
HARTFORD — Town maintenance worker Richard Dyer told selectmen Thursday night that he’s concerned about snow and ice falling from the Town Hall roof onto the handicap ramp. He said he has been cleaning the ramp as many as four times a day and is concerned about people’s safety, including his own. The board took […]
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Peru hires auditor to review Recreation Committee books
PERU — At Monday night’s regular selectmen’s meeting, selectmen agreed to hire an auditor, Warren Smith, to review the books of the former Recreation Committee. Members of the Peruvians for Honest Government have been pushing the selectmen to audit the books to determine if there is enough evidence to pursue legal action against former Recreation […]