WILTON — The public will have a chance to weigh in on the future cleanup of the former Forster Manufacturing mill at a hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, at the Town Office. The hearing will be at the start of the Board of Selectpersons regular meeting. As part of the three applications for […]
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James ‘Ken’ Starnes
1929 – 2015 FARMINGTON — James “Ken” Starnes, 86, passed away in his sleep on Monday, Nov. 23, at Edgewood Rehabilitation and Living Center in Farmington. He was born on March 29, 1929, in Walnut Ridge, Ark., the son of Roy Starnes and Eddie Smith Starnes. He attended Walnut Ridge School in Walnut Ridge, Ark. […]
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Wilton sets public hearing for zone change for Route 2 lot
WILTON — Planning Board members agreed Thursday to hold a public hearing in December for residents to discuss a zoning change for a lot on Routes 2 and 4. But, since the meeting, a decision has been made to not hold a secret ballot vote on the zoning change in January, Town Manager Rhonda Irish, […]
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Worker injured when boulder comes loose at Wilton treatment plant
WILTON — An E.L. Vining and Son Inc. employee was injured Tuesday afternoon when a boulder rolled into an excavated hole and onto the man’s lower extremities. Employees of the Farmington company were preparing the site for clarifiers for the more than $3 million upgrade of the Wilton Wastewater Treatment Plant on Davis Court. The […]
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MDOT plans projects in Farmington
FARMINGTON — Maine Department of Transportation has notified the town of three road projects planned for next summer. They include Route 2 in Farmington and Wilton and Route 4 from Farmington to Strong. There is also a light paving project proposed for Route 149 in Farmington and Strong. The Route 2 project begins east of […]
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Aidan Roger Hand
PORTLAND — Aidan Roger Hand, 5 months, of Wilton was surrounded by love, light, peace and family when he left his sickly body behind on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Aidan had been in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit there since his birth, except for a seven-week stay at Boston Children’s […]
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Wilton board agrees to continue talks on economic development tool
WILTON — The Board of Selectpersons agreed Tuesday to continue discussions with the Buxton Group and three other towns regarding use of the company’s services as a potential economic development tool. Town managers and two selectpersons from four towns – Wilton, Farmington, Jay and Livermore Falls – met this week with representatives from Buxton Group and […]
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Wilton planners consider permit and zone change for Route 2 lot
WILTON — The Planning Board will consider approving a permit for construction of a storage building on Routes 2 and 4 at its meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at the Town Office. A lot next to Dutch Treat has been cleared and owner Miguel Ibarguen of Bowley Brook Maple Inc. is asking for […]
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Wilton board plans public hearing on Forster Mill cleanup
WILTON — The Board of Selectpersons agreed Tuesday to hold a public hearing to gather comments about the former Forster Manufacturing mill and future cleanup of the partially demolished site on Depot Street. Town Manager Rhonda Irish has started working on applications for Environmental Protection Agency brownfields grants to help with the cleanup. Brownfields grants […]
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FOWL proposes watershed survey for Wilson Lake, Varnum and Pease Ponds
WILTON — A green tinge and growing plants, a possible sign of phosphorus in the water, has members of Friends of Wilson Lake proposing a watershed survey for 2016. Rob Lively, Friends president, and Jennifer Jespersen of Ecological Instincts, an environmental consulting and ecological design firm from Portland, brought the proposal before the Board of Selectpersons […]