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Wilton Blueberry Festival announces winners
WILTON — Talent was amass at the Wilton Blueberry Festival. The annual Wilton Blueberry Festival Art Show saw 35 entries in the festival’s 35th year. Coordinator Kathi Smith reported that entries have doubled in the past two years. Smith, an assistant professor of art at Husson University and a native of Wilton, took on the […]
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Wilton considers food sovereignty ordinance
WILTON — The Board of Selectpersons agreed Tuesday to send a request for development of a food sovereignty ordinance to the Ordinance Committee. The request was made by a resident who operates a family-owned farm on Main Street, Town Manager Rhonda Irish read from a letter request received. The resident was unable to attend the […]
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Public input needed on Forster Mill plan
WILTON — A 30-day comment period on the Forster Mill plan ends when the town office closes at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18. Public comment — good or bad — is needed as part of the $200,000 federal Brownsfields Grant the town received from the Environmental Protection Agency. The 30-day period began with a public […]
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Wilton woman faces charges of theft, visual sexual aggression
LIVERMORE FALLS — According to police, a Wilton woman was served charges for entering a River Road home Friday afternoon, taking the flip flops worn by a young girl in the home and making the girl watch her as she used the bathroom. Chrystal Rose, 36, was arrested later Friday by Kennebec County police in […]
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Wilton accident sends four to hospital
WILTON — Police said a two-vehicle accident Tuesday at Routes 2 and 156 sent a driver and three passengers to the hospital to be checked for injuries. A 2012 Jeep Cherokee driven by Ashley Maher, 21, of New Hampshire was stopped at the stop sign on Route 156, also known as Depot Street, around noontime, […]
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Public input needed on Forster mill site in Wilton
WILTON — A few residents gathered Tuesday to hear about the next steps needed for work at the site of the former Forster Manufacturing mill on Depot Street. It was the first public meeting of several to be held, said Nick Sabatine of Ransom Consulting Engineers and Scientists from Portland, environmental consultants hired to advise […]
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Wilton CareerCenter hosting job fair
WILTON — Local employers with jobs available hope to connect with job-seekers at an event hosted by the CareerCenter on July 25. “There are jobs, plenty of jobs, available everywhere,” said Mark Cater, CareerCenter consultant, veterans’ representative and job fair organizer. “Employers are hoping to find quality workers with the skill sets to fill the positions that they have.” Opportunities exist for laborers, […]
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Meeting set on Forster Mill site plan
WILTON — Plans for abatement and demolition work at the Forster Mill site on Depot Street will be discussed during a community meeting Tuesday. The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. July 18 at the Town Office and will precede the regular meeting of selectpersons. Members of Ransom Consulting Engineers, the environmental consultants for […]