MINOT — Fire Chief Jim Allen recommended to selectmen Monday night that the Engine 8 pumper be replaced because it needs an estimated $17,360 in repairs and is more than 20 years old. He said the 1,250-gallon-per-minute pump on the 1996 Navistar broke during a routine test recently. Allen said used apparatuses in similar condition, […]
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Turner ends fiscal year under budget
TURNER — The Board of Selectmen announced Monday evening that the town’s fiscal year ended $120,000 under budget June 30. “It’s not a lot, it’s only about 1 percent under, but it’s still under,” board Chairman Kurt Youland said. The 2017-18 budget was $9.1 million. In other matters, the board announced a six-month moratorium on medical […]
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Strong to apply for state funding to improve recreational river access
STRONG — Selectmen on Tuesday approved pursuing state funding for a paved access road, parking lot and launch site on the Sandy River. Selectman Mike Pond told board members he talked with state officials who encouraged him to apply for funding for improved recreational access to the river. A paved road would go from the […]
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Farmington pushes for compensation for CMP power line
FARMINGTON — The Board of Selectmen is backing Sen. Tom Saviello, R-Wilton, in pursuing additional benefits from Central Maine Power Co. as compensation for a proposed power line from Quebec to Massachusetts that would run through six communities in Franklin County. “We are going to house in Franklin County 20 miles of this power line,” […]
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Rumford board gives go-ahead on mountain bike trail idea
Todd Papianou and Karen Wilson of Penacook Area Community Trails told the Board of Selectmen on Thursday that the group is proposing to build a 2.5-to-3-mile, purpose-built mountain biking trail that would serve the growing trail-user community in the Rumford region. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times) RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen gave unanimous approval Thursday to […]
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Livermore Falls board to decide next step on failed budget articles
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen will meet July 17 to discuss what to do about two budget articles that failed at the polls June 12. There will be no board meeting July 3. Voters rejected warrant articles in the administration budget of $283,291 by a vote of 262-248 and the elected officials budget of $39,153 by […]
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Incumbent Litchfield selectman re-elected
The chairman of the Litchfield Board of Selectmen was re-elected Tuesday, defeating two challengers who together received about 50 percent of the vote, according to unofficial election results. The chairman, Mark Russell, received 371 votes Tuesday, according to the unofficial tally. The other two candidates, Renee Lachapelle and Richard “Ric” Swett, received 252 and 124 […]
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'Huge windfall' drops Canton taxes
CANTON — Townspeople will see property taxes go down for the fourth consecutive year, thanks to the Canton Mountain Wind power project. Board of Selectmen Chairman Brian Keene said Thursday night that even though the 2018-19 proposed budget of $1.04 million is $194,797 more than last year, taxes from the $50 million, eight-turbine wind farm […]
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Norway to elect selectman, school directors
NORWAY — Voters on Tuesday, June 12, will elect a selectman for a three-year term. Selectman Russell Newcomb is running for a seventh three-year term, while former Selectman Gary Howe is running as a write-in candidate. SAD 17 Directors Jared Cash, Stephen Cummings and Curtis Cole are seeking re-election. Cash and Cummings are running unopposed […]
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Andover town meeting date for June on hold
ANDOVER — Andover selectmen decided Tuesday the town meeting originally scheduled for June will be changed to another date because several members of the town’s budget committee need more time to prepare for the gathering. A new date has not been set. The town is transitioning from a Jan. 1-Dec. 31 fiscal year to a July […]