RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen has approved a three-year contract for Town Manager Carlo Puiia. Puiia said the vote was 4-0, with board member Frank DiConzo absent from the session last wee. This was the last of some four of five meetings on the matter, which began with his evaluation, discussion over that evaluation, […]
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Discussion on upcoming budget vote to precede Thursday’s selectmen meeting
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen will be holding a public hearing at 6 p.m. Aug. 15 at the Rumford Auditorium prior to the selectmen’s meeting at 7 p.m. to give residents the opportunity to discuss the upcoming Aug. 27 budget vote. The proposed municipal budget was initially rejected by voters June 11. Then, eight […]
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Failed adminstration article to be discussed
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen will discuss on Monday, Aug. 5 how they want to proceed with a two-time failed administration article for the town. They need to bring the article back before voters in some manner. Voters rejected the proposed $197,861 budget for administration in a 32-36 vote at a special town meeting on July […]
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People You Know: Noella Hemond, Minot moo’ver
MINOT — Noella Hemond and her husband once donated a firetruck to the town — in secret. Gifted a bag of yarn at age 90, she knit mittens for two classes of local schoolchildren. She helped plan the town bicentennial celebration in 2002 and started a college scholarship five years ago (only Minot residents need […]
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Rumford residents, selectmen waiting for court decision on injunction
RUMFORD — Two local lawyers who weighed in Wednesday afternoon on an alleged town charter violation are now awaiting a decision from Oxford County Superior Court Justice Robert Clifford. Clifford took the case under advisement in Paris after lawyer Tom Carey presented the complaint on behalf of plaintiffs Mark Belanger, Candice Casey, James Windover, Phillip […]
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Selectmen approve new budget amounts, compromise on several articles
RUMFORD — One week after voters rejected eight budget articles at the polls, the Board of Selectmen returned to the drawing board Monday evening to brainstorm new budget proposals for residents to vote on. The eight budgets rejected at the July 23 polls were General Government, Public Safety, Police Department, Fire Department, Public Works, General […]
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Selectmen appoint Rioux, discuss shed in violation of ordinance
MINOT — Selectmen on Monday learned that their offer to send a “No Action” letter to a Hersey Hill Road property owner whose shed is in violation of the town’s land use ordinance setback requirements had been refused by the property owner. Property owner Larry Jackson objected to the qualification in the letter of “No […]
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Selectmen approve non-standard use of road for ATV club
PARIS — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday evening to sign and approve a non-standard use of Public Roads and Property form for the X-tra Mile ATV Club that will allow them to use 1.9 miles of East Oxford Road and Parsons Road. The ATV club submitted the form in May after they found […]
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Letters from Lac-Megantic read at Rangeley meeting
RANGELEY — Much of Tuesday’s selectmen meeting was spent reading several messages of thanks to the Fire Department for its help in the Lac-Megantic, Quebec train derailment disaster. A dozen Rangeley firefighters, including Chief Tim Pellerin, spent as many as 29 hours in the Canadian town, helping to extinguish the fire from the derailed oil […]
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Peru junkyard permit discussion delayed until fall
PERU — Further discussion about a request for a junkyard permit for the former Diamond Match mill will be held when the renewal comes up in October, selectmen Chairman Jim Pulsifer said Monday night. Margaret and Roy Howes told the board last month that they want a junkyard permit before purchasing the mill along the […]