WILTON — An appeal of the Planning Board’s decision to grant a permit to reconstruct a dam on Dakin Stream will be heard when the Board of Appeals meets at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 25, at the town office. In May, the Planning Board reviewed and approved a permit for Derrick Thibodeault of Parsonsfield for […]

WILTON — A Gardiner man, apparently staying in Wilton, was arrested Tuesday morning on a charge of failure to register as a sex offender, Wilton police Chief Heidi Wilcox said. Wilton officer Andrew Hardy arrested Robert Merandes, 33, after “neighbors on Union Street brought it our attention that he was staying there,” she said. Police […]

FARMINGTON — Author Laurel Mills, who grew up in Wilton, will read from her award-winning book of poems, Rumor of Hope, at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 25, at Devaney Doak & Garrett Booksellers. The book was published by Encircle Publications of Farmington and was the winner of Encircle Publications Chapbook Contest. “This collection of poems […]

WILTON — Selectmen recently agreed to add a handicapped parking space to the Wilton Stream municipal parking lot. There are currently no spaces designated in the town lot behind Main Street buildings, Town Manager Rhonda Irish told the board.  After a downtown tenant, Garrett Ehrisman, made a request for the space, Irish, along with police […]

WILTON — The Planning Board on Thursday unanimously approved a permit, with conditions, for an auto repair and sales business at 230 Lake Road. The application from Sherril Turner and Patrick Kenney raised some discussion because of the site’s history. A previous owner ran Lake Road Auto at the home and four-bay garage. There were […]